Radioandmusic News

Rajasthan FM player exits radio business

AnitaIyer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:42:18 +0530

MUMBAI: Jaipur based Kushal Global Ltd has become the first commercial FM radio player in Phase II resolving to discontinue its FM radio venture- Super FM.

Kushal Global is currently on the lookout for probable buyers to take over its radio business. With radio stations in Jodhpur and Ajmer, Super FM is the first operator in Phase II to declare its intention to exit the FM business.

Atithi composer Amit Mishra waits for a 'proper' break

chiragsutar — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:05:04 +0530

MUMBAI: Amit Mishra, who debuted as a composer with the Ashwini Dheer directed comic caper 'Athiti Tum Kab Jaoge' recently, surely subscribes to a different school of thought.

Prior to getting into films, Mishra scored for a number of TV serials, and composed jingles. He reveals that he had to compose the music at a very shot notice, "I had to complete everything in just two days."

Fever FM selects 10 to cheer Royal Challengers for Ugadi day match

RnMTeam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:42:31 +0530

BANGALORE: Fever 104 FM Bangalore (Fever-B) has selected 10 lucky winners with their partners to cheer the home team – Royal Challengers Bangalore during its joust with Kings XI Punjab tomorrow in Bangalore in celebration of the South Indian New year – Ugadi.

Over the past ten days, Fever-B exhorted listeners to call in and then picked up the lucky ten randomly and then with great pomp and show with a brass band in tow, celebrating the spirit of the Ugadi, Fever 104 FM’s RJ’s Bindaas Boss Rajesh and High Voltage Arjun gifted the match tickets to these winners.

McDonald's invests 35 mn for six wks on radio

AnitaIyer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:59:09 +0530

MUMBAI: Global fast food retailer McDonald's India has earmarked Rs 35 million for its 'Har Chotti Khushi Ka Celebration' campaign on FM radio. The six week campaign currently on air will culminate by March end.

Confirming the outlay of expenditure on the airwaves, McDonald's India (west and south) marketing director Arvind Singhal reveals, “Out of the total advertising spend (Rs 500 million-600 million) across different mediums for ‘Har Chotti Khushi Ka Celebration’ campaign, we plan to spend around six to eight per cent on radio.”

Planetradiocity launches internet radio station

RnMTeam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:04:58 +0530

MUMBAI: Radio City's online venture Planetradiocity.com has launched their internet radio station called ‘Fun Ka Antenna.'

The internet radio will play music across genres of film, non film, sufi, ghazals, lounge and international music, current as well as retro hits and is targeted at a younger audience with a zeal for a wide variety of music. There are also independent shows that focus on World, Pop, Retro, Electronic ‘n Dance and Lounge music.

Nine FM completes two years in Siliguri

RnMTeam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:56:40 +0530

MUMBAI: North Bengal's radio station Nine FM completed two years of operations in Siliguri last week.

The station organised a gala evening at one of the leading hospitality organisations in the region, where luminaries from various field were invited.

Nine FM had arranged for various games and gift hampers were given away on the occasion. The station also organised an on-air contest for its listeners and gave them a dose of the choicest music.

UK's PRS reports growth in online music royalties

RnMTeam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:54:28 +0530

MUMBAI: While Bollywood musicians back in India may still be waiting to have a system in place on music royalties, an international non-profit organization PRS (Performing Rights Society) from the UK says that royalties from online sales were growing fast.

PRS, which ensures songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK are paid whenever their music is played, performed or reproduced reported that that online revenues for its members have grown by 73 per cent. At the same time, UK revenues from CD's and DVD's were down by £8.7m last year.

Sneha scores for Love Sex Aur Dhoka

chiragsutar — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:36 +0530

MUMBAI: Based on Delhi's infamous MMS scandal, Dibakar Banerjee's Love Sex Aur Dhoka has been in the spotlight for its bold subject and alleged controversial scenes.

Interestingly, the film's catchy title track 'Love Sex Aur Dhoka' calls the same attention - thanks to the 'funky melody - crass lyrics'combination. But did you know that the music for this rather bold subject comes from a 24-year-old female bollywood composer?

Mundu radio partners Sri Lankan operator for Music Station

RnMTeam — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:40:06 +0530

MUMBAI: Geodesic's Mundu Radio has been roped in by Sri Lanka's mobile carrier Dialog Telekom to initiate an internet radio service called 'Music Station.'

The Mundu Radio platform is powered to offer internet radio service to consumers across mobile networks. The service has niche genres and international content across genres such as such as Pop, Rock, Hip-hop, Jazz and much more. The technology is designed to scale seamlessly, allowing unlimited channels to be added to the offering.

Roopkumar Rathod to perform in Hyderabad

RnMTeam — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:10:18 +0530

MUMBAI: Playback singer and music composer Roopumar Rathod will perform in Hyderabad on 14 March form for ‘Jagrati-2010’, an event to create awareness about diabetes. Accompanying the ghazal singer would be another singer Deepak Shah from Gujarat.