Radio News broadcast completes 89 years today. The first ever news bulletin in the country went on the air from the Bombay Station on July 23, 1927 under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company.<br/><br/>A month later on August 26, 1927 another bulletin in Bengali was started from the Calcutta Station.<br/><br/>Until 1935, two bulletins, one each in English and Hindustani were broadcast from Bombay and a bulletin in Bengali was broadcast from Calcutta. <br/><br/>The Indian Broadcasting Company went into liquidation in March, 1930 following which broadcasting came under the direct control of the Government of India.<br/><br/>The service was renamed All India Radio on June 8, 1936.<br/><br/>All India Radio, now under Prasar Bharati, has the distinction of being one of the major broadcasting organizations in the world.<br/><br/>The News Services Division of All India Radio disseminates news and comments to listeners in India and abroad.<br/><br/>From 27 news bulletins in 1939-40, AIR today puts more than 654 bulletins daily around 55 hours in 91 languages/dialects in the Home, Regional and External Services.