I was pleasantly surprised when I tuned in yesterday to find one more radio channel. So finally, Bangalore gets one more radio channel, Radio Mirchi at 93.3 MHz.
IMHO, there are too few radio channels on air. Which is strange because it’s such an economical means of communication with a high penetration.
This report analysing the trend of radio in India says, “It is ironical that while India has the second highest penetration of C&S homes in the world, radio has suffered from shunted growth. This can be attributed to misdirected policies by government, which did not give enough prominence to radio as a rich medium for entertainment and also for community development. Recently though, government has liberalized radio broadcast and this has resulted in most media houses diversifying to offer radio services. ”
I am hoping that we will see more niche and specialised stations coming up. There has to be more variety than FM Rainbow or Radio City (and now Radio Mirchi). And it’s quite a pity that Worldspace doesn’t have mobile units. They play some of the best music.
Though that might not go down well with a majority of the population which listens to film songs on radio apparently.
Some statistics from Madison Media Research (also from above link):
- Radio has a reach of 56% and there is a distinct skew towards males.
- Radio Mirchi is the most popular station and is tuned by people in SEC A and B.
- People listen to FM at home (70%), while driving (32%), at public places (9%) and at the office (7%).
- Almost 51% of the people listen to FM for an average time of one hour and another 39% listen to FM for a longer period of 1–3 hours.
- Sunday listenership is dramatically low with only 10% of the people tuning in to FM vs. weekdays where the number of tune-ins is as high as 94%.
- Majority of the people listen to Hindi film songs (63%), followed by Hindi pop (40%), remixes (37%) and English pop (33%).
why r u people asking the same question knowing the fact that no one knows this..
Posted by rahul | September 4, 2007, 6:11 ami dont get connected to fm mirchi on my pc
Posted by fam | September 9, 2007, 2:18 pmplz i wanna be rj just let me 9 how can i plz help me in the matter will be glad
Posted by vikram | September 11, 2007, 12:26 amplease send me link of FM channels in bangalore online..
send me at ravikumar.ml@hotmail.com
Posted by Ravi | October 11, 2007, 4:07 pmplease send me all URL’S of radio stations in bangalore.I live in london ‚i want to listen while i am free.
Thanks
Posted by Pavan | December 2, 2007, 3:08 pmheyy guys , could anyone please mail me the url of radio city, radio mirchi, big fm .….….…..
please , i have my vacation ‚am bored to death . so please mail them to me ASAP .
thanQ
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thanq once again .….… blessings on ur blog :)
Posted by prateek | December 28, 2007, 8:33 pmPlease send me the URL link to listen to live online radio fm
any hindi which is truly live that i can listen through internet please..
radio city and radio mirchi of bangalore, mumbai, ahmedabad ‚delhi
justmrunal@gmail.com
Posted by Mrunal | January 6, 2008, 7:13 pmFor radio listning on mobile go for mundu radio site n download it… U’ll definately enjoy that.…
Posted by Amit | January 19, 2008, 10:51 ami need all telugu fm radios URL …
thank you in advance…
my mail id is sysatish1980@indiatimes.com
Posted by satish | January 26, 2008, 5:10 pmI have settled in hyderabad & Im missing bangalore very much.Hey any one here can give me an url for bangalore radio mirchi…plzzzzzzzz respond me on “vijayaraj.bijapure@gmail.com” I would be greatful to u.
Posted by Vijayaraj Bijapure | February 3, 2008, 11:44 amgo to tech2.com and download screamer radio it plays all that you want.
navneet
Posted by Navneet | October 6, 2008, 8:41 pmhey, can someone plz plz send me the URL for the FM in bangalore….am longing for it yaar plz and also tired of searching…plz mail me…
sunilhsingh@gmail.com
Posted by sunil | June 21, 2009, 11:07 amhow can i find the url of suriyan and radio city FM from chennai to play inmy reciva internet radio
Posted by bommi | February 5, 2010, 2:15 pm