NEPAL POST on 2 April 2001 issued a single stamp marking the 50th anniversary of Radio Nepal. Pastmark cancellation originated from Kathmandu. Cachet depicts the Radio Nepal logo.
Radio
 Nepal started broadcasting regularly on 2 April 1951 with a 250-watt 
short-wave transmitter was used at initial time. . Initially it began 
with a radio station called Prajatantra (democracy) Radio from Bhojpur 
District in 1949. Shortly after the end of the Rana regime, the first 
government radio channel in Nepal, Radio Nepal was the only radio 
channel in Nepal for almost 45 years.