CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -National Broadcasting Day is observed on 23 July every year. On this day in 1927, the first-ever radio broadcast in the country went on the air from the Bombay Station under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company.

Detailed explanation-2: -Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , lit. ‘distant vision, television’) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati’s two divisions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every year, on 23 July, India celebrates National Broadcasting Day to commemorate the first radio broadcast in India from the Bombay Station under the Indian Broadcasting Company in 1927.

Detailed explanation-4: -The member states of UNESCO first proclaimed this day back in 2011. However, it was later adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an international day. The theme for World Radio Day 2022 is “Radio and Trust”.

Detailed explanation-5: -In June 1923 the Radio Club of Bombay made the first ever broadcast in the country. This was followed by the setting up of the Calcutta Radio Club five months later. The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) came into being on July 23, 1927, only to face liquidation in less than three years.