Mile Stone
| IMPORTANT MILESTONES SINCE INDEPENDENCE (AIR) | |
|---|---|
| August 15,1947 | There were Six Radio stations at Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras,Tiruchirapalli and Lucknow. |
| July 20, 1952 | First National Programme of Music broadcast from AIR |
| July 29. 1953 | National Programme of Talks (English) commenced from AIR. |
| 1954 | First Radio Sangeet Sammelan held. |
| October 3, 1957 | Vividh Bharati Services started. |
| November 1, 1959 | First TV station in Delhi started (at that time, it was part of AIR). |
| July 21, 1969 | Yuvavani services started at Delhi. |
| August 15, 1969 | 1000 KW Superpower Medium Wave Transmitter commisioned at Calcutta(Mogra). |
| January 8, 1971 | 1000 KW Superpower Medium Wave Transmitter commissioned at Rajkot |
| 1974 | Akashvani Annual Awards instituted. |
| July 23, 1977 | First ever FM service was started from Madras. |
| September 14, 1984 | Two High Power250 KW shortwave transmitters inaugurated at Aligarh. |
| October 30, 1984 | First Local Radio Station at Nagarcoil started. |
| 1985 | All AIR stations were provided with 5 channel satellite receiver terminals. |
| May 18, 1988 | Introduction of National Channel. |
| April 8, 1989 | Commissioning of Integrated North East Service. |
| March 2, 1990 | The 100th station of AIR commissioned at Warangal (Andhra Pradesh) |
| March 10, 1990 | Two 500 KW Superpower shortwave transmitters commissioned at Bangalore. |
| October 2, 1992 | Commissioning of FM Chanel at Jalandhar. |
| April 1, 1993 | The 150 th station of AIR commissioned at Berhampur (Orissa). |
| August 15, 1993 | Introduction of Times slots on FM Channel to private Parties at Delhi-Bombay. |
| September 1, 1993 | Time slots on FM Chanel to private parties at Chennai. |
| January 24, 1994 | FM Channel at Panaji. |
| July 25, 1994 | Time slots on FM channel to private parties at Calcutta. |
| September 10, 1994 | Multi-track recording studios commissioned at Mumbai. |
| September 28, 1994 | Four 500 KW Superpower Shortwave transmitters at Bangalore inaugurated. This has made Bangalore one of the biggest transmitting centres in the world. |
| October 31, 1994 | The 175th station of AIR commissioned at Nasik. |
| November 13, 1994 | Time slots on FM channel to private parties at Panaji. |
| August 5, 1995 | Multi-track recording studios commissioned at Chennai. |
| February 1, 1996 | Foundation stone laid for New Broadcasting House at New Delhi. |
| May 2, 1996 | Launching of AIR on-line Information Services on Internet. |
| January 13, 1997 | Started Audio on demand on Internet Service. |
| April 1, 1997 | Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) introduced at Delhi on experimental basis. |
| January 26, 1998 | 'Radio on Demand' service on 2nd FM Channel Transmission. |
| February 25, 1998 | AIR 'News on Telephone' and AIR 'live on Internet'. |
| August 15, 1999 | Radio station commissioned at Kokrajhar in Bodo Land Autonomous Council Area. |
| August 15, 1999 | Second FM Channels commissioned at Delhi and Calcutta with Yuvavani service. |
| July 17, 2000 | Regional Staff Training Institute (Tech.) started functioning at Bhubaneshwar (Orissa) |
| Sept 1, 2001 | AIR launched Infotainment channel known as FM-II at four metros, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, in addition to the Metro Channel FM-I. |
| Nov 12, 2001 | Museum of Radio and Doordarshan was inaugurated. Declared as The Public Service Broadcasting day to commemorate Gandhiji's visit to AIR |
| Feb 27, 2002 | AIR launched its first ever digital statellite home service which will cater to Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia. |
| July, 2002 | Celebrated 75 years of Broadcasting. |
| April, 2003 | Marketing Division of Prasar Bharati Inaugurated. |
| Jan 26, 2004 | Bhasha Bharati Channel of AIR launched at Delhi and Classical Music Channel launched at Bangalore. |
| Apr 01, 2004 | Launch of Kisan Vani Programme from 12 Stations of AIR. |
| Dec 16, 2004 | DTH Service of Prasar Bharati, with 12 AIR Channels, launched. |
