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IMPORTANT
MILESTONES SINCE INDEPENDENCE (AIR) |
| August 15,1947 |
There were Six Radio
stations at Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras,Tiruchirapalli and
Lucknow. |
| July 20, 1952 |
First National Programme
of Music broadcast from AIR |
| July 29. 1953 |
National Programme of
Talks (English) commenced from AIR. |
| 1954 |
First Radio Sangeet
Sammelan held. |
| October 3, 1957 |
Vividh Bharati Services
started. |
| November 1, 1959 |
First TV station in
Delhi started (at that time, it was part of AIR). |
| July 21, 1969 |
Yuvavani services started
at Delhi. |
| August 15, 1969 |
1000 KW Superpower Medium
Wave Transmitter commisioned at Calcutta(Mogra). |
| January 8, 1971 |
1000 KW Superpower Medium
Wave Transmitter commissioned at Rajkot |
| 1974 |
Akashvani Annual Awards
instituted. |
| July 23, 1977 |
First ever FM service
was started from Madras. |
| September 14, 1984 |
Two High Power250 KW
shortwave transmitters inaugurated at Aligarh. |
| October 30, 1984 |
First Local Radio Station
at Nagarcoil started. |
| 1985 |
All AIR stations were
provided with 5 channel satellite receiver terminals. |
| May 18, 1988 |
Introduction of National
Channel. |
| April 8, 1989 |
Commissioning of Integrated
North East Service. |
| March 2, 1990 |
The 100th station of
AIR commissioned at Warangal (Andhra Pradesh) |
| March 10, 1990 |
Two 500 KW Superpower
shortwave transmitters commissioned at Bangalore. |
| October 2, 1992 |
Commissioning of FM
Chanel at Jalandhar. |
| April 1, 1993 |
The 150 th station
of AIR commissioned at Berhampur (Orissa). |
| August 15, 1993 |
Introduction of Times
slots on FM Channel to private Parties at Delhi-Bombay. |
| September 1, 1993 |
Time slots on FM Chanel
to private parties at Chennai. |
| January 24, 1994 |
FM Channel at Panaji. |
| July 25, 1994 |
Time slots on FM channel
to private parties at Calcutta. |
| September 10, 1994 |
Multi-track recording
studios commissioned at Mumbai. |
| September 28, 1994 |
Four 500 KW Superpower
Shortwave transmitters at Bangalore inaugurated. This has made
Bangalore one of the biggest transmitting centres in the world.
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| October 31, 1994 |
The 175th station of
AIR commissioned at Nasik. |
| November 13, 1994 |
Time slots on FM channel
to private parties at Panaji. |
| August 5, 1995 |
Multi-track recording
studios commissioned at Chennai. |
| February 1, 1996 |
Foundation stone laid
for New Broadcasting House at New Delhi. |
| May 2, 1996 |
Launching of AIR on-line
Information Services on Internet. |
| January 13, 1997 |
Started Audio on demand
on Internet Service. |
| April 1, 1997 |
Digital Audio Broadcasting
(DAB) introduced at Delhi on experimental basis. |
| January 26, 1998 |
'Radio on Demand' service
on 2nd FM Channel Transmission. |
| February 25, 1998 |
AIR 'News on Telephone'
and AIR 'live on Internet'. |
| August 15, 1999 |
Radio station commissioned
at Kokrajhar in Bodo Land Autonomous Council Area. |
| August 15, 1999 |
Second FM Channels commissioned
at Delhi and Calcutta with Yuvavani service. |
| July
17, 2000 |
Regional
Staff Training Institute (Tech.) started functioning at Bhubaneshwar
(Orissa) |
| Sept 1, 2001 |
AIR launched Infotainment
channel known as FM-II at four metros, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai,
Delhi, in addition to the Metro Channel FM-I. |
| Nov 12, 2001 |
Museum of Radio and Doordarshan was inaugurated.
Declared as The Public Service Broadcasting day to commemorate
Gandhiji's visit to AIR |
| Feb 27, 2002 |
AIR launched its first ever digital statellite home
service which will cater to Indian sub-continent and South-East
Asia. |
| July, 2002 |
Celebrated 75 years of Broadcasting. |
| April, 2003 |
Marketing Division of Prasar Bharati Inaugurated. |
| Jan 26, 2004 |
Bhasha Bharati Channel of AIR launched at Delhi
and Classical Music Channel launched at Bangalore. |
| Apr 01, 2004 |
Launch of Kisan Vani Programme from 12 Stations
of AIR. |
| Dec 16, 2004 |
DTH Service of Prasar Bharati, with 12 AIR Channels,
launched. |
