MUMBAI: HT Media's radio venture Fever FM makes its way to Lucknow.

Fever FM is spreading its wings post acquiring licences in Phase III. The radio property that already has stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata today made its presence felt in Lucknow. The new station launched today, 4 August 2016.

With its new launch Fever promises to offer its listeners non-stop music and also a few celebrity RJs. The list of the RJs includes Anil Kapoor, Virendra Sehwag, Amit Kumar and Satish Kaushik. In addition, the launch also marks the beginning of innovative shows like 'Ramayan' in the voice of celebrities like Naseeruddin Shah, Javed Jaffery and Om Puri. There will also be a special show based on cricket with Virendra Sehwag.

One of the new Radio Jockeys, RJ Kabir, also updated pictures of the launch event.

The FM channel which started its journey in the year 2006 will be extending its feet to other stations in Uttar Pradesh, soon. As per the reports, over the next few weeks, Fever will launch in all major towns - Kanpur, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly and Gorakhpur.

MUMBAI: Web radio network PlanetRadiocity.com announced the launch of 7 new web radio stations-RC Hindi Gold, RC Kannada Gold, RC Tamil Gold, RC Telugu Gold, Lata Mangeshkar Radio, Kishore Kumar Radio and RD Burman Radio, basis extensive research which showed that the nation still dances to the tunes of evergreen legends such as Kishore Da, Bappi Da, Rafi, Ilayaraja, Dr Rajkumar and S. P. Balasubramanium.

Through this leap in the retro space, Radio City revitalizesretro demands of audiences worldwide. The ability to give listeners content across generations and languages was the intent behind the launch of these seven stations, which now takes the bouquet of PlanetRadiocity.com to 31 stations.

‘Radio City Gold’ is a gift box to all the retro lovers across generations and a celebration for those who love to groove to retro music. Having recently acquired the music rights to HMV Saragama’s collections, Radio City is the only global web radio network to add 7 stations to the genre at one go. Radio City is the first and only radio station to have exclusive online music rights to HMV where listeners can tune into classics from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Jagran Digital COO Rachna Kanwar said, “We have always been the frontrunners in the Web Radio space and by launching 7 new retro stations, Radio City has redefined the retro space online. We have been seeing a slew of launches in the retro genre in radio, but our Hindi-speaking audiences aren’t the only ones who love music from the 1960’s, ‘70’s and ‘80’s. Therefore, we decided to bring to our global audiences the unique offering of retro across languages. Apart from Web Radio, we have hundreds of playlists from the Golden stars of Indian music. With this we have made www.planetradiocity.com the most definitive destination for Golden Hits across languages."

A first of its kind in the Radio Space in India, Radio City is the pioneer to introduce retro programming in South Indian languages. PlanetRadiocity.com has a wide audience nationally and internationally and through Radio City Gold it would strengthen the loyalty.

Radio City CEO Abraham Thomas said,.“Radio City is happy to re-launch the legends of retro music for the online consumer, becoming the only radio network to offer music online. Radio City as a brand transcends multiple platforms beyond radio to online to on-ground. The consumer insight indicates that retro music is consumed across geographies, languages, platforms and more importantly resonates with the digital generation and hence the launch of Radio City Gold."

SaReGaMa India Ltd MD Vikram Mehra said, “Retro music is making a comeback world over and we are extremely happy to partner with Radio City in reintroducing the golden era of Indian music to the next generation through digital means"

With a nationwide presence on the terrestrial front, Radio City 91.1FM has been growing by leaps and bounds with 11 new terrestrial frequency launches nationwide around the corner.

MUMBAI: Macho man Tiger Shroff and the Sri Lankan beauty Jaqueline Fernandes were spotted at the Radio City studios for the launch of their new song 'Beat Pe Booty' from their upcoming film 'Flying Jatt' which is slated for release on 25 August 2016.

Here is the song.

This upcoming action superhero movie is being written, directed and choreographed by Remo Dsouza and produced by Balaji Telefilms.

BENGALURU: Indian private FM player Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL), which runs the Radio Mirchi radio network in India, reported 9 percent increase in Total Income from Operations (TIO) for the quarter ended 30 June 2016 (Q1-17, current quarter). The company reported consolidated revenue of Rs 110.76 crore for the current quarter as compared to Rs 101.56 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q), revenue in Q1-17 declined 24.8 percent from Rs 147.20 crore in Q4-16.

The company’s consolidated profit after tax (PAT) in Q1-17 declined by 41.6 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) to Rs 16.47 crore (15 percent PAT margin) as compared to Rs 28.51 crore (28.1 percent PAT margin) and declined 17.4 percent q-o-q from Rs 20.15 crore (13.7 percent margin).

Let us look at the other numbers reported by Radio Mirchi

ENIL’s consolidated Earnings before Interest, Depreciation, Taxes and Amortisation (EBIDTA) for Q1-17 declined 17 percent y-o-y to Rs 29.44 crore (26.6 percent margin from Rs 35.45 crore (34.9 percent margin) and declined 23.6 percent q-o-q from Rs 38.53 crore (26.2 percent.

ENIL total expense (TE) in Q1-17 increased 20.8 percent y-o-y to Rs 89.79 crore (81.1 percent of TIO) from Rs 74.30 crore (73.2 percent of TIO), but declined 23.6 percent q-o-q from Rs 117.57 crore (79.9 percent of TIO).

