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Radioandmusic.com's News Archives - 2008
 
(13 May )
* Meet Brothers exit Gwalior's Radio Chaska
* Big FM to go 24/7 in Jamshedpur
* Big Music releases single to cash in on IPL fervour
* Soul sounds from Rahul Sharma's new album unveiled
* De Taali launches music under T-Series
(12 May )
* Big Music to re-launch Plus Music albums
* Radio Misty launches website
* Big FM appoints Ramita Chaudhuri as station head- Kolkata
* Radio Mirchi Bangalore to support 'Sunfeast world 10K'
* B4U Music launches on Freesat in UK
(10 May )
* Queen confers MBE on Malkit Singh
* Chinese highest listeners of music on mobiles
* Mccartney to give away album with newspaper
(9 May )
* Viplove Gupte quits My FM, joins Big FM
* AirCheck takes monitoring to Nagpur and Kanpur
* Strings resurface with new album
(8 May )
* Rajeeta Hemwani joins Universal as VP – Content A&R
* Radio City to start summer workshop for young listeners
* Israeli teen singer Liel to tour Bangalore
* Online game to help tag music
* Last.fm to relaunch AOL Europe's online radio
* Microsoft's Zune music player takes on iPod in Canada
(7 May )
* Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy get royalty share for four projects
* Blender enters Indian music magazine space
* Qtrax to provide free downloads of UMG artistes
* Amazon, Sony, EMI bring out-of-print albums back to life
* eMusic introduces audiobooks format in MP3
(6 May )
* Radio Mango hunts singers, invests 20 millions
* Sab launches musical reality show
* S FM launches in Nagpur
* UMG, Gotuit join hands for personalized digital music service
(5 May )
* Radio One launches a new contest for Mumbai-ites
* Big FM Hyderabad revamps its programming chart
* Radio One ropes in Raj Gopal Iyer as station head-west
(3 May )
* Big Music ties with Zapak to produce music for online game
* Vodafone joins Verizon to broadcast Madonna songs live
* Online music providers to shell out $100 million as royalties
* Vh1 to air Gods of Guitar in May
(2 May )
* Saregama invests Rs 15 mn to hunt new talent
* T-Series lines up seven music releases in May
* Red FM plans out-of-studio interactive shows
* Sirius creates Radio Mom to celebrate Mother's Day
* Rajar releases figures on UK Digital Radio industry
* Radio operators should pay more for music content: PPL
* Idea Cellular salutes the nation with Jai Hind music video
(30 April )
* Singh is Kinng music rights fetch over Rs 80 mn
* Radio City rides high on IPL frenzy
* Aryans set sights on Bollywood with new age rock music
* B4U India ropes in Malvinder Kaur as creative head
* Pump up the volume at the India Radio Forum 2008
* Sony to launch ‘Yeh Shaam Mastani’ on 3 May
* Sonali to judge, Chang, Deepali to host Indian Idol
(29 April )
* Gurmeet Singh quits Music Today, to join Rajshri Media as CEO
* Mohali stadium pays for unlicensed music during matches
* Nokia, Big Music, Rahman team for song remix contest
* Daler to croon Tamil tune for Rahman's nephew
* RIAA files suit against Project Playlist
* Big Music is Chennai IPL team's entertainment partner
* MTV gets into the heart of youth with "The State of Cool"
* Web and radio most accessed media at work: Study
(28 April )
* Sun TV launches station at Warangal
* My FM apes Star's Panchvi Paas
* iTunes to seize one-quarter of worldwide music by 2012
* Winehouse makes it to young music rich list
(26 April )
* CAT denies revision of recruitment rules for composers
* Starbucks cedes management of music label
(25 April )
* My FM Chandigarh launches 'My Ka Laal'
(24 April )
* Hello FM launches IPL centric cricket game
* Radio Indigo to bring in Dutch jazz band Agog to Bangalore
* Microsoft to pull the plug on DRM enabled music service
* Mariah Carey sets records with new album
(23 April )
* Essel appoints Shirshendu Banerjee to head FM vertical
* Bulk of applications for community radio yet to get nod
* Mirchi Mumbai turns six
* Big FM brings on ice-cream marathon for Hyd listeners
* Sony BMG hops on to Nokia's 'Comes with Music' service
* eMusic adds contempory classical labels to roster
(22 April )
* Mirchi announces key changes in team
* Universal to launch Babul Supriyo's 'Untitled' this week
* Radio Mirchi unveils talent hunt for singers
* Nokia takes on Apple
