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MUMBAI: In an attempt to spread awareness about basic education among children aged 6-14 years, Red FM, in association with Cry, has initiated a "Sabko Shiksha Saman Shiksha" campaign. Till 21 January, Red FM's tool of free expression, Red Mike will support Cry's objective by asking people in Mumbai to start paying close attention to what is going on in schools and to demand action to make government schools deliver quality education to all children irrespective of their caste, creed, race and gender.
read moreMUMBAI: Trying different techniques ranging from RJ talk, campaigns to contests, FM station are toying with different 'unique' methods to break the clutter in the market. Joining the band wagon is Big FM Chennai, which has re-positioned itself as 'Tamilian's Pride' (Tamizhanin Perumi) with the brand-line 'Kekkalam Pesalam Life Kondadalam'. The station's content both on air and on ground will be plugged around 'Tamilan's Pride'.
read moreMUMBAI: Sun TV Network's S FM has launched in Tiruchy through its subsidiary Kal Radio, taking the total number of stations to 19 across India. Sun TV already operates in places that include Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Madurai, Tuticorin, Lucknow, Bhopal, Pondlicherry and Kozhikode (Calicut), Indore, Vijayawada and Varanasi. Sun TV will launch 26 stations to become operational in 45 FM stations all over India.
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MUMBAI: Trance band Above & Beyond have released'Anjunabeats Volume Five' (2XCD) based on their performance at the recently concluded Sunburn Fest 2007.
read moreMUMBAI: Bhaskar Group's My FM is all ready to operate from Raipur, capital of Chattisgarh. The group will add the city of Kota and Jabalpur, which will complete its launch plans for all 17 circles it has license to operate in, says a release.
read moreMUMBAI:The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to bring audio and text mobile news services into India. BBC already provides the news on mobile service in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Talks are on with mobile service providers in India and the deals are likely to be sealed in a few weeks, sources say. While text news alert services are not a new concept for Indian mobile phone users, audio news services would be a novelty in this country.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City 91.1FM, in a bid to woo more listeners with festivals like Makar Sankranti and Pongal on charts, is organising different events in Lucknow and Coimbatore. In Lucknow, in association with The Indian Red Cross Society, Radio City has donated woollen clothes ranging from blankets, cardigans, gloves, mufflers, socks, shawls to the slum dwellers as a part of the initiative "Bye Bye Thand"on Makar Sankranti.
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MUMBAI: Endless Love-Kitni yaad aati hai, will be Pankaj Udhas' fifth album to be launched on the T-Series label. It is an album of eight romantic songs. Divya Khosla Kumar has directed the music videos of the album. The first track from the album'Aansoo jab bhi' is about the trauma felt by two lovers who have to part because their horoscopes don't match. Their past life resurfaces when they accidentally meet each other. The video is shot with all the elements surrounding human sentiments and tells the story of the past lovers.
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MUMBAI: Creating a platform for young children to present their talent Radio Indigo has started a show 'Junior RJ' in Bangalore, hosted by one young RJ every Saturday between 10 to 11 am. Every Saturday, a selected child plays his/her favourite numbers for the city. The tiny tots after finalising their list write script and take the studio under control. For instance on 19 January, nine year old Nidhi, will host the show. The fourth standard girl will talk about her favourite artistes and music. She is going to play some heavy metal tracks, an influence of her father.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has launched in Raipur, taking the total number of stations to 30 all over the country. Besides Raipur, Radio Mirchi is already operational in places including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Pune, Patna, Jalandhar, Goa, Bhopal, Vadodara, Kanpur, Rajkot, Varanasi, Nashik, Lucknow, Surat, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Madurai, Nagpur, Vishakapatnam, Vijayawada and Mangalore.Radio Mirchi will roll out two more radio stations by the end of the year, to complete the total number of 32 stations in India.
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MUMBAI: Star World is all set to premiere yet another season of the hit reality show American Idol every Wednesday at 8 pm starting 16 January. Once again, Ryan Seacrest will host the show, and Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson will judge the wannabe warblers, deluded divas and off-key performers to find the next singing superstar.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