License fee in Q1-17 increased 34.4 percent y-o-y to Rs 6.87 crore (6.2 percent of TIO) from Rs 5.11 crore (5 percent of TIO) and increased 7.8 percent q-o-q from Rs 6.37 crore (4.3 percent of TIO).

Marketing expense in Q1-17 at Rs 15.28 crore (13.8 percent of TIO) increased 35.4 percent y-o-y from Rs 11.29 crore (11.1 percent of TIO), but declined 62.9 percent q-o-q from Rs 41.21 crore (28 percent of TIO).

Programming and royalty expenses in the current quarter increased 39.3 percent y-o-y to Rs 5.26 crore (4.7 percent of TIO) from Rs 3.78 crore 3.7 percent of TIO and increased 3.3 percent q-o-q from Rs 5.09 crore (3.5 percent of TIO).

Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) in Q1-17 at Rs 25.20 crore (22.8 percent of TIO) increased 14.1 percent y-o-y from Rs 22.08 crore (21.7 percent of TIO) and increased 0.6 percent q-o-q from Rs 25.06 crore (17 percent of TIO)

Other expenses in Q1-16 at Rs 28.71 crore (25.9 percent of TIO) increased 20.1 percent y-o-y from Rs 23.91 crore (23.5 percent of TIO), but declined 7.2 percent q-o-q from Rs 30.94 crore (21 percent of TIO) increased

ENIL won 17 stations in Phase 3 auctions and has launched Bengaluru, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Kochi stations. Bengaluru was Radio Mirchi’s first launch in the second frequencies network.

ENIL says that higher marketing expense was due to the launch of new stations and Mirchi brand jingle. Operating costs include expenses incurred for Phase 3 expansion. With Phase 3 rollout, brand Mirchi will expand to 53 channels in 43 cities.

Further, the company says that Total revenues for existing stations grew by 7.3 percent. Revenue without operating other income for existing stations grew by 8.9 percent. Radio advertising revenues grew by 23.9 percent, while growth in existing stations was 21.5 percent. De-growth in solutions led business primarily due to shifting of planned activities. Underlying EBITDA for existing stations grew by 11.9 percent

Note: (1) The unit of currency in this report is the Indian rupee - Rs (also conventionally represented by INR). The Indian numbering system or the Vedic numbering system has been used to denote money values. The basic conversion to the international norm would be:

(a) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10,000,000 = 10 million = 1 crore.

(b) 10,000 lakh = 100 crore = 1 arab = 1 billion.

(2) The numbers in this report are consolidated unless stated otherwise. Consolidated quarterly numbers for the quarter ended 31 March 2016 (Q4-16) have been arrived at by deducting the company’s reported consolidated numbers for the nine month period ended 31 December 2015 (9M-16) from its reported consolidated numbers for FY-16.

(3) Other income includes Rs 4.27 crore in Q1FY17 (Q1-16: Rs.3.55 crore) on

Account of fair value of investments as per Ind AS 109

BENGALURU: HT Media reported 4.5 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) increase in consolidated Total Income from Operations (TIO) at Rs 614.66 crore for the quarter ended 30 June 2016 (Q1-17, current quarter) as compared to Rs 587.96 crore. The company reported a 10.7 percent y-o-y decline in total comprehensive income of Rs 22.07 crore in Q1-17 as compared to Rs 24.72 crore.

The company’s radio segment (Fever FM and Radio Nasha) reported 35.2 percent y-o-y increase in revenue in the current quarter at Rs 33.15 crore as compared to Rs 24.52 crore in Q1-16. HT Media’s radio segment reported an operating loss of Rs 0.75 crore in Q1-17 as compared to an operating profit of Rs 6.75 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter.

HT Media operates 8 FM radio stations – 6 under the brand Fever FM in in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Lucknow and “Radio Nasha” in Delhi and Mumbai. The company plans to launch 6 additional frequencies in UP (Kanpur, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly and Gorakhpur) soon. The company says that increase in revenues was driven by new radio station launches and that dilution is margins attributed to new radio station launch related expenses and impact of higher license fee costs.

Company speak

HT Media chairperson and editorial director Shobana Bhartia said, “The first quarter of this year started on a cautious note with  tepid top line growth. Macroeconomic concerns translated into restricted spends by large advertisers and affected our English Print business more than Hindi Print, while our other businesses continued to do well.   Our new radio stations, Radio Nasha 107.2 in Delhi and 91.9 in Mumbai are now operational and receiving rave reviews, while our digital business continues to grow and reduce its losses.   We remain optimistic that sentiment will improve in the second half of the year, on the back of a good monsoon and implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations. With infrastructure already in place, we are well placed to leverage our inherent strengths to realize benefits of an uptick in the economy”

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi's Rs.339 crore plus of investments into phase III of FM radio in the country will now start to pay off. Of the 17 new frequencies it picked up, Chandigarh went live on Friday. on Mirchi's favoured frequency - 98.3. The official launch however is still a week away.  

Nitin Gupta is the new Programming Head of Radio Mirchi Chandigarh. He shared the pictures of the launch on his Facebook account where Radio Mirchi's Vice President Bhanu Pratap Singh and the new radio jockeys were also present.

