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Gurgaon to have its own community radio

MUMBAI: Gurgaon based NGO, TRF (The Restoring Force) would be soon launching its community radio in Udyog Vihar, villages of Garhi Harsaru, Dhankot...

First community radio station in Assam launched

MUMBAI: The first community radio station in Assam was formally launched at the Krishna Kanta Handique Open University in the state on 27 January.

Dilip Dugar: Wishlist for 2009 - Let's work together

Chodo kal ki baatien kal ki baat purani, aayo hum sab mil ke likhe ek nayi kahani (let's forget the past, as it's old now, let's come forward...

Mhaswad CR station commences transmission

NEW DELHI: The ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced that the Community Radio station at Mhaswad, Satara district in Maharashtra has...

Radio MUST head Pankaj Athavale - For us, the most important thing is to sound interesting and intelligent

Mumbai University initiated its community radio station – Radio MUST 107.8 FM in February 2008. The unique initiative completes one year next month...

FM roundup - east & north east - Riding High

Looking back, 2008 was the year of commencing operations for many commercial FM stations in eastern India. To make their presence felt, these...

Radio Indigo COO Jayyant Bhokare - I hope to see retail advertising growing faster because it benefits more

In a market that preferred to turn Kannada en masse early in 2008, Radio Indigo stands out as a player that preferred to play the game by its own...

FM Round Up: North - The race to stand out among clutter

North India witnessed a spurt in radio stations in 2008 - not only in the NCR, but throughout the northern states. The radio market showed signs of...

2008: The Year of the Radio Buyer - Sunil Kumar

For the radio industry in India, if the year 2008 belonged to anyone, it was to the buyer (of radio). Having got a considerable size of audience, the...