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| 31 Mar 2009

Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar - Radio is our friend and the composer is our 'annadata'

After being in the industry for almost two decades, Big Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar has perhaps seen the changing face of music business in India more closely than anybody. Since its inception, Big Music has followed a cautious well calculated strategy - acquiring some top grossing titles like Johnny...

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| 24 Mar 2009

Awards sing the right tune for FM stations

In the Indian FM radio industry where pioneering properties don't take long to get plagiarised and...

| 21 Mar 2009

IIT Bombay students launch web campus radio

MUMBAI: Students of IIT Bombay have launched their own campus web based radio station.

| 20 Mar 2009

CR station to start at Nuh, Mewat in Haryana

MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of...

| 16 Mar 2009

Community Radio - the voice gets stronger

It's been barely some months since community radio took off in earnest in the country - 36 campus-stations and three NGO-led CR stations - are currently on air. The medium, however, appears to have touched a chord with the communities they serve. Community Radio Stations like the MVSS led station...

| 14 Mar 2009

Himachal Pradesh gets first community radio station

MUMBAI: Hamara MSPICM 90.4 FM, Himachal Pradesh's first community radio - a venture floated by the M S Panwar Institute of Communication and Management (MSPICM) was launched in Solan district on Friday. The station was inaugurated by the Chief Secretary of government of Himachal Pradesh Asha...

| 10 Mar 2009

Holi spells moolah time for Bhojpuri music

Raunchy Bhojpuri albums, bordering on the vulgar, were always the hot cakes that disappeared off nukkad shop shelves' in the UP-Bihar belt in the build up to Holi.

| 07 Mar 2009

Durga Jasraj - "Jalsa is a platform where musicians communicate intelligently"

Maybe it's time that the way we recall Durga Jasraj changes. She's not only the daugther of the legendary Pt Jasraj, but now, in her own right, also a producer and organiser who has been making phenomenal contributions to the Indian classical music -  more so with her business acumen and organising...

| 04 Mar 2009

Radio Bundelkhand hosts training sessions for CR stations

MUMBAI: Orchha based community radio, Radio Bundelkhand 90.4, an initiative by Development Alternatives, has organised a three day training programme from 3 to 5 March 2009 for CR stations. A tool to empower communities, it has been hosted by Radio Bundelkhand in technical cooperation with UNESCO...

| 02 Mar 2009

Music labels rush to cash in on Rahman's triumph

MUMBAI: After A R Rahman brought home twin Oscars, music labels in India are leaving no stone unturned to cash in on the Rahman fever. T-Series has already launched a Rahman compilation last week. Others like Sony BMG, Saregama are working on similar lines and are planning early March launches for...