Nitin Makasare: 'Aamir Khan is on the Advisory Board of Jago Mumbai'
The Mumbai based Community Radio 90.8 FM Jago Mumbai celebrated its first anniversary on 1st May Determined towards delivering the most pertinent and inimitable content for a CRS, Nitin Makasare, Station Head- Creative and Programming shares the progress, challenges and aims of 90.8 FM Jago Mumbai...
RAM Wk 13 - Churn at the top in 3 metros: Radio City #1 in Mumbai, Mirchi tops Bangalore, AIR FM2 rules Delhi
*Fever gains ground in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, but drops in Mumbai * Mirchi is #1 in Kolkata MUMBAI: After long, Radio Mirchi has toppled BIG FM in Bangalore for the #1 position, but fell to #2 in Delhi where AIR FM-2 Gold climbed to the top spot, and to the #3 spot in Mumbai too, where Radio...
Neeraj Roy: You must be substantive and sincere
Today, he is acknowledged as a young veteran and visionary in the internet space who actually helped set precedents for profitable internet businesses just before and through the now infamous dotcom bust. But when in 1999, after 10 years of harbouring dreams of becoming an entrepreneur, he...
RAM Wk 12: Radio Mirchi, Radio One gain most
* Fever plummets in Delhi, losing 5.4% share to be distant No. 3, but gains in Mumbai and Kolkata * Radio One gains share in Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata
Ambika Soni: DAVP rate hike for Community Radio being examined
* �Re 1 per minute rate shameful' * �Community Radio Fund being considered' NEW DELHI: Admitting that it was �shameful' that the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity had fixed a rate of just Re 1 per minute for advertisements on community radio stations, Information and...
Radio Congress 2011: Objectives, Achievements and the Way Forward
A special overview by Uday Chawla, Secretary-General, Association of Radio Operators For India (AROI) We conceptualized Radio Congress 2011 as a continuation of our Vision 2010 event held in Nov 2009 which got together the various interest groups in Radio together to discuss the future of Private...
RAM Wk 11: AIR FM 2 Gold leapfrogs to Joint #1 in Delhi, #2 in Mumbai
* Radio Mirchi regains top spot in Delhi where Fever plummets by -3.4% MUMBAI: The ICC Cricket World Cup worked its magic for AIR FM 2 Gold too, which has leapfrogged to Joint #1 in Delhi and the Number 2 spot in Mumbai per Week 11 of 2011 (13-03-2011 to 19-03-2011). AIR FM-2 Gold's ratings are...
Ofcom launches new round of community radio licensing
MUMBAI: Ofcom has opened the door to a fresh intake of applications for community radio licences. This comes in response to significant interest expressed by more than 270 individuals and community groups wanting to take to the air and provide services for their local community.
Jaideep Ghosh [KPMG] on Themes of Sector Growth in Phase-3
Jaideep Ghosh - Partner, KPMG Advisory Services, captures the essence of his special presentation at AROI's Radio Congress 2011. The Radio Industry registered high revenue growth of ~24% in CY 2010, to INR 10 bn from the CY 2009 figure of INR 8.1 bn, and this growth has obviously resulted in...
RAM Wk 10: Bangalore churns, Kolkata freezes
MUMBAI: Radio Audience Measurement in Kolkata showed the market sizes across 13 individual stations and a 14th category of �others' virtually frozen from the last week. There was no change in Market Shares in 12 of the 14, while one of the stations gained by the tiniest of 0.1% market share, and...
