MUMBAI: �Kisanvaani 90.4', a community radio in Sironj, Madhya Pradesh an initiative by Delhi based NGO Indian Society for Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) has signed the GOPA (Grant of Permission Agreement) this week with the Information and Broadcasting ministry. The NGO has already brought the transmitter from BEL (Bharat Electronics) and has submitted relevant documents to obtain the WOL (Wireless Operating License).
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MUMBAI: Resul Pookutty, the first Indian to get an Oscar for sound mixing for a film returned to a hero's welcome at the Mumbai airport with the Oscar statuette clutched in his hands in the early hours of Thursday.
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MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM, Bangalore's No1 FM station celebrates the 75th year of Kannada Film industry with the launch of Airtel Karunaada Sangeetha Vaibhava, a musical repertoire from the golden era of Kannada film music which is exclusively marketed by IndiaTales. BIG 92.7 FM is the official Radio Partner for this musical selection and has lined up a host of on-air programs and live interviews to relive this era. This is a rare combination of original singers and upcoming talented voices.
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MUMBAI: On Jan 1, 2009, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, India's hottest Radio station launched a new devotional show called Mirchi Devaragam with the goal of giving the Mirchi listeners an auspicious start to their day. As a progression of this ideology Radio Mirchi is providing its listeners in Chennai an exclusive opportunity of free �Tirupathi Darshan' by participating in a contest on this show.
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MUMBAI: Film composer and pianist Frank Ferrucci's new CD, Film Music Inspired by the Indian Railway, evokes a romantic and spiritual journey along the great Indian Railway by combining traditional Indian bansuri, tabla, sitar, and tambura with classic Western instruments. This cinematic music brings listeners on a journey from Mumbai and Calcutta to the Ganges, through Darjiling and Rajasthan to the Himalayas.
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MUMBAI: The Slumdog Millionaire track �Jai ho' has almost become an anthem in the country with composer A R Rahman picking up many awards for the compositions, the most recent being the coveted Oscar.
Basking in the glory of the song is Vijay Prakash, the singer who has rendered the full throated �Jai Ho' at regular intervals in the track.
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MUMBAI: Justin-Uday are the latest in the line of professionals who have crossed over from the advertising world into the lanes of Bollywood with elan.
With Sikandar, they make their big debut soon. Shortly after, they will begin work on Kunal Shivdasani's next project and also on a movie titled Fishbowl... which will have a complete seventies feel to it. The duo own twin studios -Riversound and Backwaters- designed by Didier Weiss, who also designed A R Rahman's studio.
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MUMBAI: Indian radio industry professionals have probably never had it so good. Big FM vice president programming Nirupam Sonu has been invited to be on the jury of the New York Festivals - 2009, judging the Radio Programming and Promotions category.
Radio City Executive Vice President and National Head – Programming and Marketing Rana Barua and Nitesh Tiwari, executive creative director, Leo Burnett have also been selected to be on the judging panel of this category.
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MUMBAI: A comprehensive course designed to help struggling independent musicians gain better grounds in the music industry is now available at MusicIndustrySuccess.com. "Secrets To Making Money in the Music Industry" is a simple do-it-yourself tool that contains expert advice and industry inside information authored by Ty Cohen of Platinum Millennium Publishing, a music industry specialist firm.
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