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FM radio Phase 3 licences auction may be postponed again
New Delhi, March 20: The auctioning of new FM radio licences has hit another wrong frequency. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources say the Phase 3 auctions may now only begin by end of August. For radio stations keen on tuning into newer towns, this comes as another setback to their expansion plans. According to an I&B Ministry source, a new post of Joint Secretary is being created to handle digitisation and FM phase 3 licensing. “This has been agreed by the Department of Expenditure and is going to Cabinet for approval,” said the source. Already, the FM radio expansion plan »»»
Gargi Kaul joins as General Manager, Business Head – Oye! 104.8 FM
New Delhi, March 05, 2012: Taking another step forward towards bringing in the best talent in the industry, TV Today Network the leading news conglomerate has announced one more senior level hiring in the group. Gargi Kaul has been appointed as the General Manager – Business Head – Oye! 104.8 FM, TV Today network’s radio station. Announcing this Joy Chakraborthy, CEO, TV Today Network said, “Gargi’s strong experience will help us drive revenue and profitability focus for the radio business. Her entry will also infuse fresh thinking, customer focus and ability to turnaround solutions »»»
John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan join Radio Mantra’s social awareness campaign: Poll India Poll
24th January’ 2012, Tuesday, New Delhi: After conducting a research on why there’s a low turn out on the polling day, despite India being the largest democracy of the world, Radio Mantra identified 5 major reasons for the same. On ‘National Voter’s Day’, Radio Mantra launched another interesting social awareness campaign “Poll India Poll” which will focus on and address 5 main reasons responsible for a low turn out. Bollywood celebrities John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan joined Mantra’s crusade to encourage everybody to exercise their fundamental right to »»»
Radio Mantra’s RJ-Giri: Agra gears up for the ‘Grand’ Finale!
New Delhi 3rd January’2012: RJ Giri, the hunt that was kicked off to find the ‘City of Taj’ a fresh new voice has reached its final phase. The hunt that begun on 15th of December found its final four contestants in Ritika, Ratan, Nisha and Jyoti. Famous pop star and singer Ashok Mastie will be the celebrity judge for the grand finale to be held on 4th of January at The Radisson, Agra. “Agra is a city of enthusiastic people, they love their city and everything about it. So after successfully launching the hunt in Jalandhar and creating quite a stir in Varanasi, we thought it »»»
Radio Mantra’s “Band Baaja Baraat” ends with ‘Shaadi ke Ladoo’
Radio Mantra celebrated the “Great Indian Wedding” season by undertaking “Band Baaja Baraat”, a three week long activity. From tips on fashion, beauty, styling, decoration and trousseau, station provided listeners with every thing got to do with the big fat Indian wedding. While wedding planners “Bittoo and Shruti” acted as perfect aids, “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi featured handpicked exclusive shaadi songs. “Saat Phere” contest helped couples to test their compatibility and win prizes such as jewelery and food vouchers, holiday packages and electronics worth lacs. The station covered »»»
Radio business is now PAT positive: Reliance Broadcast
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Tarun Katial, chief executive officer of Reliance Broadcast says, the radio business is now profit after tax (PAT) positive. He further says, this is the first few initial quarters for TV business. “Even though it’s seasonal and these are first few quarters, the numbers were fairly small in terms of losses and we intent to keep them that way.” Below is the edited transcript of his interview with Mitali Mukherjee and Sonia Shenoy. Q: Can you explain the net loss that Reliance Broadcast has incurred this time around? How much TV operations have led to that or lent »»»
Radio Mantra’s Varanasi RJ Giri Season 2 ends on a high note
1st November’2011, Tuesday: Season 2 of RJ Giri Kept it’s promise to gift a new voice to the holy city of Varanasi, on 31th October in a grand evening at the Hotel Meradel Grand, Varanasi. The contest that was kicked off on October 5th, saw over 2000 participants pouring their entries, out of which 8 smartest and the wittiest candidates were shortlisted. With her enthusiasm and lively voice, from the 3 finalists, Neha Saleem impressed everyone who had to cross many hurdles and a series of elimination rounds to make it to the finals. Speaking on the RJ Hunt Kanwar Sameer, the National »»»
