 Wireless license Inspector from the post office was authorized to check every house/shop for WLB(Wireless license book) and penalize & even seize the radio or TV.In 1984, the licensing system was withdrawn with both of the Indian national public broadcasters, AIR and Doordarshan, funded instead by the Government of India and by advertising.The radio tax to supplement RRI funding was introduced in 1947, about two years after its foundation and in height of the Indonesian National Revolution, initially set at Rp5 per month.