RJ Kanwar also shared some moments from the launch.

The 17 new channels in new cities which Mirchi acquired were Chandigarh, Kochi, Kozhikode, Jammu, Srinagar, Guwahati and Shillong, as well as in existing cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur and Surat.

This pushes Radio Mirchi presence in 49 centres.

Kochi, Guwahati, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chandigarh has finally made it to the launch with other stations to launch soon at a faster pace.

Also read: Radio Mirchi Hyderabad tries ad free first month, pumps in Bollywood content

Also read: Papon launches Radio Mirchi in Guwahati

Also read: Radio Mirchi targets Kochi youth, eyes Bengaluru next

Also read: Radio Mirchi launches in Kochi
 

MUMBAI: Just like for every occasion, radio stations come up with special programming, and  Friendship Day is no different.

Here is a list of radio stations and their plans for Friendship Day.

Fever 

 Fever is going the concert way where the radio station has organised on-air gigs - KK, Bombay Vikings, Euphoria and Lucky Ali will be performing and will try to create a nostalgic atmosphere. Also, Fever has invited celebrities like Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan, John Abraham and Varun Dhawan to share their best experience of friendship.
Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi Mumbai introduces a concept of 'Silent Party' a day before Friendship Day. 
The concept is as follows where the people can come along with their friends and dance in their own trip without worrying about what anyone around will think and that too in a club. As the ongoing Mumbai monsoon has just got better and so is the Friendship Day to flow free hence it’s advised to put music to your inhibitions and dance them away at India’s first ever Silent Party presented by Smirnoff, styled by Sin Denims on 6 August  at TAP, Times Tower, Saki Naki situated in Andheri East.

Silent Party is an avant-garde concept, changing the landscape for which we experience live music putting headphones on and a silent atmosphere instantly transforms in to a high energy musical performance. 

Mirchi takes great pride in hosting this  party with this unique concept that is both fun and noise pollution free. With 1 pair of headphones will let you tune into or connect to 6 mega DJs spinning live at the same time and pumping the best of EDM, Bollywood and TECHNO such as DJ Candice Redding and Audio Addict with EDM beats, DJ Paroma with the Bollywood twist, DJ Ankytrixx, DJ Folic State, DJ Arsh who are ranked among the best in the country and master the genre of techno /underground music. There is also a special addition to the lineup which is Audio Addict who has also created Mirchi Silent Party Anthem song to pump the party up.

Friends FM
Friends FM decides to celebrate Friendship Day through a week long celebration prior to 7 August. Friends friendship day is the concept where 5 lucky winners are selected where each one of them can take their 3 friends along over a gala treat on some of the happening eateries in Kolkata like Smoke house Deli, K19 @ Ballugunje park plaza, Aqua java, Pie Malgudi, Au Bon pain, Yauatcha, Momore, Eagle boys pizza, Friends Café, Auris Hotel. 

On Friendship Day 7 August, friends FM will go 'Global Desi Way' from 10 am- 8 pm. RJs will be going live for 10 hours with some chartbuster Hindi and English songs. At every hour there will be contests and prizes to be won making the day full of fun and excitement.

Big FM

Big FM Delhi will be adding a special stint to its show 'Nayak' which is hosted by Sanjeev Srivastava. They have planned to make the best of legendary partners, Salim-Javed and Sachin-Sourav to open up about the crucial of moments their companionship has faced and what ups and downs they had in their relationship. The show will be on-air from 12 pm- 4 pm on Sunday.

Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan will tell the listeners how they used to work together in films like 'Sholay', how they formed their 'Jodi', how their friendship faced turmoil and how they became friends again.

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly will share with the listeners how was their first meeting did not work for them, how after Sachin announced his retirement, Sourav gave a heart touching speech, how they together played innings and what did they use to do off the ground and on the ground.

Club FM

Club FM has something interesting to do for Friendship Day. The FM station will be asking listeners to send details about their best friends through mail. They will be giving their friends a prank call and also present them gifts which include voucher worth Rs.1000 and Club FM goodie bags. The name of the activity is stated as 'Mashti Doshti'. 

Radio High

Radio High has decided to pick five best messages from social media, Whatsapp and other mediums. The best five will be invited to the studios of Radio High along with their best friends. Thereby, a session filled with interviews related to the best of memories and other special moments will be shared by those chosen by the FM station.

MUMBAI: Radio City has maintained its listenership stronghold across the nation, according to the latest radio listenership survey conducted by AZ research. The AZ research survey shows that Radio City holds the top position with a listenership of 4.7 crore Indians.

The AZ study was conducted across 7 cities amongst SEC A/B/C, 14-50 years to understand the FM Radio listening behavior vis-à-vis other mediums and involved 4500 respondents. The report summarizes city wise as well zone wise listenership data, and shows trends in each part of the country.

Basis the report, Radio City not only saw itself rise as the number one radio station in the NationalCapital Region with 89 lakh listeners but also emerged as the most preferred radio network with a listenership of 2.2 crore in just the Western India markets.

Seeing Mumbai garner a reach of 80 lakh listeners, Radio City Ahmedabad touching the lives of 38 lakh listeners and Pune pulling in with 32 lakh listeners we can truly say we stand by our philosophy of “Rag Rag Mein Daude City”. This philosophy aims to invoke the feeling of City Pride amongst the citizens and galvanizes a stronger emotional connect with the listener through a ‘micro-local’ content approach that reflects the city’s fabric, culture and nuances.

