India
has begun its radio journey in 1923 by starting private stations
in Mumbai and Calcutta. In 1930, the Indian Broadcasting Service,
under the Department of Industries and Labour started its
operation. In 1936, it became ALL India Radio (AIR).
AIR
is one of the largest radio networks in the world. It has 483
broadcasting stations across India and broadcasting in
more than 25 languages.
It is the
only only English radio station in Chennai. But In 2020, Chennai
Live discontinued their terrestrial transmission and moved to
digital broadcasing media.
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Sri
Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Radio
broadcasting in Sri Lanka was started on 16 December 1925 using
a medium wave radio transmitter of one kilowatt of output power
from Colombo.