TIME SERIES DATA ON RADIO SETS, 1927-2001
| Year |
Radio
Licences in Lakhs
|
| 1927 |
0.04
|
| 1930 |
0.08
|
| 1935 |
0.25
|
| 1940 |
1.30
|
| 1945 |
2.20
|
| 1950 |
5.50
|
| 1955 |
10.30
|
| 1960 |
21.40
|
| 1965 |
54.00
|
| 1970 |
117.50
|
| 1975 |
167.70
|
| 1979 |
206.70
|
AR UNIT
Estimates of Radio Sets in Lakhs
|
With
FM Band
|
Without
FM Band
|
Total
|
|
| 1985 |
750
|
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| 1991 |
950
|
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| 1995 |
50
|
1060
|
1110
|
| 1999 |
570
|
580
|
1150
|
| 2001 |
710
|
540
|
1250
|
| Note : Licence of one & two band BR sets abolished on 25.08.1980. Licence on all types of BR sets abolished on 17.03.1985. Hence, no accurate figure of total sets in the country are available for the years 1974-84. Estimates of radio sets are based on enumerations of households undertaken by AR Units as part of the general listenership studies and census data on households and population. |