Leadership in Southern India was a given with Radio City extending its 458-week run at the top of the charts in Bangalore with 45 lakh listeners, 52 lakh listeners in Hyderabad and 95 lakh listeners across Chennai and other southern markets.

Ecstatic at the findings of the report, Radio City EVP & National Head – Programming, Marketing, AudaCITY Kartik Kalla said, “AZ Research has reiterated what we have always believed in – the fact that India’s first private FM with 15 years of radio expertise is the number 1 radio network across the country. Our advertisers say it, our listeners say it, we say it and now research says it. Go Radio City."

The AZ survey report is available on the website and can also be downloaded at : http://azresearch.in/articles/AZ%20Research-Story.pdf

MUMBAI: DB Corp's radio network My FM has grown another branch by launching in Rajkot, Gujarat on 7 August 2016.

The Rajkot launch makes the network 20 station strong now. Yet to launch are its Aurangabad, Nasik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Sangli, Akola, Nanded, Ahmednagar, Solapur and Bikaner stations.

My FM has shared details about the new launch in Rajkot on its Facebook page.

Here is the list of all the shows set for Rajkot.

Aradhana (Monday-Sunday, 6 am to 7 am)

This is a morning show filled with devotional music set up for whole week.

 

 
Salam Rajkot (Monday-Saturday, 7 am to 11 am)

This shows gives you a complete breakfast from news , views to whats happening in the city , nation, world, weather, business, traffic updates, topic of the day, contests and where city gets to speak and voice their opinion. RJ Nimit hosts the show.

 

 

16 Always ( Monday-Saturday, 11 am to 2 pm)

After a rushed morning , this is a chill out zone for women from cooking tips to parenting tips, from what is hot to what is not, from TV gossip to Bollywood gupshup, from juicy gossip to relationship advice. RJ Grishma has taken the hold of the show.

 

 
Dil Chahata Hai (Monday-Saturday, 2 pm to 5 pm )

This is a song request show where the listeners are treated as a boss. RJ Payal will accept special requests, dedications and messages.

 

Happy evening ( Monday- Saturday, 5 pm to 9 pm)

This show tries to recharge the audience after a day's hard work through Bollywood scoops, city's day to day happening, tips on how to plan evening, contests and loads of prizes to be won.A bundle of laughs that is essential to recharge you after a day's hard work. RJ Dhaval hosts the show.

 

 
Zindagi Express ( Monday- Friday, 9 pm to 12 am)

This one is a nigh show which brings you stories from life- stories of passion , love , friendship, relationships. Stories that inspire you,motivate you and have a positive impact on you. RJ Aarti has taken the night slot.

 

 
Back to back music ( Saturday-Sunday, 12 am to 1 am)

 

Rock the Party ( Saturday, 9 pm to 12 am )

To keep the listeners high on music every Saturday, MY FM has launched this show with DJ Elektronomist taking the charge.

 

  
Numerology ( Sunday, 7 am to 9 am)

A show especially designed to aficionados of numerology gives a holistic view of what each number has in store for the coming week , the listeners can also call and write their problems which will be answered by Sanjay B Juhumani.

 

 
My Icon ( Sunday, 2 pm to 4 pm)

Show localities with special contribution done to the society are been honored and recognized.
RJ Grishma hosts the show.

 

 
Top 30 ( Sunday 6 pm to 9 pm)

A fast paced show with lots of bollywood trivia that counts down the most happening 30 tracks of the week.
  
Shaam-E-Ghazal ( Sunday, 9 pm to 12 am)

Set on a soulful journey every Sunday evening from 9 to 12 and  listen to ghazals sung by legends like Jagjit Singh, Mehndi Hassan, Ghulam Ali through this show.

 

There’s no stopping the avalanche of retro flooding the airwaves, it would appear. Radio City’s digital wing – PlanetRadiocity.com has upped the ante by adding seven retro stations at one go, three of which are south Indian languages, a first for the radio industry. This takes the bouquet of PlanetRadiocity.com to 31 stations.

The new web radio stations include RC Hindi Classics, RC Kannada Gold, RC Tamil Gold, RC Telugu Gold, Lata Mangeshkar Radio, Kishore Kumar Radio and RD Burman Radio. An added arrow in its quiver is the acquisition of music rights to HMV Saregama’s collections, enabling listeners to tune in to classics from the 60s to the 80s.

Rachna Kanwar, who was elevated to Jagran Digital COO from EVP & Business Head, Digital Media & New Business this April, spoke to Radioandmusic.com about the intent behind the move, the continuing interest in old songs and forthcoming initiatives.

The timing of the retro stations almost coincides with the launch of retro stations in Mumbai and Delhi. Did Radio City conduct its own research to ascertain the popularity of retro music?

Retro music is something that has always been in demand, be it for Hindi or for regional languages.  Yes, a lot of research went behind before deciding the launch of seven new web radio stations. We have also partnered with HMV Saregama,  and so PlanetRadiocity.com had all the more reason to go retro. The seven new web radio stations  will be dedicated to retro music. Apart from the radio stations, listeners will also be able to enjoy hundreds of curated playlists and choose the retro songs they want to listen to.

