MUMBAI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has urged Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to roll out FM Phase III Policy in a bid to add more than 780 radio channels in about another 275 cities and towns, a PTI report said.
The body has also made recommendations to Foreign Investment Promotion Board to raise FDI's limit in FM radio from existing 20 per cent to 49 percent.
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MUMBAI: Musical duo Vishal-Shekhar have come on board to judge one of the oldest reality show on Zee TV- Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.
"This is a new, younger cooler version, but as always, we'll try to maintain the soul, the vibe of the original Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. Talent above all!," writes the singer composer on his Twitter account.
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MUMBAI: Warner Music Group Corp.'s has posted a narrowed loss in its second-quarter Net loss for the fiscal second quarter ending in March was $25 million, compared with $68 million, a year-ago. Revenue fell by 1 percent to $662 million.
It is Warner's fifth consecutive quarterly loss as the recording industry has seen continued struggles. The popularity of physical compact discs has continued to slide, and Warner's digital sales haven't come close to offsetting its lost CD revenue.
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MUMBAI: With his new album titled 'World Peace, Love & Harmony' featuring some of worlds best musicians, bollywoods disco king is rooting for the Grammys, he told radioandmusic.com
The album features American jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright, Mridangam player T V Gopalakrishnan (the guru of A R Rahman and Illairaja), grammy winner Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and artistes like Water Sisters and Terri Young
The album, which will also have carnatic flavour to it, will ...
MUMBAI: After fifteen year of hunting melodious voices and skyrocketing several singers, this season of Zee Tv's popular singing hunt show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa will see an Atlanta based singer Supriya Shridharan, elbowing her way in the show.
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MUMBAI: Asia Pacific Region of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC-Asia Pacific has welcomed the recent decision of the Government of Bangladesh to approve 12 community radio licenses.
This is the first time in the history of Bangladesh that community radio licenses have been approved. The approval follows the community radio policy introduced in Bangladesh in March 2008.
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MUMBAI: DB Corp board yesterday approved the proposal to demerge their radio business- My FM from its subsidiary Synergy Media Entertainment (SMEL) into itself
SMEL`s radio business operates under the brand My FM 94.3 airing across 17 FM radio stations spread across the seven states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, MY FM is available in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Jalandhar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Udaipur, Gwalior, Indore, Ajmer, Amritsar, Bilaspur, Nagpur, Raipur, Kota and Jabalpur.
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BANGALORE: The fourth season of �History Rocks' kick starts today with a performance by Junk Yard Groove at Bangalore's Hard Rock Cafe. Performances by bands like Pentagram (in Mumbai) and Think Floyd (in New Delhi) will follow on May 20, 2010.
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MUMBAI: Disney Channel is gearing up to launch a new property on 15 May to spice up the 10 am slot. Christened Ishaan, the new show is a musical and inspirational journey of a young boy and will include a soundtrack of 11 original tracks.
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MUMBAI: The Mumbai audience is surely lucky to have Australian guitarist Frank Gamable come down for the third time - and this time along with bassist Stu Hamm, and drummer Joel Taylor - it just turned out the way it was expected to be - a phenomenal show of music, and virtuosity. With years of performing experience behind these musicians, there was a lot to take home.
The great thing about the gig was that it had a very accommodative set list - from melodic tracks, blues, to out an...
