radio

94-year-old mother’s surprise call to retiring son on live radio leaves internet in tears. Watch

February 18, 2025 6:51 pm

The video of the deeply moving conversation has racked up more than a million views.

Meet Sampadananda Mishra, the face and force behind 24/7 Sanskrit radio that has been running for the past 10 years

November 29, 2023 6:15 pm

Divyavani Sanskrit Radio, started in 2013 by Sampadananda Mishra, a PhD in Sanskrit, completes 10 years this year

Russia’s war breathes new life into a cold war symbol

January 24, 2023 1:36 pm

Until 1971, Radio Free Europe was a covert U.S. intelligence operation seeking to penetrate the Iron Curtain and foment anti-communist dissent in what was then Czechoslovakia, in Poland and elsewhere.

The voice of Punjab in Canada

January 10, 2023 11:17 am

Maninder Singh Gill is the CEO of Radio India. A pioneer of modern Punjabi broadcasting in Canada, it brought Punjabi music and culture to the Canadian soil by organising musical shows.

In a future filled with electric cars, AM radio may be left behind

December 11, 2022 2:03 pm

An increasing number of electric models have dropped AM radio in what broadcasters call a worrisome shift that could spell trouble for the stations and deprive drivers of a crucial source of news in emergencies.

How the sun caused a radio blackout in regions around the Atlantic on July 3

July 07, 2021 3:45 pm

Solar flares are magnetic storms launched from the sun, releasing energy equivalent to a few million hydrogen bombs exploding at the same time.

Explained: The significance and history of World Radio Day

February 13, 2021 2:06 pm

First proclaimed by the member states of UNESCO in 2011 and later adopted internationally by the UN General Assembly in 2012, the objective of World Radio Day is to promote the medium, increase accessibility, and encourage more people to use it.

World Radio Day: Odisha artist recreates 1980s stereo with matchsticks

February 13, 2021 11:33 am

Artist Saswat Ranjan Sahoo reportedly took four days to make the exquisite piece

Mom and daughter's podcast for kids: Recordings under the bed, meetings over ice-cream

October 14, 2020 11:36 am

'We are both podcast nerds!'

Memoir of India's first woman radio newsreader to be out in October

September 28, 2020 1:20 pm

The book, co-published by Zubaan Publishers, will hit the stands on October 12

On World Radio Day 2021, we pick the best transistors you can buy online

February 13, 2021 12:03 pm

Meet Amit Ranjan Karmakar, the radio man of Kumartuli

September 17, 2019 10:24 am

Set against the unlikely backdrop of Kumartuli, Amit Ranjan Karmakar's little shop is easy to miss. In his mid-60s, the 'radio man' of Kumartuli sits surrounded by radio sets of all sizes and vintages. (Text written by Yajnaseni Chakraborty)