March
1926 The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC), a private
Company, was formed
23rd July, 1927 IBC started a station at Bombay, thus
beginning organized broadcasting in Indo-Pakistan, sub-continent
1928 A small transmitting station was set up at Lahore
April 1930 Broadcasting was placed under the direct control
of Government under the title 'Indian State Broadcasting
Service' (ISBS)
January 1934 The 'Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act (1933)'
came into force
January 1935 NWFP Government set up a 250 watts transmitting
station at Peshawar for community listening
March 1935 Office of Controller of broadcasting created
under the Department of Industries and Labour of the Government
August 1935 Mr. Lionel Fielden assumed charge as the first
Controller of Broadcasting
January, 1936 Delhi radio station was opened . Mr A.S.Bukhari
Station Director Delhi becomes deputy controller of broadcasting
on July 9, 1936
8th June, 1936 The name of Indian State Broadcasting Service
was changed as AIR
July 16, 1936 A station was inaugurated at Peshawar. This
station was taken over by the Government of India from
the Government of NWFP on April 1, 1937
July 1942 The Peshawar radio station shifted in a regular
broadcasting house December 1937 The Lahore Station went
on air
March 1939 The Peshawar station was converted into a relay
station
September 1939 News bulletins were centralized in all languages
at Delhi. The same year, a station was opened at Dhaka
Nov 12, 1939 Quaid-e-Azam's first radio broadcast from Bombay
radio station on Eid day
Oct 24, 1941 The Department of Information and Broadcasting
was set up
July 16, 1942 Peshawar radio station formally inaugurated
February 1943 Controller broadcasting was designated as
Director General
3 June 1947 Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah makes historic
address on AIR and announces the creation of the newly
independent state of PAKISTAN for the muslims of the sub-continent
Aug 14,1947 Pakistan comes into being and the announcement
of its creation is made by the new organization, the Pakistan
Broadcasting Service which comes into existence at the
same time and later designated as Radio Pakistan
Inaugurations
of broadcasting stations and transmitters
1948
Rawalpindi-3 Radio Station with 500 Watt SW transmitter
and Karachi Radio Station with 100 Watt SW transmitter
were inaugurated
1949 Rawalpindi Station with 100-Watt MW transmitter was
inaugurated
1950 Inauguration of a new broadcasting house at Karachi
1951 Foundation-stone of Hyderabad radio station with
1 kW MW transmitter was laid
17 Oct 1956 Quetta radio station and 1 kW MW transmitter
was inaugurated
15 Oct. 1960 Inauguration of Rawalpindi-2 radio station
with 1 kW SW transmitter and a receiving center at Peshawar
1970 A staff Training School & Technical Training
School Islamabad and Multan radio station with 120 kW
MW transmitter inaugurated
21 April 1973 World Service for overseas Pakistanis inaugurated
1974 Foundation-stone of 100 kW Transmitter, Khairpur
laid
18 Aug 1975 Inauguration of Bahawalpur radio station with
10 kW MW
1977 The main broadcasting unit of PBC, the Islamabad
Radio station in the new National Broadcasting house with
1,000 kW MW transmitter was inaugurated
1977 Inauguration of Gilgit radio station with 250 Watt
MW transmitter and Skardu radio station with 250 watt
MW transmitter
1981 Turbat radio station with 250 Watt MW and D.I.Khan
radio station with 10 kW MW transmitter and Khuzdar radio
station with 250 Watt MW inaugurated
15 Sept. 1982 Faisalabad radio station with 250 Watt MW
came on air
7 May 1986 A new broadcasting house, Khairpur was inaugurated
1989 Inauguration of Sibi relay station with 250 Watt
transmitter and Abbottabad relay station with 250 Watt
transmitter .
Aug 1993 Chitral radio station with 1 kW FM transmitter
was inaugurated
1996 Foundation stone of Loralai station and 10 kW MW
transmitter and 10 kW MW transmitter at Zhob were laid .
1997
Federal minister of Information Mr. Mushahid Hussain Syed
inaugurated the computerization of the PBC news processing
system and availability of the news bulletins on the Internet
in text and audio form.
In October 1998 Radio Pakistan started FM
transmission.
2002 President General
Pervez Musharraf Inaugurated FM101 Station at PBC
Islamabad.
2005 new FM regular stations
set up at Gawadar, Mianwali, Sargodha, Kohat, Bannu, Mithi.
