Radio Mirchi and Suryan FM announced their entries into the markets of Madurai and Tuticorin over the week. While Suryan FM had two new stations launching in Tamil Nadu in the cities of Madurai and Tuticorin, Radio Mirchi launched its station in Madurai. Earlier, Hello FM had also announced its launch in three cities of Tamil Nadu -- Tuticorin, Madurai and Tirunelveli – for the first week of October.
Suryan FM, launched by Sun Network and Kal Radio, were launched on the same date, thus taking the tally of operational radio stations of the Sun Network to 11.
Suryan FM will wake up Madurai with ‘Sooryodhayam’ at 5 am, followed by ‘Kalai Thendral’ at 6 am. Other programmes on the channel include ‘Anbudan Suryan FM’ at 7 am, ‘Vanakkam Madurai’ at 8 am, ‘Blade No. 1’ at 9 am, ‘Chinathambi and periyathambi’ at 10 am, followed by ‘Ungalukkaga’ at 11 am. Another show ‘Oor Suthalam Vanga’ will be broadcast through OB vans, with the radio station’s RJ visiting several locations, meeting listeners and playing their requests. On the other hand, Suryan FM in Tuticorin will have a similar FPC like its Tirunelveli radio station.
Radio Mirchi FM launched its Madurai station, taking the total number of its stations to 24 across the country. The Madurai station has a mixed content that includes the early morning show ‘Filter Kaapi’, breakfast show ‘Hello Madurai’, as also ‘Ladies Colony’, ‘Kolly Udaans’, ‘Joot’, ‘Mirchi Nites’ and ‘Kadala Kadala’. Radio Mirchi will roll out eight more radio stations by the end of the year to complete a total number of 32 stations in the country.
Meow 104.8 FM, the radio initiative from the India Today Group, was officially launched in Kolkata on October 5. The FM station, with the tagline ‘Thodi Meethi, Thodi Catty’, will have a mix of programming for the ‘she’ listener.
Commenting on the Kolkata launch, Anil Srivatsa, COO, Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd, said, “We are really happy to bring Meow to Kolkata and I am hoping that the women of Kolkata will embrace Meow as a platform that afford them a voice in their lives. The Meow revolution has begun and we hope the women’s movement is a little more complete with us. We look forward to taking Meow to many more cities in the future.”
Monday, November 24, 2008
Suryan FM
Sun TV Network Ltd, India’s second largest television network has launched its FM Radio Station at Siliguri under the brand 'S FM' through its Subsidiary South Asia FM Ltd.
The programs will cater to the audience of all age groups and the station can be heard at 93.5 MHz frequency at Siliguri.
With the launch of this FM Station, the total operational FM Stations of Sun TV goes up to 43 as it already operates at Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Titupati, Madurai, Tuticorin, Lucknow, Bhopal, Pondicherry, Kozhikode (Calicut), Indore, Vijayawada, Varanasi, Tiruchy, Rajahmundry, Kanpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Mangalore, Kannur, Allahabad, Jabalpur, Mysore, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, Nasik, Vadodara, Rajkot, Aurangabad, Ahmedabad, Warangal, Nagpur, Kochi, Gulbarga, Asansol, Shillong and Pune.
Kalanidhi Maran-promoted media group Sun TV Network Limited holds licenses for 45 FM Radio Stations across India, and will be one of the largest radio broadcasters in India when all the remaining 2 stations become operational.
Kalanidhi Maran-promoted media group Sun TV today said it will launch two FM radio stations at Madurai and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu from tomorrow.
"These Stations can be heard at 93.5 MHz frequency in Madurai and Tuticorin and the programs will cater to the audience of all age groups," Sun TV said in a communique to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The two new stations would be launched under the brand 'Suryan FM' through a Sun TV subsidiary Kal Radio Ltd. With the launch of these two FM channels, the total operational FM stations of the group goes up to 11, Sun TV said.
Earlier, on August 24 the group had launched a FM radio station at Tirupati under the brand "S FM". Also, on August 30 Sun TV had bought 48.9 per cent stake in Red FM to strengthen its FM radio broadcasting business in northern, western and eastern regions of the country.
The media group already operates FM stations at Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Tirupati.
Sun TV holds licences for 45 FM radio stations across India, and would be one of the largest radio broadcasters in India when all the remaining 34 stations become operational. (Agencies)
The programs will cater to the audience of all age groups and the station can be heard at 93.5 MHz frequency at Siliguri.
