MUMBAI: Humor adds spice to life…….. so when you listen to BIG FM Hyderabad, the most humorous and musical station, you are sure to experience a �life banao' fun. Continuing its supremacy in associating all the major events in Hyderabad, BIG 92.7 FM is all set again to offer a humorous experience to its listeners through a popular family entertainment comedy play �Mr. and Mrs. Karan Johar'.
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MUMBAI: Big FM is altering its Sunday programming across cities, keeping listeners' preferences in mind.
Big will now introduce programming with a combination of entertainment, humour, entertainment customised according to individual needs of different cities. Some of the changes to be incorporated are information capsules for Kolkata and Chennai markets as the listeners need more news based content and on the contrary, Mumbaiites and Delhiites need more entertainment and light humour.
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MUMBAI: A R Rahman has got an invitation to perform live at the Oscars.
According to industry reports, Rahman, along with playback singer Sukhwinder Singh, has been invited to open the 81st annual Academy Awards night, on 22 February to be held in Los Angeles, with the Oscar nominated song �Jai ho' from the original soundtrack of �Slumdog Millionaire'.
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MUMBAI: The National Geographic Society has launched a record label, christened Nat Geo Music, through its music division of the same name.
According to Billboard, the label will record, release and promote modern music from around the globe from a variety of artists and genres. It will be headed by Nat Geo Music GM Mat Whittington, who will report to National Geographic Entertainment president David Beal.
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MUMBAI: "Gulshan Kumar lives on. We refuse to accept that he has left us and gone. And in our hearts and our work, he lives on. That is the reason why despite the music market not doing well, Bhushan Kumar still churns out hits. He is blessed by Gulshanji who lives on in his son," said an emotional Sonu Nigam at the success party of his father Agam Kumar Nigam's Woh Bewafa.
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MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM Trivandrum in continuation to its 1st Anniversary celebrations presents Money Machine, a highly interactive, addictive and highly engaging on-air contest which will reward its lucky listeners with pots of moolah beginning 29th January 2009.
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MUMBAI: The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is holding a two-day workshop on the Regional Consultation on Community Radio Awareness at Guwahati in Assam from Wednesday. The workshop will be inaugurated by the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma is likely to attend the workshop as the chief guest.
AIR Guwahati Correspondent reports that the Sixth Regional Consultation will focus mainly on educational institutions and civil society organization based in the north eastern part of the country.
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After featuring the south, north and east FM scenario in 2008, radioandmusic.com completes the FM roundup with the west scene.
2008 was a tough year in general for media in India, but radio managed reasonably well during the year.
Believes Radio Mirchi CEO Prashant Panday, Fuelled by growth in network, the growth rate of radio in the first half of 2008 was as high as 55-60 per cent on a year on year basis....
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MUMBAI: Music and lifestyle channel Vh1 plans to scale-up both its programming and digital zones.
Vh1, which has been the only channel providing music lover's daily dose of international music, pop culture and celebrity lifestyle in India, has ramped up its programming with on air and on ground initiatives in recent months, some of them being the Global Music Xpress, Dance 101, Big Brother, Nokia Vh1 Playlist, Jazz Masters, Yo Momma and tickers.
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MUMBAI: Nandita and Raghu Dixit were voted as favourite singers, while Kaviraj was adjudged favourite lyricist and Jinkemarina from Nanda Loves Nandita won the favourite song of 2008 at the SFM Kalaa Awards held on 24 January in Bangalore.
The Sun Network promoted FM venture Kal Radio, 93.5 SFM Karnataka hosted the Kalaa Awards 2008 in Bangalore, felicitating the favourite from the Kannada film's music industry.
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