* Sun TV’s SFM launches in Rajkot, Aurangabad & Ahmedabad
(21 April )
* Pahlaj Nihalani floats own music label
* Kailash Kher to compose for DJ Paul Oakenfold
* Full track downloads in Japan rise 91 per cent - RIAJ
* Bryan Adams resurfaces with '11'
* Music industry myopic: Aroi
* Pyramid Saimira to invest Rs 4 billion in Chinese JV
* Cosgrove of iCarly fame signs with Columbia Records
* Radio Disney to be available on web enabled mobiles
(19 April )
* Big FM takes talent hunt to Chennai, Orissa
* Music label BMG shuffles ranks
(18 April )
* Myspace India plans events to promote Indian talent
* Big Music announces ‘Ticket to Stardom’ campaign
* Disney announces Hannah Montana-The Big Pop Star Dream
* VH1's Wyclef Jean's performs at Bangalore's Hard Rock Café
(17 April )
* Sangeet Bangla set to enter GEC space, plans 14 new shows
* NDTV Imagine to launch music reality show Junoon in June
* Sony BMG and Tommy Hilfiger unveil Tommy TV
* Universal-PluggedIn partner to bring fans HD music videos
(16 April )
* SFM to launch at Nasik and Vadodara
* T-Series ties up with Channel V for Woodstock Villa
* RGV, T-Series reach settlement on Sarkar Raj
* Fropper.com launches music networking service
* UK music industry’s spat with Govt over iPod tax
* Broadcast Electronics lowers cost of FM HD Radio
(15 April )
* T-Series bags music rights of Shahrukh’s IPL team
* Close Up to present Big's 'Punjabi Please'
* Sony BMG celebrates 25th anniversary of Jackson's 'Thriller'
* eMusic downloads hit 200 mn mark
* Adkins and Pickler voted big winners at CMT awards '08
* McDonalds in Happy Meal tie up with American Idol
(14 April )
* Radio City announces key changes in strategic team
* Fever 104 FM launches Vodafone Fever contest
* Big ropes in Himanshu Shekhar as regl head, north & west
* T-Series releases compilation of Salman's top 100
* RAPA gets 1,000 nominations for RAPA Awards 2007
(12 April )
* Pak singers to perform at Delhi fest
* Apple tops brand survey, but consumers say Sony's a peach
* Sun TV’s SFM to launch in Jamshedpur on 13 April
* American Idol raises $60 mn for charity
* Zee Kannada announces fourth season of 'Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa'
(11 April )
* Krazzy4 case settled out of court; to release with all songs
* Radio Misty gets BBC programming to North Bengal, Sikkim
* Radio City goes on air in Pune
* Worldspace starts car radio service in Germany
(10 April )
* Court orders Krazzy4 release with two songs cut
* Hit FM launches Ultimate Santana Challenge
* Digital sales to account for 40 pc of music purchases by '12
* Vh1 brings Wyclef Jean to perform live in India
(9 April )
* Rabbi Shergill's new album premieres on Nokia
* Global online record label to launch in April
(8 April )
* Sun TV’s SFM to launch in Guwahati on 8 April
* YouTube teams up with Rolling Stones
(5 April )
* Pt Jasraj, Dr L Subramaniam perform at Idea Jalsa
(4 April )
* MySpace ties with major labels, launches MySpace Music
* Vh1 to launch mobile game on The Flavor of Love
(3 April )
* Mukta Arts signs on Pritam, Sajid-Wajid, Monty
* Big FM appoints Rohit Dhar as regional director, East
* SunTV’s SFM to launch in Mysore on 3 April
(2 April )
* Mohit Anand to join Channel [V] as head
* Big appoints Manoj George as natl sales director
(1 April )
* Eros acquires music rights of Shravan's film
(31 March )
* Rahman to compose score for Ghajini game
* David Anthony teams with Reenie for Hindi album
* T-Series gets HC help to bar content use on Amrita TV
* Sangeet Bangla climbs to third position among GECs
(29 March )
* Piracy costs Indian music industry $325 mn: E&Y
(27 March )
* Radio Mirchi offers FCT worth $1 mn to fight music piracy
* Music session urges for promotion of non film music
* Case against RGV by T-Series stayed till July
* Bhaskar Group’s My FM to send listeners to Singapore
(26 March )
* Radio poised for rapid OOH growth
* Big FM announces staff movements
* DeGeneres to co-host 'Idol Gives Back' with Seascrest
(25 March )
* MTV US' Rock Band game content goes 6 times platinum
* Big FM hosts exclusive music launch of Kannada film
* Ad Gurus meet for 5th Mirchi KAAN Awards
(24 March )
* Rajeeta Hemwani launches Monks of Music
(21 March )
* Kailash Kher sings 'Dil pe le liya re' for ICL!