Why is retro music suddenly the flavour of the season? Which is the demographic that is consuming more of retro music and why?

It is not sudden. One of our most popular shows, ‘Kal Bhi Aaj Bhi’ is testimony to the appeal of this evergreen genre. Old film music is something that people of all generations are listening to, be it the youth of today or the generation that grew up with these melodies. The inherent melody of this music makes it timeless and pretty much cuts across target groups, except perhaps teenagers. Icons such as Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and RD Burman are not new to this generation. The new web radio stations will be under the bouquet Radio City Gold. It will give this generation a chance to listen to the melodies of the golden era. 

Planet Radio City appears to have picked up the decades from the 60s to the 80s. Why the choice of these three decades in particular? How many songs have been acquired totally?

PlanetRadioCity.com reaches out to an audience that is about 25 – 45 yrs old with Radio City Gold. We are cognizant of the fact that there is demand for music even prior to that period and after, and will be rolling out curated content even for them. 

What kind of marketing initiatives have been undertaken to promote the seven new stations? What kind of programming format will the stations follow? 

We are doing a 360 degree campaign to launch these stations. A print campaign across India, and a heavy digital campaign as well. Additionally we are using Radio City to promote retro music, to tease it and eventually drive listeners back to Radio City Gold on PlanetRadioCity.com for unlimited access to retro music . The thought behind our campaign “Legends are reborn”  is to relaunch Retro music for the digital generation.

How does a digital platform like Planet Radio City view digital competition from Saavn, Guvera, Gaana and others? How would you view the impending arrival of Google Music in the country?

Gaana, Saavn and other music streaming apps are not competition to PRC. Their proposition is different. They are essentially music streaming websites while our expertise lies in Radio. We are India’s first and Only Online Radio Network. While Gaana, Saavn etc. remain music streaming platforms, PRC remains a content curator and has programmed content. The more music people consume online, the more it is going to help the entire fraternity. 

Why were the three south Indian languages chosen for retro regional music stations?

Regional music in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada have a very rich history and because these film industries have been there for several decades, they have a huge bank of  retro music. Tamilians, Kannadigas and  Andhraites are also present all over the world, and we saw a definite need gap for curated radio. Therefore these languages were our first choice. We will soon be launching Malayalam, Marathi and Gujarati stations too.

Were all the titles sourced from Saregama? Or were the south Indian titles sourced from elsewhere?

We have a mix of Saregama and a few other regional labels as well.

What kind of synergies do you expect between the parent Radio City and the newly launched digital stations? 

The synergies between Radio City and the digital stations are numerous. One of our longest running and most popular shows ‘Kal Bhi Aaj Bhi’ is a trendsetter and forms benchmarks for a retro show. We will be cross promoting the shows and also share a lot of content with each other. This month, Radio City is also playing one retro song every hour to expose more listeners to retro music and lead them back to Radio City Gold.

MUMBAI: No matter how many years go by, one thing in Mumbai never changes. The potholes on the roads during monsoons! And for the last four years, Red FM, India’s largest radio network, has been ‘celebrating’ these near-crater, slush filled potholes with the Red FM Pothole Utsav. With this satirical initiative, Red FM has been trying to bring attention to this seemingly inconvenient and dangerous issue and also to the administration’s apathy towards it.

RJ Malishka and RJ Rishi Kapoor picked the most horrendous potholes in the city as recommended by the listeners and organized a Pothole party at those locations to bring it to the notice of local authorities. Red FM listeners along with members of Sahas foundation were invited for this pothole party, wherein in true celebration style, they drew rangoli around the pothole to poke fun. One of the listeners had spotted large potholes in Madan Mohan Malviya road –Tardeo. Considering this, Red FM had invited the Corporator of D-Ward, Arun Dudhwadkar, for the pothole party to highlight this concern. Subsequently, Mr. Dudhwadkar has promised an RC road (concrete road) by October. RJ Malishka and RJ Rishi Kapoor have been cordially invited by the Corporator for the opening of the new road.

Commenting on the campaign, Red FM COO Nisha Narayanan said “Red FM has a long-standing relationship with the city of Mumbai and our listeners here. What concerns our listeners, concerns us; and we have to do something about it. Year after year, the plight of Mumbai roads during monsoons is an issue that hinders all our daily routines, and the Pothole Utsav has become Red FM’s constant endeavour to highlight the apathy, and the poor state of our roads in a very satirical manner.”

During the Year 2013 Red FM marked a satirical celebration named Pothole Utsav to highlight the ruthless condition of Mumbai roads during rains. Since then, every year the radio channel aims to make a relevant communication in a manner that stands out amid the general angst. In short, Pothole Utsav is Red FM’s way of expressing the anger, reinforce the local connect by taking up the issue of Potholes and amplifying it through tactical on-grounds like Pothole Party to shame responsible authorities.

