"Akashvani" (English ) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO ,it was formerly known as The Indian Listener.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.

The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 december, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927.

From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983.

NAME OF THE JOURNAL: Akashvani

LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English

DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 22/03/1959

PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly

NUMBER OF PAGES: 48

VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXIV, No. 12.

BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 2, 5-38, 45,46

ARTICLE:

1. India’s Population Policy

2. Calico Printing In Rajasthan

3. Microbes Welfare And Human

4. The I.G.Y. In Retrospect

5. E. M. Forster, The Writer

6. Window On Bengali Literature

7. During My Lifetime

AUTHOR:

1. Dr. S. Chandrasekhar

2. C. L. Kapoor

3. Dr. Selmatn A

4. K. R. Ramanathan

5. Mulk Raj Anand

6. Sudhi Bhushan Bhattacharya

7. R. P. Masani

KEYWORDS :

The objective,growing population

Actual process,simpler designs

Two important groups,new processes,great potentialities,most important

The ringmaster,high solar activity,Britain’s programme,a dozen participants

Enormous influence,natural evolution,passage to India,against censorship

Western ideals,Bankim other famous poets,Girish Chandra Ghosh

Child life

Document ID : APE-1958 (J-J) Vol-1-12

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