All India Radio now became Akashvani

[somnath chakraborty]

After decades of being known as All India Radio, India’s only state-run radio service will now be called only ‘Akashvani’. Public broadcaster Prasar Bharti has decided to drop all references to its radio service as ‘All India Radio’ citing law.

An internal order issued by Akashvani Director General Vasudha Gupta on Wednesday sought “compliance with immediate effect” to the statutory provision which replaced the name of AIR (All India Radio) to Akashvani.

https://www.firstpost.com/india/iconic-all-india-radio-tag-fades-into-oblivion-as-prasar-bharati-replaces-it-with-akashvani-12547572.html

 

[JollyLNB]

My mother worked for AIR in the 1990s. It’s an emotional change for me.

 

[The Lonelier Island]

All they did was use a good sounding name and made it lamer.

 

[Aiscat]

How very indian of Prasar Bharati.

 

[Jackyu]

It was always referred to as "Akashvani" here in Karnataka

 

[Just Tv]

It was always referred to as "Akashvani" here in Karnataka

Also in maharashtra, all AIR channels already known as Akashvani
E.g. Akashvani Pune, Akashvani Sangli.