Shahin Badar's new single 'Take it' with Noise Control

MUMBAI: After her string of successes in the mainstream including her singles â€?Mundaya' & â€?Laila' award winning singer/songwriter Shahin Badar returns with a special collaboration alongside Dublin based band Noise Control titled â€?Take It'. 

Big FM elevates Gaurav Sahai to Operations Head - Delhi

MUMBAI: Big FM has promoted Gaurav Sahai as radio operations head for its New Delhi station. Sahai, who was marketing head earlier, will now lead the Programming, Marketing and Technical teams to achieve Station CUME and TSL targets. Sahai will report to Big FM national business head Soumen Choudhury. Among other things, He will lead the planning and execution of ATL and BTL activities including on-air spikes, outdoor campaigns and mall branding. He will be responsible for increasing the market share of Big FM's New Delhi station and its on-air programming.

Big Live announces Punjabi Music Awards 2010

MUMBAI: Big FM has announced the â€?Big Punjabi Music Awards 2010' (BPMA). In association with DareClub, the awards will honour Punjabi music talent. Big FM VP-North, Siddharth Bhardwaj, said, This is part of our endeavour to entertain the local populace with local content and music. The idea of honouring stalwarts and talent from the Punjabi fraternity comes with an aim of recognizing genuine talent of (this) culturally rich state....

Radio Mantra picks winner for RJ-Giri

MUMBAI: Radio Mantra's search for a new RJ for Jalandhar culminated on 19 September as the station selected Arun Singh in a grand finale of RJ-giri, a hunt for a new RJ. Arun was adjudged the winner from amongst the four finalists. Based on SMS responses received from the audience and the judges votes, Arun won by a very close margin. Bollywood actor Jimmy Shergill was the celebrity judge at the grand event. He will now have the opportunity to hone his skills under a team of experts from Mantra and co host shows with the Radio Mantra jocks.

'Green Ganesha' campaign by 92.7 BIG FM & Ramky Enviro reinforces the message of Green festivities!

MUMBAI: The â€?Green Ganesha' campaign organized by Hyderabad's No.1 FM station, 92.7 BIG FM & Ramky Enviro by installing â€?RAMKY BIG GREEN GANESHA' made of newspapers, at Prasadz IMAX during Ganesh Chathurthi was an overwhelming success. 92.7 BIG FM organised Ganesh chaturthi festivities the green way for the 3rd year in a row and the message has impacted the socity in a big way with several devotees opting for environmental friendly Ganesh idols in the last three years.

Zee TV Saregamapa Singing Superstar - Ranbir Kapoor marries secretly and Priyanka Chopra sings for the first time ever

Dhamendra launches Worldwide Records album Bhaj Mann Hari Ka Naam - Devotional songs by Ajit Sinha

MUMBAI: Worldwide Records released album Bhaj Mann Hari Ka Naam - Devotional songs by Ajit Sinha. The album was launched by actor Dhamendra at Hotel Sea Princess Juhu. Present at the launch were Dhamendra, Prakash Jha, Ajit Singh Deol, Raza Murad, Nitish Bharadwaj, Raju Srivastav, Ajit Sinha, Ratnakar Kumar of Worldwide Records, Atul Gupta & Kapil Gupta of Swing Media Spectrum singer Jyothiraman Iyer and music director Zulfqar Ali. The album is a complete pack of 8 songs Audio and DVD and a poetry book by Ajit Sinha titled Puja Karoon Ya Pyar Karoon....

94.3 My FM celebrates Krishna Janmashtami with pride

MUMBAI: 94.3 MY FM took pride in celebrating the festival of Lord Krishna Janmashtami on a large scale, making it truly special & enjoyable for all the listeners in Ahmedabad. Spread over a period of three days, both on air and on ground activities were organized keeping in mind the image and importance of Lord Krishna.

Leo Burnett sole Radio winner from India at Spikes Asia 2010

Mumbai: Leo Burnett's spot for Bajaj Electricals has bagged a bronze -- India's sole medal in the Radio category -- at the Spikes Asia 2010 awards in Singapore. Only three entries from a total of 11 from India in the Radio category had made the shortlist -- the other two being Orchard Advertising's �Mandatory Voice Over' for PHL Pharma's Supractiv Complete, and JWT India's �Three Installments' for Levi's India. Incidentally, the same entry from Leo Burnett had also bagged a silver Radio Lion at Cannes earlier this year.

Napster releases iPhone app for $10 a month

MUMBAI: Apple has a new approval process for apps, and among the first to come through is Napster. Napster, the grand-daddy of peer-to-peer file sharing, has brought its premium music service to mobile with an iPhone app.

Film on RD Burman bags National Award

MUMBAI: He is often hailed as one of the greatest musicians of Indian Cinema with several awards tucked under his belt, but it is the National Award that has always eluded RD Burman. But 16 years after his demise, a film made on Burman who was popularily known as Pancham Da, has won a National Award. Brahmanand S Siingh, has bagged the honour for 'Pancham Unmixed, a  two hour film that pays tribute to the legend.