[HCDX] India is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day on January 26

[Ivo Observer]

*INDIA   Special broadcasts by All India Radio for Republic Day
India is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day on January 26, 2021
All India Radio AIR will broadcast special programs as follows*
from 0345 on  9949.8 DEL 100 kW / 282 deg to SoAs Hindi - LIVE
from 0345 on 11739.8 DEL 100 kW / 102 deg to CeAs Hindi - LIVE
from 0345 on 15030.0 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to CeAs English
LIVE*Cancelling External Service in Nepali via DEL & Baluchi via BGL*



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[HCDX] India Radio Forum / இந்தியா ரேடியோ போரம் - 201

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தனியார் துறை பண்பலை வானொலிகளின் சங்கமம். “இந்தியா ரேடியோ போரம் - 2018” வரும் மே 
18 அன்று புது தில்லி, குருகிராமில் உள்ள லீலா ஆம்பியன்சில் நடைபெற உள்ளது.
A warm welcome to the 13th edition of the ‘India Radio Forum and Excellence in 
Radio Awards 2018’. This is to celebrate the growth of a promising new chapter 
in the radio industry on the back of Demonetisation, GST & RERA roll out! The 
forum not only honors the outstanding work done by radio professionals, but is 
also dedicated to bringing forth interesting discussions from industry 
stalwarts.https://www.indiaradioforum.com/
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[HCDX] India, 60 m band stations with extended program now. Usual closing time 1738 UTC

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndez
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INDIA, extended program now, 1830-1845 UTC on 5010 AIR 
Thiruvananthapuran, 5040, AIR Jaypore and 4910, AIR Jaipur, cricket, 
India vs South Africa, Vernacular and English, fair on 5010 and weak on 
5040 and 4910, id. "All India Radio". (Méndez)

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[HCDX] India on 60 meterband today at 1730

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndez
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Degen 31MS active loop antenna

INDIA
4810, AIR, Bhopal, 1733-1736, 29-09, English, news. //5010, 4920, 4910. 14321. 
(Méndez)

4880, AIR, Lucknow, 1734-1736, 29-09, English, news. //5010, 4920, 4910. 14321. 
(Méndez)

4910, AIR, Jaipur, 1732-1735, 29-09, English, news. 24322. //4929. (Méndez)

4920, AIR, Chennai, 1731-1734, 29-09, English, news. //5010, 4910. 24322. 
(Méndez)

5010, AIR, Thiruvananthapuram, 1723-1735, 29-09 Hidi music, at 1730, English, 
news. 24322. (Méndez)

5040, AIR, Jeypore, 1722-1726, 29-0, Hidi music. //5010. 14321. (Méndez)

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[HCDX] India: Cabinet clears Phase-III FM radio auction

[Jaisakthivel]

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the empowered group of ministers' (EGoM's) 
decision to e-auction 839 FM radio channels in 294 cities through private 
agencies.

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the empowered group of ministers' (EGoM's) 
decision to e-auction 839 FM radio channels in 294 cities through private 
agencies.

This ends the over two-year-long wait for the third phase of expansion of the 
private FM radio network (FM-3) in the country.

The new FM radio frequencies will be opened for cities with a population of 
above one lakh. Currently, 86 cities are covered by FM radio services.

Wednesday's decision is part of amendments to the policy guidelines for the 
third phase of FM expansion, said finance minister P Chidambaram.

The migration fee, to be decided after consultations with telecom regulator 
Trai, will be charged from existing operators upon their migration from 
Phase-II to Phase-III.

The specific departures from the Request for Proposals (RFP) format followed by 
the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for auction of 3G and broadband 
wireless access spectrum proposed by the EGoM — circulated as annexure to the 
agenda note — for the FM radio auction were also approved with some amendments.

It has also been decided that the additional channels that may become available 
due to a reduction in the inter-channel spacing to 400 KHz from 800 KHz earlier 
could be considered subsequently, after feasibility studies are completed. 

FM radio players hailed the Cabinet decision.

We are looking forward to a fair and transparent e-auction. Our investment 
decisions will be driven by payback and IRR (internal rate of return) and the 
future projected growth of key markets, said Tarun Katial, CEO, Reliance 
Broadcast Network Ltd, whose '92.7 Big FM' radio reaches 45 cities and over 
1,200 towns.

Apurva Purohit, CEO, Music Broadcast (RadioCity 91.1), was also gung-ho. Being 
a pan-India player, we will certainly be looking to expand our footprint, she 
said.

Purohit, in fact, said her company has already worked out details like 
investment during the bidding process and capital expenditure. We are a 
debt-free company with strong backing of financial institutions and private 
equity investors.

Similarly, 94.3 MY FM officials said they are ready for the e-auctions. Their 
focus will be only on Tier II and Tier III towns where the company already has 
a presence through its print business. Being part of D B Corp which has an 
impressive cash balance, we should be able to meet the capex requirement 
through internal accruals, said an official.

In order to prevent monopoly, no group will be allowed to have more than 15% of 
all the channels, except in the North-East, Jammu and Kashmir and some Union 
Territories.

Uday Kumar Varma, secretary to the information and broadcasting ministry, had 
said earlier that the government will earn a revenue of Rs 1,500 crore from the 
e-auction which is expected to be completed in one year.

A CII-Ernst  Young report said earlier this year that the FM radio segment is 
expected to grow by Rs 2,300 crore at a compounded annual growth rate of 18% 
within three years after Phase-III.

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[HCDX] India: FM radio phase III e-auction gets nod

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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to policy guidelines for FM radio 
phase III that will open up 294 cities to private radio services. The 
government will adopt ascending e-auction for the 839 licences that are up for 
grabs in cities with one lakh population including those in northeast, border 
towns and UTs. At present 86 cities are covered by FM radio services. 

The FM radio industry has been dead opposed to ascending e-auctions as they 
lead to spiraling bidding, often to a point to make the cost of an FM radio 
station so high as to make them unviable. Industry leaders say this sort of 
auctioning is as good as killing the radio industry, which has been one of 
India's success stories. 

Finance minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the cabinet meeting that 
the additional channels that may become available due to reduced channels 
spacing to 400 KHz could be considered subsequently after feasibility studies 
are completed. 


He said it has been decided to charge migration fee from the existing operators 
on their migration from phase-ll to phase-Ill and the amount of migration fee 
would be decided after consultation with Trai. 

Earlier, an Empowered Group of Ministers on spectrum headed by Chidambaram had 
recommendations on the amendments to the policy guidelines for expansion of FM 
radio broadcasting services. 

