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MUMBAI: We present a few observations and interesting vignettes from the India Radio Forum, Mumbai. At the session, What Do Advertisers Want?, Friends FM Business Head Amritendu Roy made an emotional appeal to advertisers to understand the medium. He questioned why innovations should be expected only from radio. "Sometimes, advertisers expect too much out of us, but they should understand that we are not event managers. It is my emotional appeal to the advertisers to understand the medium."
read moreMUMBAI: Synergy Media Entertainment Limited has appointed Shailja Naqvi as the national programming head of 94.3 My FM. Prior to this, Shailja has had more than twelve years of corporate media experience. Last, she served as the national programming headat Dhamaal 24 and was responsible for the successful launch of nine stations under the banner. Naqvi replaces Viplove Gupte who joined Big FM as national programming director.
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MUMBAI: Big FM announced 'Get high on 100 Chartbusters, Not on Tobacco' - a campaign to motivate Delhi-ites towards healthy living on the occasion of 'World No Tobacco Day. As part of its awareness creation drive the BIG Ashtray was placed at 3Cs in Lajpat Nagar and breakfast jock RJ Sujata encouraged Delhi listeners stub their cigarettes in it.
read moreMUMBAI: In a step to help people find legal free music downloads and movie download sites, Canadian based Freemusicdownloadwebsites.com has teamed up with Freemoviedownloadsites.net to propose growing the largest list of film and music download sites. This joint venture is believed to have created a win-win situation for both parties as the two are experts in their respective fields. The free music and movie download sites they are listing, are continually growing their catalogues to satisfy the burning desire many people have for new movies and the latest music.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City which has won licenses to operate in 20 cities across the country, completed its mark with the recent launches of Jalgaon and Nanded in Maharashtra. This also marks the completion of Radio Citys Maharashtra Network with nine FM stations in its home state. The station is now accessible to listeners in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Vadodara, Surat, Sholapur, Nagpur, Sangli, Coimbatore, Vizag, Ahmednagar, Akola, Nanded and Jalgaon.
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MUMBAI: Having rendered her melodious voice for movies like Tashan, Ghatotkach, Pranali and One Two Three this year, Mahalakshmi Iyer gears up to make her presence felt in Bollywood in the second half of the year. Some of the projects lined up this year are Sanjay Chhels Man Gaye Mughal-e-azam, Apoorva Lakhias Mission Istanbul, Don Muthu Swami, Zoya Akhtars Luck By Chance and many untitled projects.
read moreMUMBAI: T-Series has released a clutch of 10 Hindi film music albums in the first half of the year. While some have done extremely well, others have just managed an average play. The list of films comprise Krazzy 4, Ghatotkach, Dashavataram, Woodstock Villa, Hastey Hastey, Haal-e-dil, De Taali, Jaane Tu Ya Jaaane Na, Bhootnath and Mere Baap Pehle Aap.
read moreMUMBAI: Disney Channel's Hannah Montana -The Big Pop Star Dream auditions were held on 24 May in Mumbai. The closed door auditions selected 400 finalists from over 2000 kids. These kids sang and grooved to Bollywood hits and songs from Disney Channel Original Movies - High School Musica 1 and High School Musical 2. These performances will be reviewed by Anushka Manchanda, the pop star of the VIVA band fame.
read moreMUMBAI: Being an Indian contesting the American Idol, Sanjaya Malakar hogged the limelight. Now it is his turn to get advertisers in. Nationwide, a diversified insurance and financial services organisation, has roped in Malakar as their next star of the "Life Comes at You Fast" advertising campaign. Malakar will follow in the footsteps of Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer, who appeared in previous Life Comes at You Fast commercials.
read moreMUMBAI: Red FM has joined hands with Pfizer, Salaam Bombay and BMC to organize a 'Quit Smoking Express' which started from 25 May and the campaign will also spread awareness about the hazards of smoking amongst the youth. On the occasion of 'World No Tobacco Day' this initiative is called as 'Pfizer presents Red FM Quit Smoking Express.'
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MUMBAI: Radio City is conducting a 'For your ears only' seminar with international strategist and radio advertising and marketing Guru Paul Weyland, who will talk about empowering retail advertisers to obtain the edge while advertising on radio.
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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
MUMBAI: Pop star Dhvani Bhanushali is all set to headline this year’s prestigious Mysore Dussehra, sharing the spotlight with musical legends like A....read more
MUMBAI: This is the first time that Shruti have created a multilingual track which includes the lyrics in three different languages Shruti Haasan who...read more
MUMBAI: Armaan Malik, hailed as the Prince of Pop, is aiming to bridge the gap between two different music sensibilities once again with his latest...read more
