Broadcasting
began in June 1923 during the British Raj with programs by the Bombay
Presidency Radio Club and other radio clubs. According to an agreement
on 23 July 1927, the private Indian Broadcasting Company Ltd (IBC) was
authorised to operate two radio stations: the Bombay station which began
on 23 July 1927, and the Calcutta station which followed on 26 August
1927. The company went into liquidation on 1 March 1930. The government
took over the broadcasting facilities and began the Indian State
Broadcasting Service (ISBS) on 1 April 1930 on an experimental basis for
two years, and permanently in May 1932 it then went on to become All
India Radio on 8 June 1936.
The emblem of AIR contains the Sanskrit word -- ākāśavānī -- "Message from the sky".
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