Sustainability haunts Community radio
MUMBAI: Community radio is a radio station for, by and of the community. This adage was cemented at the community radio workshop in Mumbai last week. Held at Juhu in suburban Mumbai, the two day workshop- �Community Radio: tuning into diversity' offered guidelines on setting up, managing and...
Sanand gets community radio station
MUMBAI: The Self-Employed Women's Association (Sewa), a non-governmental organisation that works for women's empowerment, has started its community radio station at Sanand, the site made famous by Tata Motors' Nano plant and around 35 km from Ahmedabad. Called �Rudi no Radio', the country's 49th...
Percept D'Mark COO Manuj Agarwal - We expect 40,000 people over three days at Sunburn this time
In a short span of three years, Sunburn has become synonymous with electronic dance music festival - the only one of its kind in India.
Mirchi inches closer to top spot in Bangalore
MUMBAI: While Mirchi continues to rule in three metros, in week 45 the station tried to narrow the margin between itself and Big FM which has been reigning in Bangalore for several weeks now.Fever too continued its steady albeit slow march upwards in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai.
Mirchi regains lead margins in Kolkata, Mumbai
MUMBAI: Fever is maintaining a slow climb in most of the metros, even as Mirchi regained its lead margin in Kolkata and Mumbai in wee 44. The most significant lead by Fever was in Delhi where it climbed 1.4 percentage points in week 44, inching closer to leader Mirchi.
Community radio stations welcome MIB's DAVP plans
MUMBAI: The constant lobbying by community radio stations in India for government advertising has finally been heard. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on 4 November 2009, passed a government resolution finalizing the DAVP advertising rates for community radio stations to Re. 1/- per...
Mirchi slips, but retains hold in three metros
MUMBAI: The leader continued to hold on to the premier position in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata even though it continued to concede top spot to Big FM in Bangalore week 43. With Fever snapping at their heels in Delhi and Mumbai, the fight for the market shares in these metros in the top spots is...
FM industry struggles to stay afloat as Phase III looms
MUMBAI: Phase III of FM radio expansion in the country is around the corner, with 700 additional frequencies to be rolled out in 92 cities by the I&B ministry. Concentrated mainly in the districts and very small towns, the radio industry is however skeptical about the commercial viability of...
Fever inches up in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore
MUMBAI: While the RAM statistics for week 42 did not indicate significant changes in the trend, HT Media's Fever has been registering a slow but steady growth in the three metros of Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. In Kolkata, however, the station which recently saw the resignation of station head...
Karbi Anglong wakes up to beats of a different kind
"What is it in music that brings people, irrespective of differences in caste, creed and language, come together? How do you define its latent power which helps heal even the most deepest of wounds?"