MUMBAI: Playback singers Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu Bhattacharjee, music maestro Pandit Hridyanath Mangeshkar, ghazal singer Penaz Masani and radio presenter-programmer Ameen Sayani are among those honoured with the India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri on 26 January 2009.
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By now, we know Niladri Kumar for his explosive on-stage renditions. After the success of his latest album 'Priority', the performing musician is doing a series of concerts with his band ZitarFunk. However, not much has been known about his instrument 'Zitar'.
In an exclusive chat with radioandmusic.com's Chirag Sutar, the musician reveals the story behind Zitar and its mystifying sound – read on.
How would you define the Zit...
MUMBAI: Strategy Analytics has issued a report predicting the mobile music market will grow from $10.6 billion to $16.8 billion by 2013. International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) released a report indicating that global revenues for digital music grew by 25 percent to $3.7 billion last year. IFPI only counts the revenue which goes to the labels (which Strategy Analytics put at about 30 percent), and for that reason has never counted monophonic and polyphonic ringtones which generally pay composer royalties but not performance royalties.
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MUMBAI: This Republic Day, BIG 92.7 FM captures the spirit of patriotism and hosts a unique property called the Republic Day Musical Parade, calling people from across the city to come together, showcase their patriotism and salute the spirit of being Indian…the musical way!
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MUMBAI: Chose to be the change you want to see. In the aftermath of the terrible terror attacks on this city, there was an outpour of anger and frustration towards the authorities. Red FM with its 'Awaaz Uthate Raho' initiative, threw open its airwaves for listeners to express their anger and provided a platform for them to raise questions that they wanted answered by the people responsible for the security lapses.
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MUMBAI: Give me blood and I shall give you freedom... - is how the great revolutionary Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose motivated the youth during the turbulent times of India during The British Regime Remembering and honoring Netaji on his birth anniversary, NINE on 91.9 FM organized a voluntary blood donation camp in Siliguri.
NINE FM represents the youth and since Netaji was and still is such an inspiration to most young Indians, we chose his birth anniversary to follow the path of our leader by donating blood,... said Mr. Bobby Gupta, CEO - NINE FM.
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MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 FM, The First and Number One FM station of North Bengal and Sikkim partnered with Annual Career Counselling Mega Event Organised at Siliguri.
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MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM - Srinagar is creating a laugh riot amongst listener with its mind-blowing humour segment – �Sophie Ki Topi'…. The evening show – Cross Connection which is hosted by RJ Sophie, not only entertains listeners but also, as the name suggests, connects people �Sophie Ki Topi' is the humor segment of the evening show in which RJ Sophie makes a �bakra' out of listeners through prank calls. Listeners across age groups are hooked on to the segment and are in complete splits throughout the show.
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Mumbai University initiated its community radio station – Radio MUST 107.8 FM in February 2008. The unique initiative completes one year next month. Airing content initially for four hours, the CR now broadcasts 13 hours of programming In a conversation with Radioandmusic's Anita Iyer, Radio MUST head Pankaj Athavale looks back at the year gone by, initiatives of Radio MUST and sustainability of CRs in India.
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