Mirchi keeps holds on three metros, Big FM holds strong in B'lore
MUMBAI: Big FM slid up marginally in Bangalore while Mirchi slipped down a mite, but overall Radio Mirchi kept up status quo in the other three metros where RAM has its presence.
Bangalore: Big FM upped 0.1 percentage points to end the week with a share of 19.4 per cent, while Mirchi slipped 1.5 percentage points to end the week with a share of 17.5 per cent. Fever stayed at third place with an unchanged 15 per cent market share. Radio City managed to climb up two points to end with a share of 13.1 per cent. AIR FM Rainbow was next with a share of 10.7 per cent.
Sustainability haunts Community radio
MUMBAI: Community radio is a radio station for, by and of the community. This adage was cemented at the community radio workshop in Mumbai last week.
Held at Juhu in suburban Mumbai, the two day workshop- �Community Radio: tuning into diversity' offered guidelines on setting up, managing and sustaining a community radio station
Sanand gets community radio station
MUMBAI: The Self-Employed Women's Association (Sewa), a non-governmental organisation that works for women's empowerment, has started its community radio station at Sanand, the site made famous by Tata Motors' Nano plant and around 35 km from Ahmedabad.
Called �Rudi no Radio', the country's 49th CRS became operational on Thursday in Manipur village.
Mirchi inches closer to top spot in Bangalore
MUMBAI: While Mirchi continues to rule in three metros, in week 45 the station tried to narrow the margin between itself and Big FM which has been reigning in Bangalore for several weeks now.Fever too continued its steady albeit slow march upwards in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai.
Mirchi regains lead margins in Kolkata, Mumbai
MUMBAI: Fever is maintaining a slow climb in most of the metros, even as Mirchi regained its lead margin in Kolkata and Mumbai in wee 44.
The most significant lead by Fever was in Delhi where it climbed 1.4 percentage points in week 44, inching closer to leader Mirchi.
Community radio stations welcome MIB's DAVP plans
MUMBAI: The constant lobbying by community radio stations in India for government advertising has finally been heard.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on 4 November 2009, passed a government resolution finalizing the DAVP advertising rates for community radio stations to Re. 1/- per second for a period of one year initially.
The circular from the Information and Broadcast Ministry on Re. 1/sec advertising rates for DAVP ads has received mixed reactions from the community radio operators in India.
Mirchi slips, but retains hold in three metros
MUMBAI: The leader continued to hold on to the premier position in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata even though it continued to concede top spot to Big FM in Bangalore week 43. With Fever snapping at their heels in Delhi and Mumbai, the fight for the market shares in these metros in the top spots is becoming close.
Fever inches up in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore
MUMBAI: While the RAM statistics for week 42 did not indicate significant changes in the trend, HT Media's Fever has been registering a slow but steady growth in the three metros of Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. In Kolkata, however, the station which recently saw the resignation of station head Pralay Bakshi, continues to lag behind Mirchi, Big, Friends, Aamar and Red FM.
Radio Sarang launches legal show
MUMBAI: Mangalore based community radio station by St. Aloysius College- Radio Sarang 107.8 has introduced a new dimension to their programming by airing a phone-in program this month.
Mumbai CR station Jago Mumbai to air from Jan '10
MUMBAI: 'Jago Mumbai' 107.8 FM, the community radio venture initiated by the Union Park Residents Association, Mumbai is hopeful of hitting the airwaves in January next year.Having signed the GOPA (Grant of Permission Agreement) in September 2009 with the Information and Broadcasting ministry, the NGO is on the lookout for sponsors to fund the project.
