CR station to come up at Dharamshala

MUMBAI: The Tibetan Children's Village School at Dharamshala Cantt. Himachal Pradesh has signed the GOPA with the ministry of information and broadcasting for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station.

Letter of Intent had been issued to the organization after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 58 in the country.

Mumbai CR station gets ministry go-ahead

MUMBAI: The information and broadcasting ministry has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Union Park Residents Association, Khar Bandra, Mumbai. A Letter of Intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 57 in the country.

RAM stats 38 wk: Status quo retained in four metros

MUMBAI: Big FM consolidated its lead in Bangalore as per RAM data for week 38, and the fight for third position heated up in Mumbai, as Big FM and Fever fought with AIR's FM Gold stayed neck to neck in the race.

CR station at Namakkal in TN gets nod

MUMBAI: K S Rangaswamy Educational Institutions, Namakkal, Tamilnadu has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement with the ministry of information and broadcasting for operating a Community Radio Station.

The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 56 in the country.

CR station to come up at Gurgaon

MUMBAI: The Restoring Force (TRF) a Gurgaon based voluntary organization has signed the Grant of Permission Agreement with the information and broadcasting ministry to start a community radio station at Gurgaon.

The TRF radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 55 in the country.

Nine community radio stations get government nod

MUMBAI:The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has granted permission to nine institutions and NGOs for setting up of community radio stations (CRS) in Kerala.

The institutions and NGOs that got licences include DC School of Management, Kottayam, University of Calicut, Wayanad Social Service, Imperial Foundation Trust, Adoor, Vrindavan Trust, Cherthala, Thirumala Trust, Alappuzha, Mar Athanasius College of Advanced Studies, Thiruvalla and Amrutham Bio-organic Research Centre, Palakkad.

AIR FM stations inch up in Delhi, Mumbai, B'lore

MUMBAI: While Radio Mirchi may continue to hold sway in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata while Big FM strengthens itself in Bangalore, the poor man's radio station is quietly making its presence felt in the RAM charts, week after week.

Raipur agri university gets clearance to start CR station

MUMBAI: The Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Raipur, Chhattisgarh has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station with the information and broadcasting ministry.

A Letter of Intent had been issued to the institute after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 54 in the country.

Mirchi continues winning streak in three metros

MUMBAI: Even as Big FM refused to give up its lead in Bangalore, Radio Mirchi continued its reign in the other three metros in week 36.

CR station to start at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu

MUMBAI: The information and broadcasting ministry has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement with the PGP Educational and Welfare Society, for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at District Namakkal, Tamil Nadu.