MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM, India's No. 1 FM Station in its endeavor to provide wholesome entertainment to its listeners and to ensure best quality entertainment, has got on board RJ Sandy to host the Breakfast Show - 'BIG Chai', every morning between 7am and 11am - Monday's to Saturday's. The talented RJ has hosted many on-ground events and road-shows as an emcee prior to joining BIG 92.7 FM.
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MUMBAI: Kolkata is the fourth station from the Fever stable to launch after Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.Says business head S Keerthivasan, "The FM radio space in India is showing tremendous promise. I am very happy with the progress that Fever 104 FM has made. Virgin and HT Media have worked together successfully to create a differentiated and compelling brand and business in Fever 104 FM. With the launch of Kolkata operations we have completed the first phase of implementation of radio operations in the four metros."
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MUMBAI: Big FM has announced launch of its 43rd FM station in Rourkela, Orissa on 23 January, making it the first private channel operating in the steel city. Big FM's Regional Head East, Soumen Ghosh Choudhury, said, "We are the first private radio station in the region. The programming mix has been put together after much research and understanding of local requirements. We are sure the city will welcome us with open arms and will enjoy the programmes on our Station."...
MUMBAI: Big FM's Hyderabad station has commenced podcast of its shows.
The year appears to have begun with radio stations keen to exploit the Net space. While Big FM had taken the lead in the space by beginning podcast of select shows from its Bangalore station late last year, the Bhaskar group's My FM followed last week by commencing podcast of all its stations.
Big FM is the first in Hyderabad to offer podcast of its shows, says a release.
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MUMBAI: Bhaskar Group's My FM has appointed Arti Jaiswal as head of sales for north and east regions. In her new role, Jaiswal will look after the FM station's media sales based out of New Delhi. Coming from Amar Ujala, where she was chief manager (north), Jaiswal brings with her over ten years of experience in media sales. She has worked with India's leading media publications like Dainik...
When the music is A R Rahman's, expectations from a feature film naturally skyrocket. Unfailingly, Rahman does full justice to any score he touches. So also with this period film, Ashutosh Gowariker's opus, Jodhaa Akbar. The tracks had already created a stir with the audience even before the official release of the music. The progression from the use of basic instruments to complex sound effects, Rahman proves himself as a composer once again with Jodhaa.... Aze...
MUMBAI: Hello 106.4 FM, which has recently launched their station in Trichy, are back with a bang again and this time its Chennai with "Mobile Cricket", an interesting on ground activity with HDFC Home Loan. This event that started off on 18th January is aiming to reach all the software engineers across the city. The mobile cricket team would go to various IT companies in Chennai on any of the weekday and encourage the engineers to take some time out from their busy schedules and relax with a game of cricket.
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The music label is coming up with a variety of catalogues in spiritual category, including a catalogue featuring Jagjit Singh singing devotional songs, and catalogues on Hindi scriptures (Picked up from the Vedas and Upanishads) with shlokas and hymns. Also slated to release in the months of February and March 2008 are three or four compilations on lord Shiva. The market is probably going to house catalogues of music-therapy and music-healing promoted by Times Music this quarter. One album would be dedicated to Sai Baba and people could also get to choose from few relea...
Mumbai: Radio City plans to revamp its existing weekend programming line up across the Hindi speaking cities, where it operates. Seven new shows, on humour, romance, showbiz and Bollywood are being introduced. Three programmes on Saturday and four on Sunday have been planned. A weekly recap of top 20 songs, the Udham Singh Show in desi Haryanvi, a weekend special programme on behind the scene gossip, grapevine and glamour from the entertainment world and other programmes will be...
MUMBAI: Television format creator and distributor Fremantlemedia which will distribute the music awards event show, The Brit Awards 2008 globally has announced the first wave of musicians who will perform. The European awards show takes place in London on 20 February 2008....
