Live bands edge out albums this Navratri
MUMBAI: Till a few years ago, one could see men and women dressed up for the Navratri, swirling their ghaghras and twirling their dandiyas, dancing around a cassette player blaring out prerecorded music. But today, even in the outskirts of Gujarat, youngsters fancy dancing to the beats of a live...
Legislation for sustainable community radio needed
NEW DELHI: In December 2002, the Government of India approved a policy for grant of licenses for setting up community radio stations to well established institutions. On 16 November 2006, the government notified a new community radio policy which permits NGOs and other civil society organizations...
IGNOU launches 6 month certificate prog on community radio
NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced its plan to launch a six-month certificate programme in 'community radio' from January 2009. IGNOU will launch the programme in collaboration with the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA). IGNOU Vice...
'Training is very important for community radio'
NEW DELHI: The Community Radio Conference organised by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) being held in the Capital has emphasised the fact that training is very important and a must to drive community radio services in India.
Is the drama just beginning?
How long can a listener hear out 'Kabhi kabhi Aditi', on any station he cares to flick to? The infotainment capsules and snippets like Kamla Ka Hamla and Sud now seem to be morphing into another genre, yet untapped on Indian FM waves.
AIR DG G Jayalal - We don't believe in sensationalising news
All India Radio is older than independent India. The service that began formally in 1936 had a network of six stations by 1947, a rate of growth that the public broadcaster kept up over the decades Being the first radio broadcaster of the country had made AIR the leader for many years. However,...
Symbiosis Institute to set up community radio on campus
MUMBAI: The Pune based Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication will start its own community radio, �Radio Symbi' on its premises and plans to launch it by February in the next academic year. We have already applied for the necessary government licence for our campus radio and would be...
Jamia FM provides yeoman service during Delhi encounters
MUMBAI: Community radio station Jamia 90.4 FM played an important role in maintaining harmony in a tense atmosphere during the terrorist encounters in Delhi on 19 September. This community radio station, started in 2005, is run by the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia...
Aditya Music MD Umesh Gupta - The film music market in Andhra is too huge to sustain non film albums
It's a relative newcomer that stepped into the south Indian music market in the late 1990s. Aditya Music has today become the king of Tollywood, creating a niche for itself in the Telugu music industry. The label now plans to venture into other south Indian markets. Aditya Music's managing director...
DU's Lady Irwin College launches radio mgt course with ARM
NEW DELHI: Lady Irwin College (Delhi University) has joined hands with South Asia's first full time broadcast school- Academy of Radio Management (ARM) to launch an industry-oriented certificate programme in Radio Management. Students completing the course will be issued a Certificate in Radio...