When asked about the concerns raised by radio industry on the high reserve 
price and ascending e-auction IB minister Manish Tewari said, There have been 
extensive consultations since 2011 with all stakeholders including radio 
station owners, Trai and others through inter-ministerial consultations and an 
empowered GoM who have reiterated the Cabinet's decision. We have put a process 
in place that is non-arbitrary and fair. But if there are concerns, we will see 
how these can be addressed.''

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com 2/5
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[HCDX] India: FM radio phase III e-auction to take off

[Jaisakthivel]

Addressing the unmet need for radio services in cities other than the big 
metros , the Union Cabinet is likely to take up e-auction of phase III of FM 
radio that envisages setting up 839 FM radio channels in 294 cities. The 
auction for phase III had come under a cloud after the 2G spectrum scam hit the 
government and has now been delayed by two years. The e-auction is intended to 
take place this year providing all cities with a population of more than 1 lakh 
with private radio services. There are expectations that the project will 
generate an additional revenue of Rs 1500 crore.

IB ministry plans to prioritize expansion of radio services in the border 
areas and in the north-eastern states. Existing operators and new players have 
been waiting for the auction to expand in to new territories. Among the new 
provisions include content sharing between stations and permission to broadcast 
AIR news that are likely to benefit operators and bring down running costs. No 
one group, according to the new guidelines, can hold more than 15% channels in 
the country, but there is no such ceiling for north-east , UTs like Lakshwadeep 
and Andamans and JK. These regions have been given special incentives under 
phase III to encourage quick development and combat propaganda from across the 
border.

Other significant provisions for border towns and NE areas include a reduction 
by half of the annual licence fee that would constitute 4% of the gross revenue 
earned or 2.5% of the one time entry fee for other cities. If the FM station 
uses AIR or DD infrastructure , its rental will be cut down to 50%. The 
government has also referred the issue of migration charge — to be paid by FM 
radio companies migrating from phase II to III — to Trai. According to sources, 
the ministry will appoint an auctioneer . We will take a call on whether the 
auction for all towns will be in one phase or more after consultations with the 
auctioneer, ministry sources said.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com 30/4
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[HCDX] India 9470.034

[Wolfgang Bueschel]

INDIA   9470.034  Terrible technical performance once again from AIR Aligarh 
site. 2315 UT, May 2nd. Scheduled AIR National domestic sce in Hindi, acc 
Aoki list. But only fragments of 1/10th second audio heard on a totally 
wrong scratched feeder line. Many, many tries of the engineering personell, 
they should really do their duty at the station.

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[HCDX] India: IB Ministry's FY'13 budget is Rs 27.37 bn

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The Indian Information and Broadcasting Ministry's total plan and non-plan 
budget for 2012-13 has risen marginally to Rs 27.37 billion compared to Rs 
26.44 billion last year and the revised estimates of Rs 26.05 billion. The 
allocation for the Ministry includes an outlay of Rs 935.5 million for projects 
in the north eastern part of the country including Sikkim. The allocation under 
the head 'Secretarial-Social Services' has been doubled to Rs 1.27 billion as 
against the revised estimates for last year of Rs 639.8 million and the 2011-12 
allocation of Rs 754.5 million. This will also be spent towards the centenary 
celebration of Indian cinema, the National Film Heritage Mission, the proposed 
National Centre for 

Animation and Gaming, and anti-piracy activities.

With the government reiterating that it will adhere to the sunset date for 
switching off analogue, this allocation could help create the infrastructure 
and also awareness about the benefits of digitisation. The allocation for Press 
Information Services which includes grants to the Press Council of India has 
been lowered to Rs 588.9 million from last year's Rs 592.4 million and the 
revised estimates of Rs 543.4 million, to meet the expenses for the Press 
Information Bureau, the Press Council of India, and for running the non-aligned 
countries news pool.

The allocation to the Electronic Media Monitoring Centre has been marginally 
reduced to Rs 43.8 million from the revised estimates of Rs 42.8 million in 
2011-12 (as against the Rs 45 million allocated in the budget last year). The 
EMMC was set up for monitoring television and radio channels for violation of 
programme and advertising codes. The allocation for advertising and visual 
publicity has been raised to Rs 1.66 billion as against the allocation last 
year of Rs 1.23 million, following the increase in the advertising rates of the 
Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity.

Meanwhile, for the third year in a row, the government has not announced any 
investment in the National Film Development Corporation.The grant-in-aid to 
Prasar Bharati in the budgetary allocation of the Ministry has been increased 
to Rs 15.74 billion as against Rs 14.84 billion in 2011-12 and the revised 
allocation of Rs 15.74 billion. However, there is increase in the Ministry's 
investment in Prasar Bharati: with Rs 4.01 billion in the plan outlay and 
an additional Rs 4 billion in the non-plan outlay as against last year's total 
investment of Rs 3.8 billion which was revised later in the year to Rs 2.76 
billion.

Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com said this had been done to 
meet the extra expenditure on salaries which has fallen on the shoulders of the 
Government since all Prasar Bharati employees who were in employment as on 5 
October 2007 have been given deemed deputation status. While the grant-in-aid 
is to cover the gap in resources for meeting revenue expenditure, the 
investment is to finance the capital expenditure of the pubcaster.

However, despite the reference in his speech to the centenary of Indian cinema, 
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced a drastic cut in the budget for 
the film sector in the Ministry. The budget for the film sector for 2012-13 is 
Rs 841.1 million as against the allocation of Rs 1.37 billion and 
revised estimates of Rs 1.34 billion. There is an additional outlay of Rs 66.7 
million towards certification of cinematographic films. [Indiantelevision.com 
19/03]
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[HCDX] India: Housing Census said households which own a radio has fallen

[Jaisakthivel]

 200 million Indians have no TV, phone or radio


One-sixth of the country, or 200 million Indians, don't possess any of the most 
basic assets like a transistor or TV, phone, vehicle of any kind or a computer. 
In three states - Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and MP- close to a third of the 
households own none of these assets. 

On Tuesday, the registrar general of India released the final figures for the 
first phase of Census 2011, known as the Houselisting and Housing Census. The 
data shows how India lives - how many people to a house, how they light their 
houses and where they get their water from, and some of the things they own. 

The Census measures ownership of five assets - radio/transistors, television, 
telephone, computer and mode of transport. The proportion of households which 
own a radio has fallen, almost at the same rate at which the proportion of 
households with a TV has risen. Yet, there remains a stark difference between 
TV penetration in rural and urban India: Just one third of rural households own 
a TV set, while over 75% of urban households own one. TV penetration is highest 
in Delhi (88%), followed by Tamil Nadu (87%), Punjab, Chandigarh and 
Puducherry. Bihar has by far the lowest TV penetration of any state at just 
15%. 

