Radio Stations News
Monitor content of private, community radio stations: Centre asks states, UTs
As of April this year, state and district level monitoring committees have been set up in 19 states, five UTs and 327 districts for monitoring the content telecast on private satellite channels
1 min read6 Aug 2017Trai starts consultation process on digital radio broadcasting
Trai floated a consultation paper to address issues pertaining to digital radio broadcasting, in a bid to enable private FM broadcasters across India to move towards it
1 min read10 Jul 2017Music Broadcast rebrands 8 Radio Mantra FM stations as Radio City
Music Broadcast seeks to align marketing, programming and ad sales operations of both Radio Mantra and Radio City FM services under one umbrella
2 min read27 Mar 2017Govt amends policy guidelines for community radio stations
I&B ministry amended policy guidelines for community radio stations, notifying rules for licence extension/renewal and allowing players to broadcast news sourced from All India Radio
2 min read23 Jan 2017I&B ministry renews 115 community radio licences for four months
India has 196 community radio stations which operate under so-called grant of permission agreements (GOPA) that last for five years
1 min read30 Aug 2016The return of retro on radio
FM radio operators are turning to old Hindi songs from the 1960s to 1990s for their new music channels
5 min read15 Jun 2016Channel V to switch back to music
The channel, now part of the Star India network, will switch off all its fiction and non-fiction shows in India beginning July and focus on music programmes
3 min read11 May 2016Reliance Broadcast in talks to sell Big FM stake
The move is seen as a measure to reduce debt; negotiations on with private equity firms Providence Equity Partners, TA Associates, IDFC Alternatives and Samara Capital
2 min read28 Jan 2016Competition panel imposes Rs2.83 crore penalty on Super Cassettes Industries
The panel found the company to be in dominant position in the relevant market of licensing of Bollywood music to private FM radio stations for broadcast in India
1 min read2 Oct 2014Private FM radio may be allowed to broadcast news
Govt may allow private FM radio channels an option of picking content from 'three-four' sources and not just the AIR bulletins as proposed earlier
1 min read19 Jun 2014