RadioandMusic
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| 30 Dec 2009

Worldspace listeners want music to play on

MUMBAI: The news of Worldspace Radio shutting down has shocked its subscribers in India, a country that housed 95 per cent of its subscription base. Music lovers are aggrieved at the abrupt termination of the music service from 31 December. It is the loss of music that the users are upset about...

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| 26 Dec 2009

Mirchi widens lead margin in Kolkata

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi slipped slightly in Bangalore and Delhi in week 50 according to RAM data, but...

| 22 Dec 2009

Mergers and consolidations - new mantra for FM stations

MUMBAI: Is there light at the end of the tunnel for the struggling private FM radio industry in...

| 18 Dec 2009

Red FM inches close to Mirchi in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Red FM clawed its way back up in Mumbai to give stiff competition to leader Mirchi in the...

| 26 Sep 2009

Re-visiting Meow 104.8 FM

I've been thinking of reviewing Meow FM again to understand and share how it has evolved since then but it was only after one of the hosts at Meow emailed me to know what I feel about the station... that I finally got down to write. It took me about a week or so to listen to Meow at different hours...

| 25 Sep 2009

AIR FM stations inch up in Delhi, Mumbai, B'lore

MUMBAI: While Radio Mirchi may continue to hold sway in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata while Big FM strengthens itself in Bangalore, the poor man's radio station is quietly making its presence felt in the RAM charts, week after week.

| 22 Sep 2009

Less noise by labels this Navratri

Music, undoubtedly, has been the most important drivers of Navratri - the nine day song and dance extravaganza - be it through live music or CDs. The festival however no longer remains an occasion that music labels look to bank on. There have been very few Navratri releases this year, with most...

| 21 Sep 2009

Community Radio - Mann Ka Radio

Community Radio is truly what you can call Mann ka Radio.... A radio which is free from the hustle bustle and cut throat competition. There;s no tension of earning revenue and registering with RAM. Mostly, they are established by big educational giants. Well, I'd call it a good strategy as this...

| 19 Sep 2009

Raipur agri university gets clearance to start CR station

MUMBAI: The Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Raipur, Chhattisgarh has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station with the information and broadcasting ministry. A Letter of Intent had been issued to the institute after...

| 19 Sep 2009

Mirchi continues winning streak in three metros

MUMBAI: Even as Big FM refused to give up its lead in Bangalore, Radio Mirchi continued its reign in the other three metros in week 36.

| 17 Sep 2009

CR station to start at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu

MUMBAI: The information and broadcasting ministry has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement with the PGP Educational and Welfare Society, for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at District Namakkal, Tamil Nadu.

| 16 Sep 2009

Packing an online punch

MUMBAI: Labels and independent musicians in India are just discovering the power of social networking sites to promote new products.. Music in India is finding an ally in an unexpected quarter. Social networking sites, that haven of youth, are slowly becoming the favoured medium of labels and...

| 15 Sep 2009

Ashish Patil - Music television is dead. Long live music television!

If there was ever a time to be in the music business, it's now!

| 15 Sep 2009

Fever FM national marketing head Neeraj Chaturvedi - Fever FM hopes to break even as a company this quarter but not as individual stations

Fever FM's Delhi station has been raking revenues for HT Media's radio venture and the other metro counterparts are yet to add on to the revenues. Fever FM's national marketing head and Delhi station head Neeraj Chaturvedi mentions that the group will be concentrating more on Kolkata market, focus...

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