2011 is the first year that the Census is counting mobile and landline use 
separately, and the numbers show that telephony in India is overwhelmingly 
about mobile phones. While 63% of households owned a phone, 53% owned a mobile 
phone only and another 6% owned both a landline and a mobile phone. Over half 
of rural households and three-quarters of urban households now own a mobile 
phone. 

Here too, there's considerable regional variation; east and north-east India 
have low telephone density, with Chhattisgarh and Orissa being the country's 
worst. Delhi, Chandigarh, Goa, Lakshadweep and Kerala all have a tele-density 
close to 90% 

About 20% of urban households and 5% of rural households now own a computer or 
laptop. Internet penetration at the household level follows further behind - 
just 1% of rural households own a computer with internet, and 8% of urban 
households. Chandigarh, Delhi and Goa are the only states or union territories 
with household internet penetration above 10%; it is under 1% in Bihar. 

Close to half of India owns no means of transport. Just 5% of households own a 
car, 21% own a two-wheeler and 45% own a bicycle (some would own more than one 
of these).[The Economic Times 14/03]
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[HCDX] India: Delink FM Radio licences, spectrum: Review panel

[Jaisakthivel]

The committee to review spectrum usage charges has recommended FM radio 
frequencies be auctioned by the department of telecommunications (DoT) after 
being delinked from the broadcast licence of the ministry of information and 
broadcasting (MIB).

The proposal is aimed at expediting the third phase of expansion in the FM 
radio industry by bringing about greater clarity in the roles and assets of the 
two ministries. A senior MIB official said the ministry was looking into the 
issue.

Farokh Balsara, leader (media and entertainment practice), India, Europe, West 
Asia and Africa, Ernst  Young, said, “What is happening because of the 
spectrum issue is expansion in the radio industry is getting held-up. Once 
licences are delinked from the spectrum, the auction process would be 
expedited.”


The delinking would clear the cloud over the valuation of radio spectrum and 
the distribution of auction proceeds that the current system of auctioning FM 
broadcast licences (inclusive of radio frequency) by MIB is likely to result in.

In July, the government had cleared the policy for the third phase of expansion 
of FM radio by approving e-auctioning of 839 new private radio stations — the 
highest number of stations and cities ever offered. The auction is expected to 
help the government earn about Rs 1,733 crore through auction fees in 227 
cities. The MIB has indicated it would award all licences by 2015.

In the last two phases, the government had offered 250 stations to the private 
sector across 86 cities. The policies for phases I and II resulted in revenue 
accrual of around Rs 1,733 crore through one-time entry fees, migration fees 
and annual fees.

The radio industry in India, which has around 36 FM radio operators, is 
estimated at Rs 1,200 crore. Once all the licences are sold, stakeholders say 
revenue would double and the number of stations would rise to over 1,000 
centres.

“The inter-frequency gap in FM radio currently stands at 800 Hz, which is twice 
the figure globally. Once spectrum is delinked from licensing, it would be 
easier for the DoT to reduce the gap and make available a larger number of 
frequencies for bidding. The increased supply may help in addressing concerns 
about e-auctioning irrationally raising spectrum/licence prices in the 
industry,” said an industry expert.

The FM phase III policy is crucial, as it would help the medium enter new 
geographies. It would also help improve the radio industry’s share in the 
advertising pie from five to about 7.5-8 per cent by 2017. In markets such as 
the US, this share stands at around 10 per cent. (business-standard 11/3)
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[HCDX] India: Radio is the second largest medium in the Indian ME industry

[Jaisakthivel]

Radio is expected to display a healthy growth rate after and will continue to 
be the second largest medium in the Indian ME industry, says FICCI-KPMG Report

The growth trajectory is backed by strong consumption in Tier-II and -III 
cities, continued growth of regional media and fast increasing new media 
business. Overall the industry is expected to register a CAGR of 15 per cent to 
touch Rs 1,457 billion by 2016, the report said. [The Economic Times 11/03]
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[HCDX] India: 2012 Mahabs Eyeball Meet at Chennai a Grand success!!!!

[Jaisakthivel]

There were 62 of us assembled @ Hotel Mahabs @ 10 am. The meeting was formally 
called to order with welcome speech  MC by VU2DH - with homage to VU2PCP, 
VU2VWN (VASANTH)

All the hams were self introduced in short, followed by technical speech by 
VU2 OM HARI, VU2ZMM - MANOJ, VU2DEV DEV. VU2DEV dev auctioned an SDR which 
was sold for INR 1300 and he donated totally INR 4050 to the even which was 
sufficient to take care of the total cost. Next program was honoring senior 
hams, guest lecture by VU2DEV, a short speech by VU2PTR Thyagu about the 
departed souls VU2PCP, VU2VWN, and yet another ham (dont remember his call / 
name), followed by some announcements. The meeting was adjourned for lunch and 
afternoon session was technical, exibision/sales by VU3MII, vote of thanks and 
disbursed @ 4pm. (In the words of Mr.Devdas VU2DH)

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[HCDX] India: New Prasar Bharati CEO for improving DD, AIR presentation

[Jaisakthivel]

Improving the presentation qualities of Doordarshan and All India Radio and 
filling up of key vacancies are the top priorities of the new Prasar Bharati 
CEO, Mr Jawhar Sircar, who assumed office today. Mr Sircar, who was Secretary, 
Ministry of Culture, before joining the Prasar Bharati, spoke about his 
priorities while interacting with presspersons here. He said though the news 
content and reach of Doordarshan and AIR were remarkable, the presentation 
standards were not up to the mark. “Presentation is an area where we need to 
give attention ,” he said, adding, “We are high on content and could 
improve upon presentation of content.” 
Mr Sircar said he needed time to understand why presentation was not up to 
competitive standards. Another area he would pay attention to was staff-related 
issues, he said, and asked his colleagues to move ahead in a positive 
direction “My only appeal to my colleagues is that we have gone through a tough 
phase and now it is time to look positively,” he said. 
Referring to unfilled posts, he said, “I have been told that there are nearly 
14,000 vacancies if you take the original sanction” and added that a task force 
had re-evaluated the number of critical posts to be filled up immediately. Mr 
Sircar succeeds Mr B. S. Lalli, whose tenure ended in the wake of allegations 
of irregularities. In the interim period, Mr Rajiv Takru, Additional Secretary 
in the I and B Ministry, was holding additional charge. (Business Line 22/02)
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[HCDX] India: National Community Radio Awards winner

