Absolute Radio programme & operations director Clive Dickens - Our aim is to breach the 3.3m listener mark in five years
A quarter after he took charge as the programme and operations director of Virgin-turned-Absolute Radio, Clive Dickens appears to be a man in control. Scheduled to visit India this week for Ficci Frames 2009, Dickens is unfazed by the latest Rajar ratings and criticism of Absolute's performance...
Radio City Love Guru - Keep the flame burning, come what may!
Yeh ishq nahi aasaan bas itna hi samajh leeje, Ek aag ka darya hai aur doob ke jaana hai This wellknown couplet somehow sums up the need for love in one's life. Companionship has been the perennial desire for man. But one needs to welcome joys and sorrows alike, which come as a package deal....
Radio keeps head above water in slow times
MUMBAI: Have the tough times proved to be a boon for the radio sector? FM players across the country have seen a marginal growth rather than a dip in their inventories in the last quarter, and anticipate a rosier picture in the coming year. According to Radio Adex data, monthly radio ad volumes...
IIT Kanpur to start CR station
NEW DELHI: Even as the government has permitted non-governmental organisations to set up community radio stations (CRS), it is working to clear the list of applicants in the field of education who have applied for licenses for establishing, maintaining and operating such stations. The Indian...
Decks cleared for 40 CR stations, 90 applications pending
NEW DELHI: With the grant of permission for a community radio station at St Aloysius College in Mangalore, the number of such stations (CRS) in the country has gone up to 42, even as over 90 applications from non-governmental organisations and educational institutions are pending approval. The St...
Resul Pookutty - 'I am humbled and honoured and this is great news for all technicians back home'
Indian film Sound Mixer and Sound Designer Resul Pookutty has won the British Academy Of Film & Television Arts, 2008 (BAFTA) award on Sunday evening and might well go on to win the Academy award for Sound Mixing of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionnaire later this month.
St Aloysius college to launch CR in Mangalore
MUMBAI: Mangalore based college St Aloysius will shortly launch its community radio, �Sarang' - celebrating colours of life. The college representatives signed their GOPA (Grant of Permission Agreement) last week in Delhi with the Information and Broadcasting ministry. The GOPA agreement allows...
Vh1 India Associate General Manager Ferzad Palia - A lot is going to change in the way we support Indian musicians with international dreams
Vh1, India's only international music and lifestyle channel is known to bring down international shows and artists to India regularly. With new shows like Jazz Masters, Big Brother, Saturday Night Live, Global music Express and Yo Momma, Vh1 is scaling new heights with its programming and foray...
Dhan Foundation to operate CR station in Nagapattinam, TN
NEW DELHI: The Maduari based non government organisation (NGO), Dham Foundation has been permitted to establish, maintain and operate a community radio station at Vizhunthamavad village, Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The CR station, which is...
Universal VP content and A&R Rajeeta Hemwani - The idea is to get the best and most innovative albums on the table
After being associated with top music labels in the past, Rajeeta Hemwani joined Universal eight months ago as vice president, content and A&R. She was the creative and marketing brain behind some of the albums of artistes like Gulzar, Jagjit Singh, Asha Bhonsle, Shubha Mudgal, Shankar...
