Govt to monitor content broadcast on FM radio stations

The government is planning to set up a facility that will monitor the programme content that is broadcast on FM Radio stations during the 12th five year plan. Information and Broadcasting......

Mumbai: FM Radio sways to Bal Thackeray's tunes

Within a week of Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray asking private FM radio channels to air Marathi songs, 94.3 Radio One has decided to have a dedicated weekly show for Marathi music. Continuing with......

Why readymade news on FM radio is a bad idea

The fear of news tailored by private players is a surprise in the internet age. If news websites, run by any entity, can reach out to everyone, why not radio, asks Nivedita Mookerji. It may have......

PM chairs high-level meet to review heat preparedness

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review preparedness for the hot weather condition in the upcoming summer season and called for preparing separate awareness......

FM radio will soon carry news from AIR

Private FM radio channels will soon be allowed to broadcast news but will have to source it from the All India Radio (AIR), a senior government official said on Monday."In a short time private FM......

Kanpur starts its own FM Radio station

Community FM radio, the first-of-its-kind in any of the IITs in the country, was launched on Friday in the premier engineering institute here. Hectic preparations were on for a year to start the FM......

IIT-Kanpur to start its own FM Radio station

IIT Kanpur is all set to start its own FM radio station which will broadcast scientific programmes and classical music. This will be the first time that an FM radio station would be opened in any......

FM radio, music industry out of tune on royalty

The battle between music companies and FM radio channels over royalty payments has come out in the open with last-minute mediation by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) failing to......

'Not working doesn't bother me'

After eight long years, Chandrachur Singh is all set to return to the film industry. The actor, last seen in Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiya in 2001, was forced to take a break due to a shoulder......

When Munna Bhai Was In Jail

A day before the event, I learnt from an old Mumbai crime branch informant that a group of gangsters were planning to serve breakfast to the prisoners at Balgandharva Rangmandir prior to the show.......

Butt of jokes at Paris Games, Aus breaker Raygun quits

IMAGE: Rachel Raygun Gunn was mocked online and on mainstream media for her dance routine at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters Breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn's......

Butt of jokes at Paris Games, Aus breaker Raygun quits

IMAGE: Rachel Raygun Gunn was mocked online and on mainstream media for her dance routine at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters Breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn's......

S Africa fans laud both teams over T20 World Cup final

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Ash Allen/Reuters South Africa might have faltered at the finishing line but their maiden final appearance in the T20 World Cup earned them accolades from local and......

Injured Neymar to miss Copa America

IMAGE: Neymar underwent surgery last month after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee during a World Cup qualifier match against Uruguay, in October.......

Federer starts with military precision

Roger Federer turned up at Wimbledon on Monday resembling an army general ready to conduct his latest campaign and soon disarmed the opposition on the opening day of the grasscourt championships.......