Question:When is the National Broadcasting Day observed?
(a) 23 July
(b) 12 July
(c) 18 July
(d) 10 July
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- National Broadcasting Day is observed on July 23 every year.
- On this day in 1927, the first ever radio broadcast in the country went on air from the Bombay Station under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company.
- Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium.
- In India Prasar Bharati is the largest public broadcasting agency. It is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises the Doordarshan Television Network and All India Radio.
- Currently, Shashi Shekhar Vempati is the CEO of Prasar Bharati.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay
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