Mirchi loses lead margin in metros, Big rules Bangalore
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi's long standing stranglehold over the metros appears to be weakening, if RAM's week 35 figures are to be believed. The leader has given way to Big FM in Bangalore for the past couple of weeks, but even in the capital, Fever is giving Mirchi a tough fight for its money. Big FM...
Pard community radio hits the airwaves
MUMBAI: Madurai based community radio - Vaanoli by The People Association of Rural Development (PARD) was officially inaugurated on 8 September 2009. It was inaugurated by Madurai district collector Dr G Nammalvar who opened the recording room and Dr Sundara Aavudaiyappan, Programme Executive,...
Music goes the nano way
Indian labels are just beginning to experiment with USB flash drives as an innovative way of selling music...
Mirchi continues reign in three metros, Big rules in Bangalore
MUMBAI: Big FM slipped marginally in Bangalore but still held on its lead, depriving Mirchi again of the opportunity to reign across all the four markets where RAM operates, in week 34. All India Radio's Gold station stayed at third place in Mumbai and Delhi, giving the rest of the private FM...
Sony Music India MD Shridhar Subramaniam - Industry needs to build on music related services
A music industry veteran, Shridhar Subramaniam has been with Sony Music India since 1996 when he joined as Marketing Director. Since 2002 he has been the company's managing director and has overseen the company's growth in a continuously churning market. Since 2008, Sony Music India has grown...
Live music on a different beat
Live music scene in India has grown, branching from sporadic open air ground events to new age music venues. The Indian live music scene has become more buoyant now than one can ever remember it. Though the bigger acts are marred by state differentiated tax policies, 10 PM deadlines, and...
Big FM widens lead in Bangalore
MUMBAI: Big FM's efforts to woo the Bangalore listeners appears to be working with the station inching slowly but surely past Radio Mirchi which has maintained its stranglehold over the other metros, according to RAM data for week 33. The other equations remain largely unchanged.
FM, music industry to tune on royalty
MUMBAI: The radio and music industries in India has been out of tune over music royalty for years now, but it seems melody might be regained with the Copyright Board resuming hearings on the issue from 24 August. Post the last hearing on 28 July, the music licensing body – PPL was granted an...
Big leads in B'lore, Mirchi in other three metros
MUMBAI: Big FM maintains its number one position in Bangalore and Radio Mirchi continues to be the ruler in other metros of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai for the 32nd week. Radio City merged as a surprise by climbing up to third position in Mumbai after a lull of few weeks.
Big FM sticks to lead in Bangalore
MUMBAI: The lead that Big FM snatched from the metro ruler Mirchi was kept up in week 31, with Big FM valiantly trying to catch up in Kolkata as well. Radio Mirchi however kept up its seven week lead in metros except Bangalore. Interestingly, All India Radio's FM Gold station maintained itself in...
