MUMBAI: Realizing the problem of increasing traffic and unsafe driving, Radio Mirchi 98.3FM, India's hottest Radio station, has once again decided to rescue traffic victims in a joint initiative with traffic police and Delhi public. On July 11, 2008, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM invited Joint commissioner of police -Traffic on their morning drive time show 'Hi Delhi' with RJ Anant & Saurabh to discuss traffic related issues with its listeners.
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Music: Anu Malek
Lyrics: Amitabh Verma
Label: T-series
Our Rating: 2.5/5
Anu Malek is finally back with something woth remembering. The songs for Ugly aur Pagli cannot be considered his career best, but some songs in the album are definitely worth appreciating.
The composer has reserved the best music for his daughter. And Anmol complies by generously showcasing her talent in the songs papa has composed for her. If not the radio stations, the songs are going...
MUMBAI: A Parks Associates survey has found that a majority of US and Canadian citizens use the PC and Television to listen to music.
Estimates say two-thirds of the broadband households surveyed regularly use the PC to play music while at home, and one-third use a television to listen to music.
In a new report by Digital Media Habits II, MP3 players ranked equal to TVs, with one-third of households using these platforms for music. Digital Media Habits II is a study of media trends in the US and Canada.
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MUMBAI: Tribe of Noise will launch a website providing a podium to composers all over the world and offering legal free music downloads on 14 July.
At Tribe of Noise, composers can upload their music under a Creative Commons license that allows fans and professionals to download, distribute and build upon it.
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MUMBAI: Radio city's regional head west of sound and technology Federick D'mello, has put in his papers.
D'mello has been associated with the radio station for a decade now. D'mello confirms, "I had joined Radio city as a sound engineer and have learnt a lot about the workings of the radio industry. I had an amazing learning experience with Radio city."
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MUMBAI: Media Worldwide, which runs Hindi music channel Music India and Bangla music channel Sangeet Bangla, is set to launch a Bhojpuri music channel on 14 July.
Sangeet Bhojpuri will be the first music channel in Bhojpuri language.
The back-to-back music format of Sangeet Bhojpuri will be same as Music India. It will have "simply music" round the clock.
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MUMBAI: Bhaskar Group's My FM is set to counsel its listeners about the virtues of small family and the ill effects of population explosion on the 'World Population Day' on 11 July.
All the 17 stations of My FM will spread the message of Chhota Pariwar Sukhi Pariwar (small family is happy family).
The RJs will also share interesting facts based on population data. Additionally, the stations will also be holding street play competition among the local colleges.
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MUMBAI: The Disney Music Group has teamed up with Universal Music to distribute and market its products in Asia, excluding Japan.
The agreement will be effective in India from October 2008. But in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand it will be effective immediately.
In the coming months, Universal will also release albums of Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, Vanessa Hudgens and Hilary Duff.
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MUMBAI: Interntaional broadcaster The Voice of America plans to eliminate seven radio language services this year, including radio broadcasts in Hindi, Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian and Georgian.
According to Internet resource ProPublica, the cuts are an indirect fallout of the hundreds of millions of dollars absorbed by Alhurra, the US government-funded Arabic television news channel.
VOA employees have long been unhappy with the direction of the agency, which currently broadcasts in 45 languages, says ProPublica.
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