All India Radio (AIR), officially known since 1956 as Ākāshvāṇī, is India’s national public radio broadcaster.
Established in 1930, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan.
AIR covers almost 99% of the Indian population and is the largest radio network in the world.
To know more about the fantastic journey of radio broadcasting in India, listen to Amit Sarwal’s conversation with Ashwini Tyagi, former broadcaster AIR and BBC, in SBS Hindi’s ‘Mann ka Radio’ series.
Ashwini Tyagi Source: Ashwini Tyagi
