Public Broadcasting History

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Public Broadcasting in India
Public broadcasting has gone through multiple changes in India since the age of its inception.Radio broadcasting began here in early 1920s. Later, in 1936, the All India Radio started its operation. Lionel Fielden was instrumental in developing the radio programming on AIR.Television broadcasting started in the late 1950s. Earlier, television was a part of AIR but by 1970, television centres were opened in various parts of the country other than Delhi. In 1976, Doordarshan, which was working under All India Radio, became an independent and separate department. Between August 1975 and July 1976, an experiment called the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) was conducted. Under this programme, the Indian government used the American satellite ATS-6 to broadcast educational programmes to several villages of six states in India. Community TV sets were distributed and educational programmes were broadcast. Entertainment was also a part of these programmes in the form of dance, music, drama, folk songs, etc. In the 1990s, television and radio were brought together under Prasar Bharati.