02-01-2018, 04:53 PM
RADIO
*The first ever Radio broadcasting started in India in
Ans : 1923 (Mumbai)
*Indian broadcasting service started in
Ans : 1930
*Indian broadcasting was renamed ‘All India Radio’(AIR) in 1936 and later it became known as'‘Akashavani’
since 1957.
*The name ‘Akashavani’ was'given by
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore
*The headquarters of Akashavani Bhavan
Ans : New Delhi
*AIR ‘News on Telephone’ and Air ‘Live on Internet’ started in 1998.
*Vividh Bharati service started in 1957
*The year in which the Golden Jubilee of Vividh Bharati celebrated
Ans : 2007
*Yuvavani service started in Delhi in 1969
*India’s first private F.M. Radio station Radio city was launched in Bengaluru
*The first FM service in India was started from Madras in 1977
*Travancore Radio station under taken by All India Radio on
Ans : 1st April 1950
*Radio service started in Kerala on
Ans : 12th March 1943 (Thiruvananthapuram)
*First FM Service station in Kerala was started at
Ans : Kochi (1989)
*First Private FM channel in Kerala
Ans : Radio Mango 91.9 (29th November 2007)
*The first university in India to have a radio station of its own
Ans : ‘Sardar Patel University’ (Gujarat)
*First Community Radio station in India was introduced by
Ans : Anna University (Tamil Nadu)
*The first Indian Jail, having a radio station Ans : Tihar Jail (New Delhi)
Mann Ki Baat
*Radio programme hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the people of the nation through Radio
Ans : Mann- Ki Baat Radio
*The first Mann Ki Baat programme was broadcasted on
Ans : 3rd October 2014
Latest
*World’s smallest Radio receiver was developed by
Ans : Harward University
*New Radio that was developed by BEL for Indian Armed forces
Ans : STARS-V MKIII
*First country in the world to switch off its FM Radio Network
Ans : Norway
