All India Radio
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All India Radio, also known as Akashvani, is India's state-owned public radio broadcaster. Founded in 1936, it operates under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and is one of the two divisio
AIR headquarters in New Delhi
Old Akashvani Bhawan at Sansad Marg
AIR tower in Mangalore, Karnataka
Akashvani Kolkata: the regional centre of Akashvani, West Bengal.
Doordarshan
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Doordarshan, abbreviated as DD, is India's state-owned public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadc
All India Radio
…Posts and Telegraphs Department. Television broadcasting commenced in Delhi in 1959 under the aegis of AIR, but was split off from the radio network as Doordarshan on 1 April 1976. FM broadcasting began on 23 July 1977 in Chennai, and expanded during the 1990s. Deccan Radio (Nizam Radio 1932), the first radio…
Doordarshan Bhawan at Mandi House, New Delhi
A sheet of postage stamps released in 2019 on the occasion of Doordarshan's 60th Foundation Day