With the launch of this FM Station, the total operational FM Stations of Sun TV goes up to 43 as it already operates at Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Titupati, Madurai, Tuticorin, Lucknow, Bhopal, Pondicherry, Kozhikode (Calicut), Indore, Vijayawada, Varanasi, Tiruchy, Rajahmundry, Kanpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Mangalore, Kannur, Allahabad, Jabalpur, Mysore, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, Nasik, Vadodara, Rajkot, Aurangabad, Ahmedabad, Warangal, Nagpur, Kochi, Gulbarga, Asansol, Shillong and Pune.
Kalanidhi Maran-promoted media group Sun TV Network Limited holds licenses for 45 FM Radio Stations across India, and will be one of the largest radio broadcasters in India when all the remaining 2 stations become operational.
Kalanidhi Maran-promoted media group Sun TV today said it will launch two FM radio stations at Madurai and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu from tomorrow.
"These Stations can be heard at 93.5 MHz frequency in Madurai and Tuticorin and the programs will cater to the audience of all age groups," Sun TV said in a communique to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The two new stations would be launched under the brand 'Suryan FM' through a Sun TV subsidiary Kal Radio Ltd. With the launch of these two FM channels, the total operational FM stations of the group goes up to 11, Sun TV said.
Earlier, on August 24 the group had launched a FM radio station at Tirupati under the brand "S FM". Also, on August 30 Sun TV had bought 48.9 per cent stake in Red FM to strengthen its FM radio broadcasting business in northern, western and eastern regions of the country.
The media group already operates FM stations at Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Tirupati.
Sun TV holds licences for 45 FM radio stations across India, and would be one of the largest radio broadcasters in India when all the remaining 34 stations become operational. (Agencies)
Gyan Vani - Radio Madurai
A ‘Gyan Vani’ Frequency Modulation Radio Station for education broadcasting has been sanctioned for Madurai by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to be implemented through the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
An agreement was signed by the officials of the IGNOU and Madurai Kamaraj University recently. The radio station will be set up on university campus.
For Tamil Nadu, two more ‘Gyan Vani’ radio stations are to be announced soon for Bharathidasan University in Tiruchi and for Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli, official sources here told The Hindu on Wednesday.
“The MKU will soon be joining a league of institutions such as Anna University by getting this facility to reach the unreached,” R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Vice-Chancellor of MKU, said here.
The Ministry would provide financial assistance of Rs.1 crore for this higher education initiative, he said.
The ‘Gyan Vani’ (Madurai) project will be implemented with the help of a local steering committee consisting of eminent educationists and personalities with experience in audio-video production besides the Vice-Chancellor.
While the Ministry of Telecommunications allotted frequencies, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has agreed to offer all support in running the stations, according to the MoU documents, which were signed on behalf of I. Singaram, Registrar.
“I am personally interested in technological empowerment of students and no stone will be left unturned to reach out to rural students. Gyan Vani broadcasting will be a powerful medium for us,” Dr. Karpaga Kumaravel said.
The MoU documents signed by Madurai Kamaraj university officials were now forwarded to the Electronic Media Production Centre of the IGNOU, which is the nodal agency for clearing FM stations.
According to K. Pannerselvam, Regional Director, IGNOU, there are right now two ‘Gyan Vani’ stations in the State, one in Chennai and another in Coimbatore.
An agreement was signed by the officials of the IGNOU and Madurai Kamaraj University recently. The radio station will be set up on university campus.
For Tamil Nadu, two more ‘Gyan Vani’ radio stations are to be announced soon for Bharathidasan University in Tiruchi and for Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli, official sources here told The Hindu on Wednesday.
“The MKU will soon be joining a league of institutions such as Anna University by getting this facility to reach the unreached,” R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Vice-Chancellor of MKU, said here.
The Ministry would provide financial assistance of Rs.1 crore for this higher education initiative, he said.
The ‘Gyan Vani’ (Madurai) project will be implemented with the help of a local steering committee consisting of eminent educationists and personalities with experience in audio-video production besides the Vice-Chancellor.
While the Ministry of Telecommunications allotted frequencies, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has agreed to offer all support in running the stations, according to the MoU documents, which were signed on behalf of I. Singaram, Registrar.
“I am personally interested in technological empowerment of students and no stone will be left unturned to reach out to rural students. Gyan Vani broadcasting will be a powerful medium for us,” Dr. Karpaga Kumaravel said.
The MoU documents signed by Madurai Kamaraj university officials were now forwarded to the Electronic Media Production Centre of the IGNOU, which is the nodal agency for clearing FM stations.
According to K. Pannerselvam, Regional Director, IGNOU, there are right now two ‘Gyan Vani’ stations in the State, one in Chennai and another in Coimbatore.
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