National Broadcasting Day is organized every year on the foundation day of which of the following ?
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Option 3 : Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC)
The correct answer is the Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC).
- National Broadcasting Day is observed on July 23 across the country every year.
- The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) started organizing radio broadcasting from the Bombay Station on July 23rd, 1927.
- The day aims to remind Indian citizens about the impact of radio on our lives.
- Radio broadcasting services began in India during the British rule in 1923 under the initiative of the Radio Club of Bombay.
- The British Government took over radio broadcasting in 1930 and started the Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS).
- It was permanently renamed as Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS) in May 1932. Later, it was changed to All India Radio (AIR) on June 8, 1936, and became Akashvani in 1957.
All India Radio (Akashvani)
| Headquarters | Sansad Marg, New Delhi |
| Motto | Bahujanahitaya Bahujanasukhaya |
| Owner | Prasar Bharati |
| Coverage | National International |
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