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Hardly had the euphoria over Prashant Tamang being declared ‘Indian Idol’ died down when RJ Nitin’s comments on Tamang aired on Red FM set the hills literally on fire. The I&B Ministry has not taken too kindly to the comments and has issued a show cause notice to Red FM, giving the FM station time till 4 pm on October 1 to explain why action should not be taken against it.
The Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) has announced the formation of an Advisory Committee for the creation of a self-regulatory content code for private FM radio broadcasting in India. AROI’s draft guidelines for the self-regulatory Content Code would be presented to the I&B Ministry-instituted committee for consideration while formulating the report on Content Code to the Government.
Radio City MQ, a corporate music quiz from the radio player, will be conducting its regional finals on September 28 in Bangalore. Some of the leading companies from the fields of technology, banking and advertising have already confirmed their participation at the event.
Tennis lovers can look forward to updating themselves with all the action Live from the CCI grounds in Mumbai, which is hosting the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open 2007, thanks to Radio City. What’s more, one lucky listener can get a coaching lesson from Mahesh Bhupathi himself or former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt.
AirCheck India, an audio content identification service provider for radio, has announced its plans to expand its services to Ahmedabad. The company provides identification services of commercials and songs that are played on air across all stations in a city.
Two new FM stations were launched in the country at Bilaspur and Kolhapur. While Radio Mirchi announced its presence in Kolhapur, My FM launched Bilaspur’s first private FM radio station.
Big FM is not far behind in the race for radio channels to be on television. Big FM’s new TVC features its ambassador Abhishek Bachchan dancing at an airport while listening to the FM station. JWT is the agency behind this new commercial.
The MRUC has released the findings of a Radio Pilot it had undertaken to study the Diary versus Day-after-Recall (DAR) methodologies. As per the findings, the Diary method reports higher listenership across time bands, but at the cost of accuracy. The DAR methodology, though not entirely accurate, scores significantly in capturing accurate listenership behaviour.
Hello FM, which will complete one year of its operation in Chennai on October 2, is all set to expand its listener base to Tuticorin, Madurai and Tirunelveli by the first week of October.
Big FM will complete one year of operations on September 24. The network has planned weeklong on-air and on-ground activities as part of its first anniversary celebrations.
The MRUC has released the findings of a Radio Pilot it had undertaken to study the Diary versus Day-after-Recall (DAR) methodologies.
The Government of India may finally allow news and current affairs to be aired on private FM, but under a watchdog’s vigil. I&B Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi noted that the matter is presently under consideration and the Government would like to have the views of the State Governments too on this issue.
Radio City has announced the launch of ‘Radio City MQ’, a national music quiz for corporate India. The competition intends to cover the nation through Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai.
Big FM has announced a MoU with MTV to share the latter’s song content and permission to use them as a source for the radio station’s 100 chartbusters. MTV will also share its song play-out data on a weekly basis and will get due accreditation for the same.
Radio Choklate 104 FM, which currently has its operations in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack, will soon broadcast BBC’s programming, specifically produced for India’s FM market. This will be extended to listeners in Rourkela once the station starts its operations there.
My FM was the only radio player to launch a station last week in Ajmer. With this, the player now has three stations in Rajasthan and also became the first private FM radio station to launch in Ajmer.
A circular from the I&B Ministry has reiterated that the clause of Grant of Permission Agreement to FM radio stations was not being followed. It said that news should not be a part of any FM station. The Ministry, the circular stated, had of late noted that certain FM radio stations had indulged in news and current affairs related snippets.
Big FM has signed a deal with US-based radio organisation Asian FM that caters to South Asian audiences. Following this, Big FM will now syndicate content to Asian FM, beginning September 1, 2007. Big FM has undertaken this initiative to reach out to the Indian Diaspora in the US.
Sun TV Network has informed Bombay Stock Exchange that the company, through its subsidiary, South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL), has entered into a strategic alliance with Red FM to further its FM radio broadcasting business in the North, West and East Indian markets. As part of the transaction, SAFL has taken up a 48.9 per cent stake in Red FM.
Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Co, publisher of popular Malayalam daily ‘Mathrubhumi’, is gearing up to foray into the FM radio business. Christened as Club FM 94.3, the Kerala-based media major will roll out FM stations in Kochi, Thrissur, Cannanore and Tiruvanathapuram.
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