23rd July, 2015. Radio will be completing 89 years in India and next year it will be completing 90 years.The organized radio broadcasting started on 23rd July, 1927 in Mumbai by Indian Broadcasting Company. It is an audio medium. Akashvani has started a new era of broadcast journalism.It transmits 300 plus news bulletins through 40 plus centres everyday. there are additional channels — FM and News-on-Phone. These bulletins are heard. That is the reason why the diction and pronunciation are very important. It believes in simple sentences, rather than complex long-winding sentences. Akashvani has witnessed many important events including the broadcast of the mid-night Tryst with Destiny speech by Pt. Nehru when India got freedom on 15th August, 1947. These bulletins have been broadcast for more than 84 years. Radio reaches where no other channel could reach.