* Music of Kannada film 'Accident' launched
* Venus releases 'Hey Chhorie' by Sapna Awasthi
(20 March )
* Lesle Lewis to launch new talent with Rock-stars Academy
* Big FM hunts for singing talent
* Radio City launches at Akola
(19 March )
* T-Series files FIR against Ramgopal Varma
* Mirchi Movies signs on Aadesh for Hari Puttar
* Nadeem-Shravan to compose for Bhagnani’s next
(18 March )
* Worldspace chooses LivehelpGenie for customer support
* Eddy Tan is Channel [V] VP, programming
(17 March )
* Rajeeta Hemwani to quit Big Music
* Sun TV’s SFM to launch in Allahabad, Jabalpur
(15 March )
* Rapa awards nomination extended to 5 April
* Jadavpur Univ's community radio to launch in April
* Music Today, Hay house launch inspirational audio CDs
* My FM, CNBC TV18 partner for 'Emerging India Awards 2008'
(13 March )
* Vishal Shekhar's label to launch more 'complete artistes'
* PPC, Radio City tie up for 'Khuda Ke Liye' music
* Taz releases indi-pop album 'Jawani on the rocks'
* Meeta Pandit gets Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar
(12 March )
* AIR not to cut down on number of radio stations
* Sunil Kumaran appointed Big FM South cluster head
* Sun TV’s SFM to launch at Kannur
(11 March )
* Vrajesh Hirjee to quit Big FM
* BPL Mobile introduces Jukebox - Mobile Radio Service
* Mogae-MCM to launch radio in malls
* Big FM is radio partner for Wills Fashion Week
(10 March )
* Radio Mirchi restructures leadership team
* Aircheck extends media montioring service to Lucknow
* Adnan Sami to score music for four films in '08
(7 March )
* Adlabs debates FM radio demerger issue
(6 March )
* Amar Deb quits Channel [V]; to start web venture
* Sonu Niigaam cuts Kannada songs album
(5 March )
* George Sebastian to take over Club FM reins
* Radio Choklate ropes in junior jockeys
* Cell phones drive radio listenership - study
* MSN India's Control Room gets Sheryl Crow online in March
* My FM adds Jabalpur to roster
(4 March )
* Saregama plans total entertainment portal
* Channel [V], Virgin Mobile make live Bollywood flick
(3 March )
* Big FM launches Sonu Niigaam single 'Punjabi Please'
* Chinese music copyright society sues search engine
* 'Heroes' TV soundtrack to be released on 18 March'
(1 March )
* Mumbai University's Must Radio begins transmission
* Kajol, Ajay Devgan launch Radio One's 'Dating Fatafat'
* Radio Taiwan seeks integration through airwaves
* Radio Indigo brings Bob Belden to Bangalore
* RJ 'DJ' joins My FM in Ahmedabad
* 'The budget has little to offer for the media industry' - Apurva Purohit
* 'The budget, while good for the common man, has nothing phenomenal for the radio industry"- Tarun Katial
(29 February)
* Chaurasia et al to perform at Premanjali annual music fest
* Universal Music Group acquires Univision Music Group
* US co creates music package for weather website
* NDTV to air Ashim Ahluwalia's 'Asian Vibes London'
* Manoj Tiwari, Roshni Chopra to host 9X's 'Chak De Bachche'
(28 February)
* Radio One wins 'Most Youth Oriented Channel' award
* Radio Indigo celebrates Women's day
* Mob attacks Zee Marathi's 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' set
(27 February)
* Govt to set up 93 AIR transmitters in two years
* Trai recommendation on FM radio under study: Govt
* Coke, Vodafone join 9XM as platinum sponsors