MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 India's No.1 FM Station has conceptualized an extremely creative way to reach out to the student community and capture the excitement on returning after a two month long summer vacation. Aptly titled Back to Pavilion the activity provides a platform for class 12th students to showcase their talent and to have a blast before they get into hectic study schedule. Organized at Huddard High School on 15th July 09, the bash had participation of almost 200 students and was a huge su...
MUMBAI: Sony has launched new Walkman W series MP3 players, a wireless design meant for audio fans who want a simple MP3 player to use.
The W series from Sony is designed for those who prefer only a headphone for music player and also for those who look for trendy design. The portable W series player is compact and lightweight (35g) with a design that fits behind the head, so users can enjoy music without getting tangled in wires.
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MUMBAI: Sony India plans to become the single largest brand in the Indian MP3 market with 30 per cent market share by 2010.
The company plans to focus on revolutionary designs such as the W series, channel expansion and a hip communication strategy to achieve its goal. The company has just launched a wire-less MP3 player –NWZ-W202.
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MUMBAI: British comedian-actor Russell Brand will host the annual MTV Video Music Awards for second year in a row on 13 September in New York.
The flamboyant 34-year-old comedian, actor, radio and television presenter will return as the host of the awards that will air live from stages set up around New York, including Radio City Music Hall.
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MUMBAI: Stuck in the rains? Can't find a cab to reach office or back home? Why worry when Radio Mirchi is around?
With monsoon hitting the metro in full swing, Radio Mirchi 98.3FM in association with Aircel has extended a helping hand to Mumbaikars stranded in the rains through an initiative called 'Mirchi Lift Kara De'.
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MUMBAI: The New York Times Co. is selling its classical music station and exiting the radio business.
The Times is selling WQXR-FM in a three-way deal that will see the classical music format become part of public radio, and its 96.3 FM signal broadcast a Spanish language station.
Univision Radio will pay the Times $33.5 million to exchange the broadcast license of WCAA, at 105.9 FM for the 96.3 FM signal.
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NEW DELHI : The commercial revenue of All India Radio dropped substantially from Rs 233,29,60,007 in 2007-008 to Rs 208,59,19,206 in 2008-09.
In fact, officially released figures show that the government owned broadcaster earned Rs 236,15,37,603 in 2006-07 and Rs 222,76,94,290 in 2005-06.
Although the Eleventh Plan for AIR has not yet been approved, work on a total of 194 new AIR stations including 145 FM stations begun in the Tenth Plan has been continued.
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MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1FM, India's first and leading FM brand, brings in the monsoon flavour to our homes with �Kanda Bhajji Party', a 4 week long monsoon celebration. Every week, Radio City RJ's will visit lucky few listener homes and have a tête-à -tête over Mumbai's mouth-watering monsoon special dish, �Kanda Bhajji'.
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MUMBAI: Singer turned actor Shruti Hassan has been awarded the �Best New Vocalist Award' by the Tamil Music Award industry for the film �Vaaranam Aayiram'.
Shruti, who debuts in Bollywood soon with her forthcoming film �Luck', has also crooned its title track �Aazma Luck'. There will also be a special video featured on her, the promos of which will be hit the airwaves soon.
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MUMBAI: After quitting Tips as the Senior VP- Music division in June, Rajeev Sogani has joined music label Pen Audio as its business head this week.
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