National Broadcasting Day is celebrated on 23 July each year to celebrate the radio, which has been an important part of people’s life in India, both as an easy medium of entertainment along with the news.
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British Government took over radio broadcasting in 1930 and started the Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS).
The government took over the broadcasting facilities on April 1, 1930, on an experimental basis for two years.
IBC was a private entity and was granted permission by the British Government to operate two radio stations in Kolkata (then Calcutta) and Mumbai (then Bombay).
All India Radio is accessible to almost the entire population of the country and nearly over 99 per cent of the total area.
