Akashvani Mysore Station is celebrating its 90th anniversary, turning a new page in its several decades long history, continuing to serve a stream of connoisseurs, who still long to hear the mellifluous voice broadcast on the radio (Air Mysuru 100.6 FM). For the uninformed, it was Akashvani Mysore Station that gave the name ‘Akashvani’ to…
Memories of Mysuru Akashvani Station Founder Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy on air
May 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Janaka (father) of Akashvani, Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy (MVG), came alive again on Saturday, 25th May 2024, when his survivors from three generations hosted ‘Nenapina Doni’ (boat of memories), an event to celebrate his achievements and cherish his memories at Akashvani premises in Yadavagiri. MVG launched a private radio station in Mysuru on 28th…
Maintain authenticity, credibility in news: Dr. Vasudha Gupta
October 28, 2023Prasar Bharati Content Synergy Workshop of Akashvani for Capacity Building Mysore/Mysuru: Principal Director General of Akashvani Dr. Vasudha Gupta has given a call to part-time correspondents of Akashvani to hone certain skills in this technology driven era to ensure authenticity and credibility while gathering news in the wake of forthcoming elections in the country. Dr….
After CFTRI, leopard scare at Akashvani
January 8, 2023Forest Department says it is a civet cat Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed at Akashvani premises in Yadavagiri this morning after an All India Radio (AIR) employee spotted an animal and claimed it to be a leopard. The employee, who went near the generator room on the Akashvani campus between 5.45 am and 6 am, saw a…
Akashvani to air preview of BVB’s cultural programme
October 31, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: All India Radio (Akashvani), Mysuru (FM 100.6), will be airing a preview of ‘Festivals of India’ on Nov. 2 at 10.30 am. It is a preview of the seven-day Cultural Outreach Programme ‘Festivals of India’ organised jointly by Infosys Foundation, Bengaluru and by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Bengaluru-Mysuru, scheduled to be held at Kalamandira…
Union Minister Dr. Murugan inaugurates Photo Expo at Akashvani premises
August 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan inaugurated the photo exhibition on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav organised by Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB), Karnataka, marking the 75th year of the country’s independence at Akashvani premises on KRS Road here on Sunday. The photo exhibition featured a number of rare and exceptional…
Connecting with my grandfather Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy who founded Akashvani
September 12, 2020By Bharathi Ghanashyam, Sr. Freelance Journalist As a child and a teenager, I often clandestinely tuned in to All India Radio (AIR) when I was supposed to be studying. When the announcer said “Yeh Akashvani hai”, it was so exciting because it meant that my favourite songs would follow. At home, I often overheard family…
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