FM round up west - Steady growth
After featuring the south, north and east FM scenario in 2008, radioandmusic.com completes the FM roundup with the west scene. 2008 was a tough year...
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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...
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The toppers of the Bollywood music biz in 2008
From an astounding 75 'A' grader bollywood releases in 2008, barely a clutchful made the mark, music wise. Not surprisingly, films composed by Rahman...
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Noel Keymer's favourite jocks
RJ turned voice trainer and author Noel Keymer picks three of his favourite radio jockeys from the year gone by. Jeeturaaj: Radio Mirchi If there's...
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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...
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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...
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'Needed: an alternative music scene' by Niladri Kumar
It's a big thing today if an artiste manages to get 5000 listeners As a kid, I had heard from my father about the late 50's - 70's era when people...
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Brand integration: way to go! - Balasubramaniam
Brand integration is the imbedding or weaving of a client's brand with the radio station's brand into content that shares common brand values,...
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The Bollywood music scene '08
Bollywood saw over 100 big budget releases this year, there were songs which got us instantly hooked and there were those overhyped musicals or music...
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Changing perceptions, building awareness - Anuj Singh
The year began with a wave of optimism about radio's performance and expected growth. A FICCI - PWC report talked about a growth rate of 40 per cent...
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