MUMBAI: Radio City recently concluded its ‘Radio City Ki Bullet’ contest with a roaring success, which started from 25 July and went on till 6 August. The second leg of winners were announced on 6 August 2016 at City Mall, Lucknow, where winners walked away with brand new Royal Enfield bullets. Radio City received over 30 lakh missed calls for registration, to participate in Radio City’s biggest contest in the City of Nawabs. Bollywood celebrities like Sonu Nigam, Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez and Hard Kaur motivated the people of Lucknow to be a part of the biggest challenge ‘Radio City ki Bullet’. Also, Radio City gave a chance to the winners from the first segment, to meet and greet the Khiladi star Akshay Kumar. The winners not only won the ‘Nawaabi Sawaari’ but also got the golden chance to shake hands with their favourite star.

As a part of the 'Rag Rag Mein Daude City' campaign, the radio network integrated ‘Lucknow Ka Kona Kona’ through an extensive 10 days on-ground activity supported by huge digital, print and outdoor medium. The listeners had to participate in the contest and answer questions about their city and win a lucky key every hour every day for two weeks. In the first segment, two winners were announced on the 30 of July and the other two on the 6 August 2016.

Radio City’s philosophy of ‘Rag Rag Mein Daude City’ aims to invoke the feeling of City Pride amongst the citizens and galvanizes a stronger emotional connect with the listener through a ‘micro local’ content approach that reflects the city’s fabric, culture and nuances. ‘Radio City ki Bullet’ is one of the biggest campaigns, Radio City has taken in order to build that special bond with the city and connect to its listeners in a unique manner.

MUMBAI: Radio Nasha, HT Media Ltd.'s second radio station in Delhi and Mumbai is India's first 'cool retro' station and plays Bollywood music mainly from ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. The station has received very warm response from listeners and advertisers alike and in Delhi already has 61 lacs listeners (source RAM) in just four months.

The station has many innovations and industry firsts to its credit. For the first time in the history of radio, Radio Nasha launched Bollywood celebrities as RJs - Anil Kapoor, Satish Kaushik and Amit Kumar - who host flagship daily shows.

To thank listeners for the very warm reception, Radio Nasha has launched a listener gratification in Delhi – I Love Radio Nasha. All a listener has to do to participate is WhatsApp RN <space> Full Name to991100 1072. And when he receives a call he must greet with ‘I Love Radio Nasha’ and not hi or a hello.Cool retro listeners stand a chance to win Rs 107,200 every hour.

HT Media Ltd. CEO – Radio and Entertainment Harshad Jain said, ‘Innovation and listener’s delight is at the core of every initiative that we undertake at Radio Nasha. ‘I Love Radio Nasha’ promotion is another way of strengthening our bond with listeners and rewarding them for tuning into Radio Nasha. Lacs of listeners have participated in just a few days and we are encouraged by this overwhelming response. We are sure lacs more will register in next few weeks and many will get rewarded.’

So Delhi, say ‘I Love Radio Nasha’, get set to Win Big and Celebrate with 107.2 FM Radio Nasha.

MUMBAI: Red FM, undertook an exciting yet a satirical initiative acknowledging the traffic woes of the Delhi-NCR region. Everyone experiences the torment of being stuck in the traffic every morning while reaching their respective work places and commuting back. Highlighting this sentiment Red FM organized a unique Run Against Traffic yesterday in the Delhi NCR region in true ‘Bajate Raho’ style. As part of the initiative the brand roped in Triathlete, Marathoner and Ultra-runner, Abhishek Mishra. Recently having earned the title of Iron Man, Abhishek took up the challenge to reach Gurgaon first on foot as against RJ Ashish & RJ Rocky who were driving the car.

Both Abhishek and RJ Ashish started together from Ashram Bus-stop, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi at 5:30pm towards Ambience Mall, Gurgaon, covering a distance of close to 30 Kms. Unarguably demonstrating how the average Delhite spends hours, stuck in traffic every day, Abhishek who covered the distance on foot, reached the destination xx minutes before RJ Ashish, who was driving the car. Joint Commissioner of Police Gurgaon Y Puran Kumar also joined Red FM at the culmination point extending his support towards the initiative.

The activity created a lot of excitement among commuters and onlookers, who witnessed this unique run. Through this activity, Red FM aimed to highlight the unfortunate situation of traffic in the city that is impacting the daily life of people and brings the city to a standstill. The popular radio station seemed to signal to authorities the trials of the daily commuter, or turnaround and inspire the commuter to look at ‘alternative, more-faster’ ways to commute.

MUMBAI: After a week of keeping their launch under wraps, Radio Mirchi (Chandigarh) went for a formal launch today at the Hyatt Regency, Chandigarh with Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff.

Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh has handpicked the songs and has provided inputs for the shows that will air on Mirchi. Diljit was present at the launch through a video link in which he congratulated Mirchi on the launch.

Keeping in mind the unique requirements of listeners in Chandigarh, Mirchi will play the latest Punjabi music in which they will add ‘latest Bollywood music ka tadka’. The product strategy has been decided after extensive research, opinions of experts like Diljit and talking to the people of the city, elaborated Bhanu Pratap Singh, Vice President & Cluster Head Punjab, Himachal and J&K, Radio Mirchi.

Along with the best Punjabi and Bollywood music – Mirchi will keep its listeners entertained by bringing in cutting edge radio content, comedy, updates and infotainment that will keep listeners hooked on to the radio station.

Present at the launch were the Mirchi RJs who will host the shows on the station. Energetic RJ Abhi, drama queen RJ Kanwar, sweet and vivacious RJ Ashi, bindaas RJ Charu and romantic RJ Sunny promise to keep Chandigarh entertained throughout the day with their sparkling wit and banter, regular updates about what’s happening in the city and unique opinions on songs and movies released.

