MUMBAI: Clear Channel Radio, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet, today announced that John Ivey has been named Senior Vice President of Programming and Robin Bertolucci has extended her contract as Program Director for KFI AM 640 and KTLK-AM 1150 in Los Angeles.
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MUMBAI: Pop Bhangra singer Daler Mehndi has recently crooned the theme song for India's first-ever Formula One Grand Prix.
The track �Hum Mein Raftaar, Jeete Baar Baar' is a speedy number co-sung by Leslie Lewis, Lucky Ali and KK, and will be performed live at the inaugural ceremony on 30 October.
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MUMBAI: Vh1 India is giving a life time opportunity to all Metallica fans to meet their idol and attend the concert at F1 rocks to be held on Sunday 30 October in Bangalore.
Fans can participate in the �VH1 all access contests to Metallica Live' on facebook page by answering few questions on their idol. The winner will stand a chance to meet Metallica, attend the concert and win autographed merchandise.
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MUMBAI: On the pious occasion of Kali Puja, Big FM will host Shayma Sangeet Festival from 24-27 October in Kolkata.
Srikumar Chattopadhyay, the legend of Shayma Sangeet will showcase his Bengali devotional songs and recount memorable tales of Kali Worship.
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MUMBAI: Two times academy winner AR Rahman has added another prestigious trophy to his shelf. The maestro has received the �Public choice award' for �If I Rise' from 127 Hours at the �World Soundtrack Awards 2011'.
The awards were announced at the 38th Ghent International Film Festival 2011. Rahman thanked his fans on facebook page, Thanks to my fans and the World Soundtrack Academy for the Public Choice award for the score of 127 Hours....
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MUMBAI: Red FM, the official radio partner of Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) 2011 is giving listeners a sneak peek of the award ceremony with special contests and celebrity bytes.
The radio station is running contests, where one lucky listener will stand a chance to win an autographed Fender Squier Guitar by Ehsan Noorani. Culminating on 28 October, RJ Malishka will announce the name of the lucky listener who will be presented with the guitar by the noted musician himself.
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MUMBAI: Maxx Mobiles has launched an innovative dual-screen handset �Ditto MX222' in the Indian markets.
The device is embedded with 2 inch TFT screen and bar keypad on both sides, FM radio with scheduling, pre-loaded 2GB memory card audio player with MP3 and WAV support and video player with MP4 and 3GPP support. The JAVA enabled handset is pre-loaded with a dedicated application for facebook and is powered by 800 mAh battery, the phone has a stand-by time up to 250-300 hours ...
NEW DELHI: Although the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued 349 letter of intent for setting up community radios in the country, only 115 organisations have operationalised their radio stations.
Thus, the remaining LOI holders will have to apply for necessary clearance from the WPC for frequency allocation and subsequent SACFA clearance to be able to operationalise their stations.
The Ministry considers setting up Community Radio Stations a thrust area and, therefore, wants to help operators.
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MUMBAI: Michael Buble's highly anticipated "Christmas" album - his holiday gift to fans around the globe is being released today, October 24th. "Christmas" is the record the multi-Grammy winning Canadian has been dreaming about making for years. "It's always been my favorite holiday and I knew that one day I would record the ultimate Christmas record. I wanted it to sound and feel very authentic -- pretty much like a live studio album. I'm very proud of it," commented Buble. "Christmas" follows up his critically acclaimed "Crazy Love" CD, which sold over seven million copies worldwide....
