MUMBAI: Special relations are built with people whom we see and meet daily. The bond is strong and so is that with our favourite RJ’s whom we listen to each day. The RJ helps to lift your mood up with the silly jokes, upbeat music, latest updates and more.

Here we talk about Punjabi RJs, who are well connected to their listeners.

Pak Pak Deepak Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi’s evening RJ Pak Pak Deepak is a Murga King of Punjab, no doubt he is No. 1 RJ of Punjab. With three shows a day in Jalandhar, Amritsar and Patiala (Jalandhar Express, Amritsar Express and Patiala Junction) he is number 1 in listeners in all cities. His humour is nothing but madness, his digital presence and fan following is insane. It is also observed that the star’s visiting the station are demanding to be interviewed with only this RJ.

RJ Meenakshi – MY FM Chandigarh

The senior most RJ in Chandigarh, RJ Meenakshi from MY FM who is in radio from past 12 years is doing her morning show Salaam Chandigarh for seven years now. Her show is a fully-updated show which talks about Bollywood updates, local/national and International happenings.

With a target audience of 18-35 years, the RJ takes up heated local issues on-air, talks about them with an objective to solve them for her listeners.

Mirchi Charu Radio Mirchi- Chandigarh

She is Pathakha Guddi of Chandigarh, people are crazy for her. She began her journey in 2003 from Radio Mirchi’s Indore station and joined Chandigarh in 2016. In just one year of time span, she become popular in her time band (Chandigarh Express, 5-9 pm). Not only her show but her digital character Ms Single is all over in social media. Her bindass attitude makes her one of the top RJ’s of Punjab.

MJ Dhanveer BIG FM

Dhanveer is one of those RJ’s in Punjab who brings star culture in Radio Industry. RJ’s can also be stars he proved that. His legacy makes him a loveable piece of person who is also very popular among local celebs. He is doing Happy Evenings show in Patiala, Chandigarh and Shimla.

RJ Aashi – Radio Mirchi Chandigarh

The afternoon show is specifically dedicated to a particular group of audience. Chandigarh’s Radio Mirchi RJ Aashi who has a youth centric afternoon show, runs interesting concepts related to the youth and something. The show is known as PU Ke Parindey, in which PU represents Punjab University. The show has various segments with competitons like girls vs boys, generic and current affair sparklers to educate the youth along with some love tips for the newly fallen in love.

RJ Golmaal Gagan – MY FM Chandigarh

Ruling the evening show in Chandigarh from past 11 years now, RJ Gagan, commonly known as RJ Golmaal Gagan hosts Happy Evening in MY FM from 5-9 pm. Talking about local and Bollywood, the show also has various segments like ‘Tension Ki Vaat’ and ‘Bollywood Gyan’.  Tension Ki Vaat heals problems and gets the listeners over their tensions, making them laugh after a hectic day.  For the target listeners who are majorly IT Professionals and young businessmen who travel at the same time, Golmaal Gagan talks to them and discuss different situations one faced in office.

Bollywood Gyan is a quiz game contest that where the RJ asks questions from Bollywood movies and the answers are not even found on Google. Such quiz questions are prepared specially by the RJ.

RJ Heer – RED FM Amritsar

Amritsar’s morning RJ Heer from RED FM works on her tagline which says Jab jab yeh Heer radio pe aayegi to halla machayegi... She raises a new issue from the city each day and also makes it a point to solve it. The RJ does not raise the topic to the authorities directly; she makes it a point to understand the situation, solve it locally and then get it to the authorities notice.

She has managed to solve many such daily issues on-air faced by the citizen. Her listeners also help Heer in raising the issue by explaining the issue faced by them.

RJ Vikas – MY FM Jalandhar

The ‘Salaam Punjab’ morning show host RJ Vikas best known as Bindass Vikas hosts a morning show for MY FM Jalandhar. The RJ is also a national mimic award winner and his skills add a level high to the show. The morning show, 7am-12noon is an infotainment show that talks on topics like Sports, Bollywood, National, Local and International news.

Vikas has been with MY FM since 2011, which helps him understand the consumer behaviour well. He has observed that the audience are more inclined towards Bollywood music than Punjabi, as Jalandhar being an urban area, people prefer Bollywood music. Thus, the station has a 60-40 ratio of its playlist.

RJ Ikwinder – Radio Mirchi Jalandhar

One of the most senior RJs of Radio Mirchi Jalandhar is RJ Ikwinder. He has been associated with the station from past 11 years, the RJ is currently hosting an afternoon show 12-3pm Mithi Morning, a women-centric show. Specially designed for the women target audience, the RJ tries to keep the mood of the show much positive and feel-good time.

Every woman has problems which only another woman can understand and Ikwinder is the problem solver for them. She also has one special segment called ‘ek min wali love stories’. In this many listeners share their love stories to the RJ which are then featured on the show.

MJ Karan (BIG FM)

Karan is one of the best morning RJ’s of Punjab, he is presently doing BIG Morning Show in Patiala and very famous for his one liners. Patiala people love his voice and his on ground presence. The 7-10 am show is all about infortainment with light news about local happenings, Bollywood, the city and more. Karan stands out with his local connect in Patiala and that is what makes him amongst the top RJ’s.

RJ Varun – Radio City Patiala

Now we are at one of the largest states in Punjab, Patiala. Best known for traditional turban – ‘Patiala Shahi’, Radio City’s morning show is inspired by the name and the morning show is called Shahi Mornings.

Talking about local and current affairs, the status makes sure it reaches to the requirements of every listener who is willing to know things from the happenings in each corner of the city to the current affair news.

Hosted by RJ Varun, the show, unlike others, also helps to solve local problems with the help of the city councillors and authorities.

RJ Sandy – BIG FM Jalandhar

Jalandhar's desi RJ, Sandeep, best known as RJ Sandy hosts the morning show for BIG FM. From past two years, the RJ has been hosting Chak De Jalandar. He is a Bollywood and local freak. The show majorly talks about happenings in the locality and Bollywood thus making the RJ one of the best RJs in Jalandhar. With BIG FM’s new policy of more and more songs, there is a balance playlist of Punjabi and Bollywood songs being played every morning.

RJ Rahul – MY FM Amritsar

Associated with MY FM from past six years, RJ Rahul is an evening show RJ called Happy Evening. The 4-9 pm show is a complete humorous time for the listeners. This RJ specialises in turning any serious topic to humour. Coming from a theatre background, with a quality to mimic and spread humour, the RJ talks about local and national news with these qualities, making news in the most fun way.

RJ Vishesh – RED FM Amritsar

This new RJ is making space in the hearts and minds of its listeners. He hosts an evening show on RED FM Amritsar called PB935. It’s been eight months since the show is on-air but it seems to be amongst the top evening show with credits to the RJ.

This show witness of PJs that we all come across from different people. So here the RJ shares a bunch of PJs with his listeners, who would further share it with the PJ masters.   

One interesting fact of this show is that Vishesh writes parody on current issues and narrates it on-air. This has been the most attracting factor of the show.