Diljit said, “Chandigarh has a special place in my heart and I am so glad that Mirchi approached me to co-curate their station. This gives me an opportunity to give something back to my fans from the city. My association with Radio Mirchi goes back many years and they have a proven track record in delivering a great listener experience.  I have given my inputs on the song list and the shows for the Mirchi Chandigarh product and I’m sure it will strike a chord with the listeners. It was a great pleasure working with the Mirchi team.”

Tiger Shroff said, “It gives me great pleasure to be a part of the launch of Mirchi in Chandigarh. I am really excited to be a part of the launch in Chandigarh while promoting 'Flying Jatt'. It is always a pleasure being here and I wish them well.”

Radio Mirchi COO Mahesh Shetty commented that, “Chandigarh is a very important city in our expansion plans and we are extremely excited to be here. Working with Diljit on our Chandigarh station was a no-brainer. We didn’t think there was anyone better who would know exactly what the people of this city want. And for the formal launch our new station, we are absolutely thrilled to be associated with one of the hottest new stars of Bollywood cinema today – Tiger Shroff – and one of the most popular directors on the scene – Remo D’Souza.”

Also read: Radio Mirchi set for formal launch in Chandigarh next week

MUMBAI: BIG FM, associates with hypermarket chain Big Bazaar to bolster their most awaited and popular ‘5 DAYS Maha Bachat’ campaign. In line with this, Big FM will change its stationality to ‘Big Maha Bachat FM’ for a day (Friday, 12th August) across major cities which include Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Kanpur. The campaign aims at promoting maha savings and great value, which are synonymous with Big Bazaar “5 days Maha Bachat”.

To create maximum buzz before the start of the “5 Days Maha Bachat”, BIG FM will seamlessly integrate the theme across the respective formats of on air elements like time checks, traffic updates, RJ mentions and their marquee property ‘Aktor calling Aktor’.

Speaking on the partnership with BIG FM, Big Bazaar CEO Sadashiv Nayak said, “Big Bazaar was the first brand to initiate the concept of big shopping days around public holidays like Independence Day and Republic Days. Over the years, these campaigns have become a calendar days for Indian consumers and have set benchmark to be followed by other brands. Maha Bachat is all about Big savings and offerings, our association with BIG FM will make 5 Days Maha Bachat bigger and better.”

Speaking on the partnership with BIG FM, Mediacom India COO Rathi Gangappa said, “As MediaCom, our aim was to create innovative disruption during a highly cluttered period and at the same time drive home the message that Big Bazaar is back with a bigger and better Maha Bachat holiday offer. With every asset of the station changing to integrated theme of Maha Bachat (big savings and great value) for an entire day we would have ensured that we stand out amongst all other holiday offers and build high recall with our key customers.

On the association with Big Bazaar, spokesperson from BIG FM said, “We are pleased to associate with Big Bazaar for their ‘5 Days Maha Bachat’ campaign. In more ways than one, the festive campaign is a perfect fit for us, which is why we have also decided to change our stationality for a day to BIG Maha Bachat FM. This transformation will ensure top of the mind recall for our listeners before Big Bazaar’s most popular and loved shopping days for customers.”

MUMBAI: Proficient scriptwriter Salim Khan turns radio jockey for Radio Nasha. Yes, the news of him turning RJ just comes in time before 'Sholay's ' next anniversary. 'Sholay' will complete yet another year on 15th of this month and the first episode of Khan's show too will revolve around the film. Khan wrote the script of 'Sholay' with Javed Akhtar.

The show is being called 'The 70 MM Show' and it will go on-air from today (13 August 2016). It will be a weekend property which will air every Saturday and Sunday at 4 pm, in Mumbai and Delhi.

Radio Nasha tweeted about the same through their Twitter handle.

Radio Nasha presents 'THE 70 MM SHOW' with @luvsalimkhan& @KiranKotrial ! Begins today 4 pm onwards @RadioNasha1072pic.twitter.com/SDvfg1FipQ

— Radio Nasha 91.9 FM (@RadioNasha919) August 13, 2016

Another writer co-hosting the show with Salim Khan is Kiran Kotrial. He has dabbled in multiple activities. He is the scriptwriter of the shows 'Fear Factor' and 'Bigg Boss', has directed serials like 'Oye! It’s Friday!' and 'Superstar', co-written films as varied as 'Ishq Vishk', 'Fida', 'Kambakkht Ishq' and 'Bodyguard'.

Kiran Kotrial shares pictures with Salim Khan during a pre-recording session in Nasha.

After a string of celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Satish Kaushik and Amit Kumar turning towards radio for Radio Nasha, the legendary writer Salim Khan makes his debut as an RJ. In his show, he will be sharing the unknown facts related to Indian Cinema from his knowledge box that the masses are unaware of.

RJ Anmol from Nasha also showed his excitement for the show on Twitter.

'70 MM Show Kab hai? Kab hai yeh 70 MM Show?' Sardar aaj shaam 4-5 baje !!! https://t.co/YfoTXv2sSp

— rjanmol (@rjanmol) August 13, 2016

Salman Khan too went on to promote his father's upcoming show on his Twitter account.