[Jaisakthivel]

The National Community Radio Awards in the identified categories have been 
given to the following for their remarkable efforts and performance : 


A)    Thematic Award Category
1.   Radio Namaskar, Konark
2.  CMS CR, Gomati Nagar
3.  Radio Active CR, Bangalore

B) Community engagement award category  
1.  Radio Namaskar, Konark
2.  CR Benzigar, Kollam
3.  Kalpakam CR, Kalpakam

C) Promoting Local Culture Award category  
1.  Radio 7, Jaipur
2.  Radio Sarang, Mangalore 
3.  Gurgoan Awaaz, Gurgaon

D)    Most Creative /Innovative  Programme content award
1.  PGP CR, Namakkal
2.  Rudino CR, Ahmedabad
3.  Radio JU, Kolkata

E) Sustainability model award 
1.  Radio Mewat  

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[HCDX] India: JK gets 92 transmitters for DD and 10 for AIR

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India: JK gets 92 transmitters for DD and 10 for AIR

As part of the Jammu and Kashmir (JK) Special Plan Phase-I approved in 1999, 
Doordarshan (DD) has set up 92 transmitter projects in the state. Terrestrial 
coverage has become available to 95 per cent population of the state.

All uncovered areas of JK along with rest of the country (except Andaman  
Nicobar Islands) have been provided with multi channel TV coverage through DD's 
free to air DTH service 'DD Direct Plus'.

Under the JK Special Plan Phase-II approved in September 2007, the JK 
government has been provided with 10,000 direct-to-home (DTH) sets along with 
TV sets for the state's uncovered areas.

As part of the JK Special Plan Phase-I, All India Radio (AIR) have also set up 
10 new transmitters and upgraded 2 transmitters in JK. Similarly under JK 
Special Plan Phase-II, 11 number of DG Sets and 7 number of UPS have been 
approved for AIR.

During the current financial year, an amount of Rs 390.9 million has been 
allocated to Prasar Bharati for improving television and radio facility in 
Jammu and Kashmir (JK).

Out of the Rs 390.9 million, Rs 300 million will be provided as grants in aid 
(GIA) and Rs 90.9 million as loan.

For the financial year 2009-10, Rs 1 billion has been introduced for 
improvement of FM  TV coverage in JK border areas. This includes setting up 
of three FM/TV High Power transmitters at hilltops. Additionally, Low Power 
Transmitters (LPT) have also been proposed in uncovered regions.

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[HCDX] India: Radio stations face small town problems

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India: Radio stations face small town problems 

A little while ago, Airtel launched a massive radio campaign in Uttar Pradesh, 
specifically for the western UP market, where the company was facing tough 
competition from Idea. The media plan included all kinds of radio stations -- 
those belonging to the large networks as well as the individual, small players. 

Unfortunately, this is one of the very few instances, where a national 
advertiser has used the individual or small radio network to promote its 
product. 

Out of the 245-odd private FM stations in the country, more than 60 per cent 
belong to the large networks, such as Radio Mirchi, Big FM and the lot. These 
stations garner the lion's share of the advertising revenue that goes to radio. 
The preferred ones also include stations that are part of a network and 
primarily have a presence in all four metros. 

Out of the Rs 880 crore (as per GroupM) of advertising money that goes to 
radio, these large networks corner around 80-85 per cent. The other 82-odd 
stations are either not part of any large network, or have presence in a 
maximum of five or six small towns.

These stations have to largely depend on local advertisers – this contributes 
70 per cent of their revenue. 

When the private FM stations entered the 90-odd small towns in India, with each 
station airing its unique content, radio emerged as a localized medium.. 

Drawing out the role and relevance of small and local radio stations, Abhishek 
Thakur, manager, marketing, Radio Mantra says, Local and standalone radio 
stations provide a closer and more personalised feel to the audience, because 
they are closer to the sentiments of the town/state they are present in.

Smaller radio stations also enjoy more acceptability in their area of 
operation over larger radio networks for their in-depth knowledge and better 
understanding of the area's language, customs, likes and dislikes.

However, this doesn't reflect in the way radio is being bought by national 
advertisers. Why do they shy away from these small radio stations?

Larger networks offer a quick-fix media plan to planners, says Nabhojit 
Kuila, director sales, Radio Indigo. However, he admits that big radio networks 
provide wider reach, especially when the national advertisers look at a 
pan-India campaign. 

Looking at various types of advertisers, FMCG and consumer durables, by and 
large, prefer larger networks for their reach. Retail, local telecom circles, 
vernacular media channels and promotions for local events, at times, prefer 
single-city or smaller network stations.

Media planners obviously do not agree with Kuila's point of view. Satyajit Sen, 
managing director, North and East, ZenithOptimedia, says, The decision to go 
along with a single, large radio network is not based on convenience alone. 
It's the overall rate benefits that one gets on buying a bunch of stations from 
one single network.

However, this is not the only issue, for the small radio operators also have to 
wage the battle of perception and unfamiliarity with media planners, when it 
comes to getting advertisers on board. A large network has brand credibility, 
which the individual stations lack. This makes it tougher for the latter to 
convince the advertisers – who are also metro-based – on their core 
competencies. It is difficult for them to overcome the perception biases and 
remove the advertisers' apprehensions, says Harrish M Bhatia, chief operating 
officer, My FM.

The other disadvantage for the small-town, standalone stations is that the 
media planners do not consume these stations as consumers, which, in a way, 
could have changed the perception. 

Nishant Mittal, chief executive officer, Radio Misty, hits the nail, when he 
points out, The biggest handicap in selling small radio stations is the 
limited geographical awareness on the part of media planners and advertisers. 
In our industry, any campaign beyond Kolkata implies moving into the 
north-east. And within that, a majority of industry representatives fail to 
recognise territories other than Assam.

In the case of smaller radio networks, suggests Mittal, One has to first sell 
the city and then the product. 

For those radio stations, which are part of a large media group, the job 
becomes easier, as they already share a great rapport with planners and 
advertisers. In fact, when it comes to sales, package deals are the order of 
the day, where both print and radio come bundled together, agrees Kamal 
Krishnan, head, sales and marketing, Radio Mango. 

But for several other radio networks, maintaining independent sales team across 
the country is unfeasible.

That's why they either end up outsourcing their sales function, or prefer 
forming a consortium with a larger player, which again, is a positive move for 
the industry. A case in point is Radio Mantra and Radio Misty, which have sales 
alliances with Radio Mirchi and Radio One, respectively. 

