AIR to mark advent of Radio in India with discussion on digitization

Source: Radioandmusic.com | RnM Team    

09 Jul 13 18:28 IST

 

NEW DELHI: To mark 86 years of the advent of radio in the country, All India Radio(AIR) has drawn up plans to organize a symposium and cultural evening to discuss 'Radio in Digital Age'.The event will be held on 23 July, 86 years to the day in 1927 when the private Indian Broadcasting Company LTD (IBC) was authorized to operate two radio stations in Mumbai and Kolkata.

"Veteran agricultural scientist Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, senior mediaperson B G Verghese, artiste Vidhushi Shanti Hiranand, litterateurs Prof. Namvar Singh, Prof. R B Singh, and R K Singh will speak on the subject.There will be a musical evening where there will be presentations by the AIR Orchestra (on 100 Years of Indian Cinema), and a Ghazal presentation by Ustad Ahmed Hussain Mohammed Hussain," Sources told Radioandmusic.com. It will happen in two different locations in Delhi.

By 20 November 2012 AIR network had grown up to 299 stations and.......................

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