National Broadcasting Day: 23 July

National Broadcasting Day: 23 July

  • In India, the “National Broadcasting Day” is observed on July 23 every year, to celebrate the radio, which has been an important part in people’s life in India, both as an easy medium of entertainment along with news.
  • It is celebrated because it was on this day in the year 1927, that the first-ever radio broadcast in the country went on the air from the Bombay Station under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company.
  • Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting – Anurag Singh Thakur
  • Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting – Dr. L. Murugan
  • Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra

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