It is based on the human voice. It is a uniquely personal medium where you can speak and make your voice heard by millions of people depending upon the popularity of the program or channel. It invokes a listener’s imagination to fill in mental images around the broadcast sounds. It is a sound communication by radio waves. It is usually done through the transmission of music, news, and other types of programs from single broadcast stations.
Radio waves were first identified by Heinrich Hertz in 1886. The first practical radio transmitter and receivers were developed around 1895-1896 by Italian Marconi. It began to be used commercially around 1900. You basically communicate with the masses using radio waves. Radio is a widely used technology. It is modern technology. Radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver. There is a whole list of channels being broadcast in Pakistan. From its birth in the early 20th century, broadcast radio astonished and made the public delighted. It provides news and entertainment. It is done with immediacy. From 1920 to 1925, radio developed into the first electronic mass medium, monopolizing the airwaves and defining along with the newspapers, magazines and motion pictures, and entire generation of mass culture.
Radio can calm the listeners through good music, can excite them through exciting music, and can also motivate the listeners through good and motivating programs and music. Any type of content can be played. In a government radio station, one can not speak against the government as it is owned by the government though in private channels people are freer to speak their minds. Radio also uses a boundless plethora of sound and music effects to entertain and enthrall listeners.
Radio Pakistan serves as the national public broadcaster for Radio in Pakistan. It is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Pakistan. The network was established on 14 August 1947 following Pakistan’s independence from Britain. Radio Pakistan services include AM news services and FM 101 and FM 93.
Radio Pakistan was originally known as Pakistan’s broadcasting service at the time of its inception on 14 August 1947. Radio Pakistan also announced Pakistan’s independence from Britain on the 13th of August 1947 at 11:59 pm. Mustafa Ali Hamdani made this announcement from Lahore in Urdu and English.
Abdullah Jan maghmoon made the announcement from Peshawar in Pashto. These lines said: “Greetings Pakistan broadcasting service. We are speaking from Lahore. The night between thirteenth and Fourteenth of August, year forty-seven. It is Twelve’o’clock. Dawn of freedom”.
Pakistan does broadcasting in 34 languages, Urdu, Saraiki, Pashto, Hindko, Potohari, Gojri, Balti, Shina, and English, etc. Radio Pakistan has a rich history. There were three main stations in Lahore, Peshawar, and Dhaka. Post-independence the government then established stations in Karachi, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, and Quetta.
Radio Pakistan also aired radio dramas and featured programs. There are programs that also cover music, sports, and education. Radio Pakistan as a government station has a major contribution to Pakistani society. Radio Pakistan played a great role in the popularity of radio in Pakistan. Many TV artists started their careers from radio Pakistan first. Qazi Wajid, Noor Jehan, Masood Rana, and Inayat Hussain Bhatti gained popularity through Radio Pakistan. Big names like Reshma and Mehdi Hassan both gained popularity through Radio Pakistan. They both started here. Radio Pakistan has given names to many talented people young and old. This platform will surely bring forward more people and better work than yesterday. In Radio Pakistan every day is better than yesterday.
