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National Broadcasting Day 2023 - July 23
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- The day aims to remind us about the impact of radio on our lives.
- This day also marks the start of organised radio broadcasts in the country by All India Radio.
- On July 23, 1927, the India Broadcasting Company came into existence and became the first radio company in India.
- All India Radio (AIR) came into being in April 1930 as the Indian Broadcasting Service.
- On June 8, it was rebranded as All India Radio.
- The famous Akashvani tune was composed by an Indian Jewish refugee Walter Kauffman in 1930.
- The AIR came under the purview of the Department of Information and Broadcasting in British India in 1941.
- All India Radio (AIR) has been officially known since 1956 as 'Akashvani'.
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