MUMBAI: In an endeavor to encorporate Marathi music in its programming, Big FM has launched a new show in its morning slot 'The Big Marathi Top 10'. The new show will be encorporated in the already running morning show �Masala Chaha' which airs on the station between 6 and 8am.
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MUMBAI: Guwahati's Radio Ooo La La has completed three years of its operations in the city.
Talking about the station's journey in the past three years Radio Ooo La La business development executive Kamal Kumar Tanti says, "We have done good for ourselves and have acquired the top position in Guwahati listnership parse."
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MUMBAI: To connect the rural hinterland with the national mainstream, Government has decided to take its community radio station initiative to all the states.
A senior official in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said that during the current fiscal, the community radio network will focus on covering states like Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, which have remained untapped so far, according to a PTI report
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MUMBAI: FM radio broadcasters in smaller towns had to face repercussions of BBC's content syndication tie up with Reliance Media World's Big FM.
After Big FM inked deal with BBC World Service to provide entertainment updates for 32 of its FM radio stations, the later severed ties with its partners- Gwalior based Radio Chaska and Orrisa based Radio Choklate. The key reason, cite players, is presence of Big FM in these markets
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MUMBAI: OnMobile, the telecom value-added services (VAS) service provider has introduced first-of-its-kind VAS application Reverse RBT (ring back tones). The feature was recently launched by Tata Docomo under the My Song... brand name.
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MUMBAI: Viacom18 has announced elevations of Vh1 deputy GM Ferzad Palia and MTV sales head –North & East Jaideep Singh.
While Palia has been promoted as Vh1 head, Singh has been given the position of MTV India national head – sales.
Palia has been among the start up members of the English entertainment channel Vh1 and has led its marketing and content till date. As the channel head, he will now be responsible for all functions of the channel and will report into Viacom18 Group CEO Haresh Chawla.
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