AIR's FM channels aim to reach areas not covered by medium or short wave radio
New Delhi: Although All India Radio has 378 FM stations as compared to 243 active private FM stations, it covers about 45 per cent of the population of the country including rural India.Answering a...
View ArticleFM Tadka’s Devangana hosts HIV+ kids on World Aids Day
MUMBAI: FM Tadka Jaipur did something really special for HIV+ children on 1 December, 2015 (World Aids Day) and so did its morning show Radio Jockey Devangana.To bring awareness amongst the masses...
View ArticleAIR’s‘A Musical Legacy’ of father-son concerts strikes a chord with audience
New Delhi: All India Radio, which highlights father and son duos in its monthly ‘Musical Legacy’, achieved a rare feat with an enthralling jugalbandi between four members of the same musical family...
View Article145 new FM channels including 112 AIR in hilly and border states over next...
New Delhi: A total of 112 new FM Transmitters have been approved under 11th and 12th Plans for All India Radio in the hilly and border States of the country.These include 23 in Arunachal Pradesh,...
View ArticleRathore: E-auction ensured transparency and true market price of FM Radio waves
New Delhi: Simultaneous Multi Round Ascending (SMRA) e-auction for private FM Radio on Electronic Auctions System (EAS) ensured transparency and facilitated in discovering the true market price of FM...
View ArticleGodrej's Shireesh Joshi: Radio an important brand integration tool if it is...
MUMBAI: Brand integration has always been a tool to promote and brand with radio as a medium to reach niche and targeted audience. Towards the end of the year, calendar or fiscal, more and more brands...
View ArticlePopular Red FM horror show brought out as a book
New Delhi: ‘Ek Kahani Aisi Bhi’ based on the internationally acclaimed radio show aired across 25 cities and narrated by RJ Praveen on Red FM has been released as a book by Bengali and Hindi actor...
View ArticleBig FM Chennai and Bengaluru go all out to help flood victims
MUMBAI: U K reinsurance broker Aon Benfield’s report on the Chennai floods called it the most expensive disaster of 2015 economically The fact is that it is a bigger disaster for the ones who lost it...
View ArticleRadio Mirchi adds Amritsar and Patiala stations
MUMBAI: Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL) brand Radio Mirchi announced two new stations in two new cities from which it will now go on air -Amritsar and Patiala. Radio Mirchi has adopted a...
View ArticlePlanetRadiocity.com launches ‘Radio City Bhakti’
Mumbai: 15 December, 2015: PlanetRadiocity.com, a web radio network is all set to touch the hearts of their Telugu listeners across the world with the launch of Radio City Bhakti, a dedicated Telugu...
View ArticleOver 235 FM radio channels apply to migrate from Phase II to Phase III
New Delhi: A total of 236 FM radio channels operating in different cities have sought permission to migrate from Phase II to Phase III, according to final figures revealed in Parliament.These include...
View ArticleAll India Radio reaches almost the entire population of the country: Rathore
New Delhi: AIR coverage (MW + FM) covers 92.00 percent of the area and 99.20 percent of the total population of the country.FM stations alone reach 32.5 percent of the country’s area and 45 percent of...
View ArticleTwelve states/union territories have no community radio station, 188...
New Delhi: Eight states and four union territories still do not have any community radio station (CRS), even though the number of CRS has grown to 188 operational in the remaining 24 states and...
View ArticleRadio City showcases ‘Dilwale’ in an exclusive Blue Carpet screening
MUMBAI: Radio City is back to treat its listeners in a magnificent flair with the Blue Carpet premier of one of the most awaited movies of the year – ‘Dilwale’.The exclusive screening will be held for...
View Article168 Radio Stations in the US are only playing full-time Christmas music
MUMBAI: Michael Bublé's ‘It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas' , ' Silent Night', Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ will bring smiles on faces during Christmas. It is the time of...
View ArticleMY FM announces the Jiyo Dil Se Awards - Season IV
MUMBAI: Following the tremendous success of the first three seasons, India’s local FM network, MY FM, has launched the fourth edition of the Jiyo Dil Se Awards to recognize and acknowledge the work of...
View ArticleI&B: No formal complaints about misuse of community radio stations
New Delhi: The Government has admitted in Parliament that the Information and Broadcasting ministry (I&B) had received notice of a few instances of violation of All India Radio Code by community...
View ArticleAIR FM Coverage to go up to sixty per cent of population after 12th Plan
New Delhi: All India Radio FM channels will cover about 60 percent population of the country after completion of the 12th plan schemes.At present, AIR FM coverage is about 32.5 percent of the area and...
View ArticleFirst exclusive AIR Urdu Service transmitter starts beaming across border
New Delhi: An All India Radio FM transmitter has been mounted in Fazilka, Punjab, to exclusively carry AIR Urdu service for both sides of the border area. The 20kW FM transmitter was inaugurated by...
View ArticleModi expected to talk about Kabul and Lahore visits in Mann ki Baat tomorrow
New Delhi: The fifteenth monthly broadcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to share his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ through All India Radio will be aired tomorrow morning.The broadcast from 1100 hours will be aired...
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