For larger radio 

[HCDX] India: Pvt FM stations again denied right to broadcast news

[Jaisakthivel]

India: Pvt FM stations again denied right to broadcast news

The government has no plans to give any fresh concessions including broadcast 
of news to the private FM stations operating in the country, though it has not 
taken a final position on the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory 
Authority of India on Phase III of FM radio expansion.

Both Trai and the Ficci Radio Forum have been recommending permitting private 
FM stations the right to broadcast news, though the former added some 
conditions to its recommendation.

A total of 248 private FM radio stations and 171 FM transmitters of All India 
Radio stations are operational in the country, according to official figures.

Maharashtra has the largest number of private FM stations – 31 – followed by 
Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with 21 each and Rajasthan with 19. Kerala has 17 
stations, while Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have 16 each. West Bengal has 15 
channels, Karnataka has 14, Andhra Pradesh has 13, and Punjab has 12 stations.

Delhi has eight private FM stations, followed by Jharkhand with seven, Haryana 
with six, and Chhatisgarh and Orissa, with five each. All the other union 
territories besides Delhi have a total of five stations. Assam has four, Goa 
has three, and Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, and Sikkim have two each, 
while Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura have one each.

Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Uttarakhand do not have any 
private FM station at present.

While Maharashtra has 17 AIR FM transmitters, Karnataka has 14, and Andhra 
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have 13 each. Rajasthan has 12 followed by Uttar 
Pradesh with 10. Tamil Nadu has nine, followed by Jammu and Kashmir and West 
Bengal with eight, and Kerala and Orissa with seven each. Assam, Gujarat, and 
Jharkhand have five AIR transmitters, and all union territories besides Delhi 
have a total of five transmitters.  Bihar, Chhatisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh 
have four each, while Haryana, Punjab and Tripura have three AIR transmitters. 
Delhi, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland have two each while Arunachal Pradesh, 
Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand have one transmitter each. Sikkim is the only 
state which does not have an AIR FM transmitter. 

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[HCDX] India: FM-III auctions may take place by end-2009

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India: FM-III auctions may take place by end-2009

The government may delay its plans of announcing the third-phase auctions of 
over 500 private FM radio stations by at least four months, say informed 
government sources. This is significant because the Ministry of Information and 
Broadcasting (IB) is actively looking at making a policy announcement for the 
third-phase roll out of FM radio as part of its action plan for the first 
100-days of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

A final recommendation to this effect has already been made by the sector 
regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

Sources in the IB ministry say that while the policy announcement for the 
third-phase roll out of FM radio stations will still be made, the auctioning 
process is likely to be pushed towards the end of this year.

This comes in the backdrop of a recent meeting between the Association of Radio 
Operators (AROI), the apex body of existing 40-odd private FM radio companies 
with Ambika Soni, the new IB minister.

The AROI has urged the government to delay the auctioning process for the 
third-phase of FM radio till the issue of payment of music royalty to various 
music companies and their associations is resolved.

“If the auctions for the phase-three takes place soon, we fear none of the 
existing radio operators would be able to participate as the current rate of 
music royalty makes the entire radio business unviable,” said Prashant Pandey, 
chief executive, Entertainment Networks India (ENIL) and a senior AROI.

Pandey said the AROI was hoping for an early settlement of the music royalty 
issue as the matter was before the Copyright Board that will begin the hearing 
on the matter by end-July.

Pandey, along with other senior members of the AROI, recently met the IB 
minister and made a brief presentation on the radio business in the country.

According to the AROI, the radio industry has made around Rs 2,000 crore of 
combined investment so far while the advertising revenue stands at less than Rs 
800 crore per annum. The only source of income for the FM radio industry is 
advertising revenue.

“We want the third-phase and we have conveyed the same to the minister. 
However, we are expecting a settlement in the music royalty issue in the next 
few months. If the government can delay the auctioning process till the music 
royalty issue is resolved, it will be beneficial for the existing FM radio 
operators,” Pandey told Business Standard.

ENIL operates 32-FM stations under the Radio Mirchi brand name and is one of 
the oldest private FM radio operator and the only listed radio company.

For the last five years, the private FM radio companies have been involved in a 
legal battle with the music companies over payment of royalty for the much 
played by the FM radio stations.

“At the current rates fixed for paying music royalty, a FM station, 
irrespective of its geographical location, ends up paying Rs 80-90 lakh per 
annum to the music companies. Then there are other operational expenditures. 
However, the revenues for a FM radio station depend on its geographical 
location. So there is a practical problem in operating a radio station under 
the current scenario,” says a media consultant who advises several radio 
companies.

So far, the IB ministry has successfully launched the phase-one (2000-01) and 
phase-two (2005-06) of the private FM radio stations that has resulted in the 
launch of over 250 FM stations across 90 cities in past nine years.

While the first phase saw FM stations getting launched in the metros and 
certain state capitals, the second-phase turned out to be very significant for 
the private FM operators as the government tweaked the radio policy in favour 
of revenue-sharing model from the escalating licence fees regime in 
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[HCDX] India Radio Forum 2009 Schdule

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India Radio Forum 2009 SCHEDULE

Date: 27th May 2009, 
Venue: Taj Lands End, 
Mumbai, 
HELLO 106.4 ROOM, 

(Times are in Indian Standard Time.)

8:00am–5:00pm REGISTRATION AT THE ENTRANCE
8.00am-9.00am NETWORKING BREAKFAST BROUGHT TO YOU BY
9:00am CONFERENCE OPENS WITH Apurva Purohit  Tarun Katial
9:15am CEO PANEL DISCUSSION: Scaling Up Radio: Can The Indian Radio Industry 
Hit The Right Notes Moderated By Atul Phadnis
10:40am Radio Success: The Magic Formula By Mark Story
12:00pm Measuring Up: Using RAM To Plan Your Advertising On Radio By LV 
Krishnan  Pradeep Hejmadi
12:30pm LUNCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY
1:20pm Digital Broadcast: Changing The World Of Radio By Alexander Zink  
Vineeta Dwivedi Brought to you by
2:20pm Life Of The Simpsons: The Stories They Didn’t Want You To Hear By Mike 
Reiss
3:20pm TEA BREAK BROUGHT TO YOU BY
3:40pm Exploiting The Available Bandwidth Of Sound By Diarmid Moncrieff
5.10pm REFRESHMENTS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
5:40pm AWARDS CEREMONY BROUGHT TO YOU BY
* PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FORUM SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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[HCDX] INDIA RADIO FORUM 2009

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INDIA RADIO FORUM 2009
Mumbai, 27th May
Taj Land's End Hotel, Mumbai, India

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[HCDX] India: HCJB goes mainstream with Easter story

[Zacharias Liangas]

India: HCJB goes mainstream with Easter story
http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=viewid=3293
Many of HCJB Global Voice´s 350 media partners will carry special 
programming this Easter. But in the UK and India, HCJB Global efforts go 
beyond Christian radio to provide compelling programming for secular 
stations.

