Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983.
It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists.
It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation.
NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener
LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English
DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 07-08-1940
PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Fortnightly
NUMBER OF PAGES: 86
VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. V, No. 16
BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 1211-1274
ARTICLE:
1. Deforming the Mind: Travel
2. With Knobs On
3. The Evolution Of Indian Eloquence
4. Importance Of The Navy To India
AUTHOR:
1. Mrs. P. A. Menon
2. Mouse
3. A.S.Iyengar
4. Vice-Admiral Fitzherbert
KEYWORDS:
1. India, Paris, Traveller, Misconceptions, Globetrotter
2. Goebbels, Germany, Mein Kampf
3. Mid-Victorian Oratory, Sir Surendranath Bannerjee, Ex Tempore, Public-Speaking
4. Royal Indian Navy, Naval Defence, Shipbuilding Industry
Document ID: INL-1940 (J-D) Vol- II (04)
As India’s National Broadcaster and also the premier Public Service Broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR) has been serving to inform, educate and entertain the masses since it’s inception, truly living up to its motto – ‘Bahujan Hitaya : Bahujan Sukhaya’. One of the largest broadcasting organisations in the world in terms of the number of languages of broadcast, the spectrum of socio-economic and cultural diversity it serves, AIR’s home service comprises 479 stations , located across the country, reaching nearly 92% of the country’s area and 99.19% of the total population. AIR originates programming in 23 languages and 179 dialects.