Radio Nasha 91.9 pe tune Karo every sat-sun 4pm on 'The 70mm Show' with @luvsalimkhan .. aur enjoy Karo ! pic.twitter.com/Of5W2jANFW

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) August 13, 2016

NEW DELHI: A theme song on Tiranga Yatra to be organized from 15 August to mark the 70th anniversary of India's Independence from the British has been released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“The Tiranga Yatra will be a symbol of development, social harmony and unity. It will spread harmony,” Modi said. He also asked the party MPs to highlight the contribution of freedom fighters and martyrs among school children.

The theme song '70 Saal Azadi Yaad Karo Kurbani' has been composed by Dr. Ghazal Srinivas on behalf of Global Hindu Heritage Foundation and Savetemples.

In addition, AIR and Doordarshan will broadcast a message by President Pranab Mukherjee on 14 August at 7 pm  on all their channels followed by translations in Hindi and other regional languages.

The Prime Minister will unfirl the national flag on the ramparts of Red Fort and then address the nation. This will be covered live by both AIR and DD on all its channels from 7 am on 15 August. This will be followed by a coverage from states by respective DD channels of the celebrations.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has also commenced a festival of patriotic films to mark the occasion in Delhi.

Launching the song at a function here on 12 August 2016, I and B Mnister M Venkaiah Nadu also announced that Patriotic songs will be played on All India Radii, Doordarshan and FM Radio for three days.

A collage of patriotic songs in all languages will be telecast by DD and other channels.

Biographies of the composers/writers of patriotic songs like Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chhatterjee, Muhammad Iqbal, Kavi Pradeep, ShakeelBadayuni, Naushad, Pitambar Das and others as well as songs in regional languages like Bharatamataku JeyJejelu in Telugu by Acharya Atreya (1972),  along with the brief anecdotal background will be broadcast before the songs.

Video and audio clips of speeches of national icons are being prepared into a short film and be broadcast on DD/AIR and will be circulated on social media.

These programmes will be interspersed with PM’s clip.

All speech documentaries will be telecast in local languages also.

Naidu said the Festival of Independence being celebrated throughout the country offers an opportunity for the citizens to remember the sacrifices and contributions made by great leaders during the Indian Freedom Struggle and National Movement.  

MoS Rajyavardhan Rathore, and MoS Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre were also present during the occasion.
 
Elaborating further, Naidu said that the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ song captures the patriotic fervor and showcases the diversity in the country. He said that the Idea of India was being reinforced through the song and that the song aims to promote brotherhood and the feeling of oneness among all the citizens. The Minister also released the list of activities that are going to be performed by various ministries.

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MUMBAI: On the occasion of 70th Independence Day, Bangalore's radio station Indigo decided to celebrate the day with a realistic approach. Indigo decided to deal with issues through breaking stereotypes and spread the message of ‘unhate’ through its latest initiative for Bangalore. With the aim of providing freedom from hatred, the campaign focuses on all the current issues plaguing the world and offers a credible platform to help identify solutions.

Throughout the campaign, across the shows, topics dear to the listeners will be discussed on-air along with a panel of eminent speakers and experts, giving equal ground and opportunities to come out with solutions. Indigo’s ‘Unhate’ campaign will help listeners in not only ideating but also in taking a pledge to ‘Unhate’. The campaign has commenced a week before Independence Day and is encouraging listeners to play an active part in finding solutions to these problems.

Other radio stations like Choklate has planned a five-day long programming from 11-15 August. The activity includes ground and on-air both, in which the FM station has divided each day with a specific topic. While on the other hand, Radio Mirchi Amritsar is going to launch new radio jockey, RJ Honey. Even Tadka has different plans. As Tadka is completing 10-years, the radio station is busy in preparing for the event on Independence Day.

Also Read: Radio Choklate plans ground events for Independence Day

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MUMBAI: After Fever FM, which released a video of its RJs reprising the National song 'Vande Mataram', another radio station Big FM came ahead. Big FM joined hands with Vodafone on Independence Day to launch yet another unique campaign 'One Nation, One Song, One Network'.

In line with this initiative, RJs from Big FM sang the national song – ‘Vande Mataram’ at the same time across its 45 stations through Vodafone SuperNet™ with the aim to reaffirm the faith of our country in unity.

Although the radio stations chose, the same song but they both presented it in a different way.

Big FM went on air on August 15 at 12 noon. A video capturing the entire experience was released by Vodafone and Big FM on social media. It has garnered fantastic response so far with over 128K+ views.

Driving the campaign, Big FM RJs set the context as they built up to the occasion celebrating the spirit of unity and togetherness. The Call for Unity was powered by Vodafone SuperNet™, where the network connected all 45 stations through a conference call. Listeners tuned into Big FM to hear their favourite RJs paying tribute to the nation.

Commenting on the association, a spokesperson from Big FM said, “We, at Big FM keep pushing the pedal towards creating innovative campaigns, and associating with Vodafone for ‘One Nation, One Song, One Network’ initiative is a step in that direction. As we celebrated our 70th Independence Day, it was only fitting for us to drive a campaign across our 45 distinct stations, which would truly reflect the unity in our nation’s diversity. This was a one of a kind experience for all our hard-working RJs, and we are glad to partner with Vodafone.”