In India, HCJB Global Voice will air two 30-minute dramatized gospel 
programmes on two major government FM channels, with audiences 
reaching a potential 50 million people. The programmes tell the story of the 
life of Jesus ending with His crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. The 
first 
half of the story will air on Good Friday, and the second half will air on 
Easter 
Sunday.

The programmes end with a question that listeners can answer via text 
message or mail for the chance to receive a surprise gift. Listeners who 
supply an address will also be sent a pre-evangelistic, comic-style book in 
Hindi along with a programme guide for programmes aired from HCJB 
Global-Australia´s shortwave radio facility in Kununurra.

According to a study conducted by the National Readership Studies Council 
(NRSC) between 2005 and 2006, the reach of radio broadcasts have 
increased by 27 percent in India to 119 million people listening in an average 
week. Much of this growth is in the area of FM radio listenership.

HCJB Global in the UK will air two short programmes produced by their 
radio department 'Whistling Frog Productions' for two major stations in the 
Yorkshire area. Combined, these stations can be heard by almost 180,000 
people. One programme is called Final Answer and is a spoof of a popular 
TV quiz show. The contestant has four possible answers to the question, 
What´s going to be the number one goal in your life?. The second 
programme features the thief who died on the cross next to Jesus talking 
about the latest surprise arrival in heaven.

The opportunity to build relationships with mainstream stations and provide 
thought-provoking programming for secular radio is a key part of HCJB 
Global Voice´s ministry in the UK.

This is the sort of impact we´ve always wanted to achieve - not just one-off 
programmes here and there, but a lasting relationship which changes the 
whole output of a radio station, said HCJB Global-UK Director Colin 
Lowther.

Evangelistic outreaches such as these are as critical as ever to the media 
ministries of HCJB Global. In the 21st century the resurrection is still our 
distinctive message, said HCJB Global President Wayne Pederson. You 
can point to the tombs of most every religious leader in history. But Jesus´ 
tomb is empty.

Find out more at www.hcjb.org.uk

Please read and distribute this 15 year research article 
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Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd

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http://zlgr.stumbleupon.com  (my social 'bookmarks' )
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE 
http://www.youtube.com/zach0gr some videos 
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos 
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[HCDX] India is Going DRM

[Alokesh Gupta]

India is Going DRM

After extensive trials in 2007, the Indian state broadcaster All India Radio
(AIR) has decided that DRM is the best technology for converting its vast
public service broadcasting network to digital. After conducting trials over
a one and a half year period, AIR has started regular DRM transmissions from
a 250 KW SW transmitter installed near the capital city New Delhi in January
this year. AIR is also in the process of converting 4 shortwave transmitters
(250 kW) to DRM mode by March 2009. There are plans to introduce DRM
transmissions in 42 new medium wave, 36 existing medium wave and 5 new short
wave transmitters. However, the cost and availability of good receivers
remains the main issue in their implementation strategy for the next five
years.
The BES (Broadcast Engineering Society of India) event held in New Delhi on
23rd, 24th and 25th February was a great opportunity for the Consortium to
interact with AIR at a very senior level and understand the broadcaster's
plans and problems. While Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Chairperson, was the keynote
speaker for the event, the DRM workshop on the opening day and DRM session
next day was attended by about 300-400 delegates and had excellent
presentations by Lindsay Cornell and Julian Cable (BBC), Thomas Feustel
(Deutsche Welle), Joseph Troxler (Thomson), T V B Subbramnyam (Analog
Devices), S R Aggrawal, (AIR), Vineeta Dwivedi (DRM).

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[HCDX] India: RDS FM Radio in the Sony C905

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The highlight of C905 Cyber-shot is its whopping 8.1 megapixel camera. The 
camera is assisted with a Xenon Flash and innovative new sliding lens 
mechanism. It has an auto-focus face detection technology, smart contrast, 
BestPic, upto 16x digital zoom, image stabilizer, photo fix, photo flash, photo 
light and red-eye reduction for image editing, video stabilizer, video 
recording capability assisted with video light, picture and video blogging, 
geo-tagging, photo feeds and PictBridge printing.

“Experience the pleasure of capturing magical moments with a real digital 
camera in a unique sliding C905 cyber-shot™ phone”, said Sudhin Mathur, General 
Manager, Sony Ericsson.”
Other features of the camera-phone include 2.4 inch scratch resistant display, 
memory extendable upto 2 GB via memory stick micro (M2), CCR-70 USB adapter 
compatibility for transferring and sharing of files and images. The images can 
also be viewed on the big screen and transferring them wirelessly from phone to 
TV via Wi-Fi. The phone can also be connected to the TV using TV-Out cable 
ITC-60. The photos can also be printed with a resolution to A3 size.
An additional feature which is included in the phone is GPS which is quite a 
popular feature with mobile phone owners these days.

Some very entertaining features include FM Radio RDS, 3D games, Java, Video 
streaming and viewing. Internet and connectivity options include Access 
NetFront Web browser, web feeds, WAP 2.0 XHTML, WAP 1.2.1, Bluetooth, Modem, 
Synchronisation PC, USB support, Wi-Fi and DLNA.

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[HCDX] India: DD, AIR service may be hit as employees mull strike

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DD, AIR service may be hit as employees mull strike

Work in 220 All India Radio (AIR) stations and the 68
Doordarshan kendras may be hit as more than 38,000
Prasar Bharati employees in these two set-ups are
planning to go on strike. 

The employees, represented by several bodies, are
demanding the status of government employees, better
pay and filling up of the 8,000 vacant posts. 

The employees are demanding scrapping of the Prasar
Bharati Act to make the body a government unit again,
or amendments in the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting
Corporation of India) Act, 1990, to ensure they
continue getting the current benefits. 

With mounting pressure from staff organisations like
the Akashwani and Doordarshan Administrative Staff
Association (ADASA) and the National Federation of
Akashwani and Doordarshan (NAFAD) employees, the Group
of Ministers (GoM) looking into the financial
restructuring of Prasar Bharati has included some of
these in the agenda for its next meeting. 

