MUMBAI: At least 100 new FM transmitters with 100-watt capacity will be set up by All India Radio in remote localities of the North East, including Sikkim, during the 11th Plan period to boost transmission in the area.
According to a report in the Assam Tribune, 19 more FM transmitters with one-kilowatt capacity are also in the pipeline in the region during the period. This was stated by All India Radio, New Delhi's engineer-in-chief H R Singh, while inaugurating the Fourth Zonal Conference of the engineering heads of AIR stations of the NE region at Guwahati last weekend.
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MUMBAI: Sunoh.fm has launched its Social Music Discovery Application for Orkut's Open Social Platform, becoming the first startup to provide a converged application enabling social discovery of Indian music to Orkut users.
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MUMBAI: Media marketing company Reasonable Communications' �T-10 Gully Cricket', which will kick off on 15 January 2009 has roped in singers Kailash Kher and Raja Hassan to sing the promotional track of the series.
The music for the track has been composed by Rohit Sharma. Says the composer, While briefing me about the concept, the organisers suggested that the song should command an anthem tone and have a Delhi street feel to it, as it is all about Gully (street) cricket....
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MUMBAI: Two internationally acclaimed bands 'White Lion' and 'FireHouse' will perform together at Shillong, together for the first time, on 13 December 2008.
To be held at J N Stadium, Shillong, the show is being billed as the 'mother of all concerts in the country'.
Firehouse would be performing in Shillong for the second time. Surprisingly, the band had earlier played at the same venue four years ago on the same date (13 December) in front of a record 35,000 fans.
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MUMBAI: Fever's Delhi station has launched a new initiative - Off The Record, to encourage original musical talent, with an aim to provide a platform for young artists and bands that are yet to be discovered.
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