Srinagar, Feb. 12 -- Radio has been the most powerful mass media that has shaped societies in every corner of the world ever since its invention.World Radio Day is a perfect platform to think about how this traditional medium has undergone an unbelievable metamorphosis through podcasts in the digital era.

Radio first appeared in the late 19th century thanks to innovators including Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi.Marconi's first successful wireless signal transmission across the Atlantic Ocean in 1901 made radio an established means of communication.

Radio gave real-time data which made it an effective tool for dispatching news, emergency alerts, and live data.Broadcasters had the advantage of immediacy, which allowed them to respond ...