The GoM, which has met a couple of times in the past
two years since it was set up, is likely to have a
final meeting this month, sources say. 

Last month, AIR and Doordarshan employees represented
by ADASA had staged an indefinite hunger strike
demanding salaries equivalent to the rest of the
Prasar Bharati employees. 

The issue of upgrading the pay-scale of around 2,000
administrative staff representing the personnel and
finance departments of AIR and Doordarshan field
offices has been included in the next GoM's agenda,
and we have been assured that our demands will be met
within 15 days. Else, we will resume our agitation,
said Sangam Thakur, secretary general, ADASA. 

But the other faction, NAFAD, representing the rest of
Prasar Bharati, has decided to start an agitation from
May 19. We will resume our agitation from May 19 by
going on a ?work-to-rule' strike. 

This means we will only work according to our
designation and status and not do the additional work
of several thousands of vacant posts, Anil Kumar of
NAFAD said. 

According to highly placed sources, some senior
officials of the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting (IB) have been deputed to see that no
strike or agitation takes place. So far, the
secretary and other IB officials have managed to
persuade the unions not to go on strike. An early
solution to this problem is the only way forward.
Else, the work of DD and AIR will suffer in coming
times, said a senior IB official.

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[HCDX] India: FM radio will grow to a Rs1, 800 crore industry by 2012

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India’s media and entertainment industry grew 17% to
reach Rs50,000 cr in 2007

Last year, which saw the biggest global players
testing waters in the Indian media and entertainment
sector, the industry grew 17% over the previous year,
reaching the Rs50,000 crore mark, according to a joint
report by industry body the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and audit
firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
While the mainstream sectors such as print, television
and filmed entertainment continued to grow robustly,
emerging segments such as animation, gaming and visual
effects, radio, out-of-home advertising and online
advertising grew faster, although on a much lower
base. The report forecasts sustained growth for the
next five years, estimating that the industry will
grow to an overall size of Rs1.16 trillion by 2012.
The report predicts a cumulative growth of 18% for the
sector during the period.
“The industry has posted robust growth, in
fact,#8202;a couple of percentage points higher than
what we projected last year, which is a great thing,”
said Timmy Kandhari, executive director and leader of
technology, infocomm and entertainment and media
practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Advertising, which contributed Rs19,600 crore or 38%
to the revenues generated by the media and
entertainment industry, grew 22% year-on-year in 2007,
the report says.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the sector surged
to $211 million (Rs854.55 crore), against $89.18
million in 2006. “FDI will continue to go up in the
coming years,” Kandhari said. The year 2007-08 was
marked by the entry of media and entertainment
conglomerates—Viacom Inc., NBC Universal Inc. and Walt
Disney Co.—into India through partnerships with
Network 18 Group, NDTV Networks Plc. and UTV Software
Communications Ltd, respectively.
The television industry grew 18%, the only big sector
to grow at a rate above the industry average. The
report notes that digital distribution platforms such
as direct-to-home (DTH) are transforming the industry
as such addressable technologies ensure more
transparency and higher revenues from subscription.
The study said the number of DTH subscribers would
grow cumulatively by 44% every year over the next five
years. The high growth in advertising revenues and
emergence of new revenue streams such as from SMS
(short message service) are driving the launch of new
channels, the report says.
Print media’s growth in 2007 at 16% was lower than the
industry average and the report indicates it will
continue to grow below the average over the next five
years, as well. The report predicts the sector’s
cumulative annual growth rate, (CAGR), for 2008-12 at
14%, four percentage points below the industry
average. The report, specifically notes the increase
in regional language publications and the action in
the magazines space, with a slew of niche launches.
Filmed entertainment grew 14% on which the CAGR for
2008-12 is predicted at 13%. The report notes several
trends that are changing the nature of the industry.
Emergence of revenue streams such as mobile phones,
Internet, home video, merchandise, re-make rights and
branded entertainment as well as the advent of the
studio model of production will continue to grow
de-risking the business, the report says. FM radio
will grow to a Rs1,800 crore industry by 2012, up from
Rs620 crore now. When asked if the possibility of an
economic slowdown dampened the overall outlook,
Kandhari said: “We have factored that in (the
report).”
‘TV market to grow at 16%’
A Hong Kong-based independent research firm focusing
on Asia’s media and telecommunications industry has
made a slightly different projection for the Indian
television industry. The market will grow at an
average annual rate of 16% to reach $11.6 billion
(Rs46,922 crore) by 2012, Media Partners Asia said in
its annual report, ‘Asia Pacific Pay-TV and Broadband
Markets 2008’. It said the sector will grow to $19
billion by 2017. 
According to its study, the increasing footprint of
digitized distribution systems such as DTH will see
subscription revenues climbing from $3.8 billion
currently to $7.8 billion by 2012 and $12.3 billion by
2017. The number of digital pay-TV subscribers
including cable, DTH and Internet protocol TV, could
grow to 28 million by 2012 and 15 million by 2017, it
added. 
While steady economic growth and increasing cable TV
penetration continue to boost the growth of TV
advertising, the study says TV’s share of the ad pie,
which in 2007 was 42%, will come under threat in the
long run from the growth of out-of-home media, radio
and online advertising. It said advertising on TV will
grow at an average annual rate of 19% between 2007 and
2012 to reach $3.5 billion and further to $6.3 billion
by 2017.

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[HCDX] India: 'WorldSpace will focus on tier-2, class-B cities'

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'WorldSpace will focus on tier-2, class-B cities' 

Having acquired 177,000 lakh subscribers within four
years of its launch, WorldSpace India is now eyeing to
capture smaller towns. The radio service is available
on subscription only on a special satellite radio-set
that costs about Rs 2,350. Additionally, the consumers
have to shell out a subscription fees starting from Rs
1,000 (for six months) to Rs 3,250 for two years. It
offers over 40 channels including 10 regional language
channels and some specialised channels on
spirituality, rock and classical music, news channels
among others. HARSHAD JAIN, chief marketing officer,
WorldSpace India, shares his plans with ASHISH SINHA.

What will be your focus area this year? How many
subscribers have you got?

This year, WorldSpace will focus on tier-2, class-B
cities in India with an aggressive outlook to capture
the market. There will be a renewed thrust on
strategic alliances and commercial broadcasting
combined with efforts on customer retention.

We introduced a subscription business model and in the
past few years have expanded its retail presence to
reach out to customers across the country, offering an
exciting choice of over 40 radio stations playing a
wide choice of music, entertainment and information.

