From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.From July 3 ,1949,it was turned into a weekly journal.
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: 22-01-1950
PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly
NUMBER OF PAGES: 67
VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XV. No. 4.
BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 19-30, 32-43, 45-56, 58-64
ARTICLE:
1. "We Must Produce Enough Food For All The Millions Who Inhabit India by 1951"
2. India And The ILO
3. The Secular State
4. My Recent Adventure In Tibet
5. Hindi
6. Dance, Poetry And Painting
7. Vital Statistics
8. Finishing For Compliments
9. The Role Of The Fao
10. Nursing As A Career
AUTHOR:
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. David A. Morse
3. Mr. G. V. Mavalankar
4. Lowell Thomas
5. Mr. G. S. Gupta
6. R. V. Leyden
7. T. V. Ramamurthi
8. A. R. Dawood
9. Dr. radha Kamal Mukerji
10. Katherine Watt
KEYWORDS:
1. National Prosperity of India, Prime Miinister, Ferguson System
2. Indian labour and social justice, and Ministry of Labour
3. Religious ignorance and bigotry, Constitutional provisions for minorities
4. Radio broadcast from Tibet, Diifulty in reaching Tibet
5. Regional Languages, Multilingual state
6. Art exhibitions in Bombay, Cultural performances in Bombay
7. Human mind and statistics, Reliability of tatistics
8. Desire for receiving compliments, Compliments and flattery
9. Global food shortage, Improved methods of food production
10. Nursing and patient welfare, Need for trained nurses
Document ID: INL-1950 (J-M) Vol-I (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.