Radioandmusic Interview

Radio Mango GM Amit Mathew - Kerala has always had a very strong radio presence

RnMTeam — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:41:42 +0530

The 35 year old Amit Mathew loves to maintain a low profile. Even as he has spent the last few years bringing up Radio Mango from scratch (Amit hails from the family that runs the Malayala Manorama group of publications which floated Mango), he prefers to let the station do the talk for him. Kochi, Trichur, Calicut and Kannur have had a taste of Mango - the station was the first of the private players to hit the airwaves in Kerala) - and phase III beckons. But Mathew, general manager of the network, would rather let time have its way.

Resul Pookutty - After the Oscar, people are scared of me, I am losing out on work!

chiragsutar — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:53:37 +0530

Almost a week before Resul Pookutty was honoured with a Padma Shri on India's 60th Republic Day, Radioandmusic.com's Chirag Sutar dropped into Resul Pookutty's suburban Mumbai studio - uninvited- for an interview. To Chirag's pleasant surprise, within five minutes a casually dressed bearded man walked in and introduced himself as 'Resul' - no airs- while he chattered away in Malayalam with his staff.

Agi Music CEO Agilan Lechaman - Ilaiyaraaja holds copyrights since 1980s, but labels assume producers are the owners

AnitaIyer — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:14:50 +0530

Music legend Ilaiyaraaja was in the news recently for warning defaulters with legal action for using his music without acquiring the requisite licenses. The maestro has entered into a deal with Malaysian music label Agi Music for his works created before 2000 - the deal is applicable to all areas and platforms, including broadcasting, radio broadcasting, synchronization usages, mechanical usages, mobile contents and Internet downloads.

Radio Mirchi CEO Prashant Panday - It is the legal maneouverings of the music industry that benefits them and the Copyright Board must stop this loot

AnitaIyer — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:41:52 +0530

The radio industry had criticized the HRD ministry's recent proposed amendments to the Copyright Act. The industry believes it will skew the field against them and benefit the monopolistic music companies and copyright societies.

Radio Mirchi CEO Prashant Panday discusses the ramifications of the amendment, the recent meeting with the HRD Ministry and radio industry stepping into music production in a conversation with Radioandmusic.com’s Anita Iyer.

Radio Mantra COO Narendra Tripathi - Corporates are eyeing smaller towns and radio facilitates this penetration

AnitaIyer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:22:12 +0530

Juggling between the television and radio industries, he has tasted and understood the intricacies of both media. Having been involved in setting up Jagran group’s radio venture- Radio Mantra, he went on to become senior VP with NDTV Media only to return to Mantra recently as its COO. Handling operations across eight stations spread across Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh is what makes him tick these days.

Percept D'Mark COO Manuj Agarwal - We expect 40,000 people over three days at Sunburn this time

chiragsutar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:52:28 +0530

In a short span of three years, Sunburn has become synonymous with electronic dance music festival - the only one of its kind in India.

Radio Misty CEO Nishant Mittal - We dare to experiment with our content and music

harpreetkhokhar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:01:24 +0530

Radio Misty has been one of the few radio stations that has managed to traverse the less trodden regions in the country's North-East. With stations in West Bengal's Siliguri and Sikkim capital Gangtok, the station caters to listeners in neighboring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh as well.

Radio Misty's CEO Nishant Mittal in conversation with Harpreet Khokhar of Radioandmusic.com, outlines his plans for the station for the months ahead.

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TAM Media Research VP Pradeep Hejmadi - If the industry doesn't believe in RAM, why have they made content and programming changes?

AnitaIyer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:36:16 +0530

Launched in October 2007, Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) is dealing with resentment from the Indian FM radio industry for alleged inconsistency in its listenership data.

Amid accusations by radio broadcasters, TAM Media Research vice president Pradeep Hejmadi, in conversation with Radioandmusic.com’s Anita Iyer, expresses his anguish over the discord with the radio industry, speaks about challenges of launching a radio measurement system and discusses possible resolutions to the festering issue.

Radio Dhoom CEO Sanjeev Singh - The percentage of local music that we play is what makes us stand apart

harpreetkhokhar — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:36:06 +0530

Radio Dhoom completed one year of its inception in August 09. Operating in Jharkhand, the station has made a mark for itself for its localized content.

Radio Dhoom CEO Sanjeev Singh in conversation with Radioandmusic.com’s Harpreet Khokhar, talks about the need for local flavour in the station and the significance of localisation of content.

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How has the journey been so far?

Myopusradio founder Gina Braganza - It was a challenge to start an internet radio station in India

AnitaIyer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:18:49 +0530

India’s first multiple channel internet radio station for international music, myopusradio.com will complete a year this month. Launched with a single channel in October 2008, myopusradio expanded with eight more channels in February 2009 and is experiencing growth in listenership.