FM Radio in India is a medium basically dedicated to music. The talk radio format has not been tried out here, to the biggest challenge is to create innovative programming using music as the base. So far, FM Radio in India has been coming along with little innovation and as per the same set format. When you tune in to FM stations in the big cities, all of them sound the same – the same kind of music playing, and RJs speaking in much the same format. But in the small towns, Radio stations ha...
MUMBAI: After Ey-Eta Ke?, RED FM has rolled out another contest, Ey Gaaner Jackpot, which gives its listeners in Kolkata the opportunity to win cash prizes every day. The contest will be on air till the end of the first week of February. Throughout the day, each day since the 17th of January, when it began, Ey Gaaner Jackpot has RJs asking a specific question around the set of songs that have been played for an hour on every show, urging the listeners to participate and win cash.
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MUMBAI: New York Festivals (NYF) Radio Program & Promotion Awards, recognizing the “World’s Best Radio Programs,” announced its official Call for Entries on Monday, January 31, 2011. Established in 1982, the competition honors the most innovative work in radio broadcasting, with entries from radio stations, networks, and independent producers from around the globe. ...
MUMBAI: The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards that will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, will be aired live in India on Monday, the 14th of February at 6.30 am, with a repeat at 9 pm. Superstars and current Grammy nominees Arcade Fire, Eminem, Cee Lo Green, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, and Katy Perry are the first performers announced for the telecast. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon....
MUMBAI: The genial and exuberant King of Disco, Bappi Lahiri, has been signed up for a special appearance on Disney Channel's show Ishaan. He will appear on the show as the �Maharaja of Disco Land' who decides to consider crowning the �Yaari' band as �The Future Of Disco'. In addition to the special appearance, Bappi da, as he is popularly known, will also lend his style to the music of Ishaan by recording an original track titled D.I.S.C.O.
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MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM has gained market share in three metros of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, while AIR stations have gained in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore per Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) data for Week 2 of 2011 (9 to 15 Jan 2011) across all people 12+ at all places of listening. Radio Mirchi, while still a strong Number 1 in Delhi, dropped 1.5% from its city-leading market share of 23.7% to reach 22.2%, and is still the Number One, ahead of Fever FM which has a 19.2% market share. AIR FM Gold, with 17.7%, is close behind Fever FM.
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MUMBAI: YANGAROO Inc., the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, today announced that Country Music Television (CMT) is the latest major broadcaster to choose to receive SD and HD music videos via YANGAROO's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) CMT, the leading television and digital authority on country music and entertainment, plans to complete the transition to digital delivery by March 31st 2011.
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