WorldSpace is the world's only company positioned to
offer satellite radio experience to five billion
consumers in more than 130 countries. In India, we
have approximately 177,644 subscribers.

Which are the focus regions for you in 2008?

WorldSpace was first launched in Bangalore and
therefore, is headquartered here. Hence, the awareness
levels and adoption is highest in this market and
other southern markets. Metro markets like Delhi and
Mumbai have also shown a high level of traction. Going
forward, eastern and central India presents an
opportunity for WorldSpace.

How many dealers/distributors of WorldSpace Radio are
there in India?

Currently, we are working with over 74 business
associates and over 2,000 retail outlets across the
country. We plan to extend our retail operations to
key markets in the country. Our strategy was to
achieve growth in the top-10 city category before
extending our retail network beyond the metros.

Today we cover several markets including non-metro
markets such as Cochin, Pune, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad,
Trivandrum, Surat, Nagpur and Goa etc. Non-metro
markets are important as there are limited
entertainment options there and we can provide great
value to our customers through our programmes.

Does WorldSpace manufacture its own radio sets? If
not, from where do you source your radio sets?

WorldSpace does not manufacture its own radio sets.
They are manufactured by contract manufacturers as per
the terms and conditions of the agreements provided by
WorldSpace. Our current (DIG F8) Rxs are manufactured
by BPL in India and Tongshi in China. But the Chinese
sets are not sold in India.

Going forward, are there plans to increase the channel
offerings? If so, how many additional channels can we
expect and by when?

At WorldSpace, we are constantly in the pursuit of
customer feedback. In 2006, we saw a clear demand from
our listeners for humour. We then launched a 24-hour
humour channel called Punch line.

There was a clear awakening from consumers on health,
wellness and spirituality. Thus, our bouquet of
channel offerings like Radio Art of Living, Sai Global
Harmony and Radio Moksha.

Last year, we made an announcement that our music (ten
channels — Hindi and regional language stations) was
available online via a strategic alliance with MSN. We
will continue to seek and benefit from other such
strategic alliances this year too. 

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[HCDX] India: AIR not to cut down on number of radio stations

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Prasar Bharati has no proposal to reduce the number of
All India Radio (AIR) stations. 

The information was given by information and
broadcasting minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi in written
reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.  

Prasar Bharati said that the number of AIR stations
will not be reduced by setting up one powerful station
for each State and thereby saving huge expenditure.
Power consumption of a single powerful station is much
more than that required by smaller stations to cover
the populated area.

An All India Radio audience survey stated that there
has been an increasing trend of listenership for the
state-owned stations. From 310 million in 2003-04, the
listenership has increased to 357 million in 2006-07.
According to the survey, listenership in 2004-05 was
340 million.

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[HCDX] India: Govt to set up 93 All India Radio transmitters in two years

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Govt to set up 93 AIR transmitters in two years

The government has proposed to set up 93 All India
Radio transmitters and 41 Doordarshan transmitters in
the country during 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 at a cost
of Rs 1.82 billion and Rs 1.98 billion respectively. 

In addition, 100 Low Power Transmitters (LPTs) will
also be set up in the north eastern states.

 Factors such as extent of resultant coverage to urban
and rural population; provision of coverage to tribal,
hilly, remote and border areas; terrain conditions
will decide the location of the new transmitters, and
these will be put up irrespective of the number of
cities. 

This information was given by the minister of
information and broadcasting and parliamentary
affairs, P R Dasmunsi, in a written reply to a
question in the Lok Sabha on 26 February.
 
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[HCDX] India: Geodesic, IDEA launch mobile internet radio service

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IDEA Radio is built on Geodesic`s award-winning Mundu
Radio technology. This breakthrough technology,
designed and optimized for mobile operations, enables
IDEA`s 20 million subscribers to seamlessly tune into
a range of exciting entertainment channels, 24 hours a
day, without the need to carry a separate device, or
to be within the limited range of FM radio stations.

Geodesic Information Systems Ltd and IDEA Cellular, a
leading GSM Mobile Service Operator in India, has
jointly launched IDEA Radio - India's first true
Mobile Internet Radio service. 

IDEA Radio is built on Geodesic's award-winning Mundu
Radio technology. This breakthrough technology,
designed and optimized for mobile operations, enables
IDEA's 20 million subscribers to seamlessly tune into
a range of exciting entertainment channels, 24 hours a
day, without the need to carry a separate device, or
to be within the limited range of FM radio stations. 

IDEA Radio completely rewrites the mobile
entertainment landscape in India, by plugging the gaps
in offerings currently available elsewhere on FM radio
or other mobile offerings such as IVR based radio.
Instead of being limited to a small, repetitive
set-list of popular songs, IDEA subscribers will be
able to tune into radio stations streaming 24x7, and
listen to music in a wider variety of genres. 

Right away, those include Bollywood, Dance, Indi-pop
and Love songs, and also niche genres including
devotional music, music from the 80s and 90s, regional
music such as Punjabi and Bhojpuri, and western genres
such as Pop, Rock, Hip-hop, Jazz and much more. And
the technology is designed to scale seamlessly,
allowing unlimited channels to be added to the
offering. 

IDEA subscribers access the service through their GPRS
enabled mobile handsets. An activated, internet
enabled GPRS connection is bundled with the IDEA Radio
subscription. A one day free trial is available to
allow subscribers to experience this first-of-its-kind
offering. To avail of the offer, simply SMS the
keyword IRADIO to 55456. Several flexible
subscription options are available, including Rs 149
per month or Rs 10 per day. 

Commenting on the partnership, Geodesic's MD, Kiran
Kulkarni said Mobile devices are the preferred mode
of entertainment today, and the IDEA Radio
implementation is representative of Geodesic?s stated
strategy to provide innovative, revenue-enhancing
mobile solutions to service providers. We are proud to
have our Mundu Radio technology provide a competitive
edge to IDEA. 

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[HCDX] India: Top 3 FM firms gear up for big bites

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Top 3 FM firms gear up for big bites 

Big 92.7 FM, Radio Mirchi and South Asia FM are set to
control 55% of the market.

Advertising on Big 92.7 FM (Reliance Unicom), Radio
Mirchi (ENIL) and South Asia FM (Sun TV group) may
become costlier by up to 30 per cent.

The three leading FM radio companies are looking to
capture nearly 55 per cent of the FM radio market,
among themselves and through subsidiaries, after the
final bidding of the remaining 97 additional FM radio
stations concludes later this month.

According to sources, the three companies may end up
bagging one-third of the 97 vacant FM stations after
the bidding, thereby taking their overall market share
in excess of 55 per cent.

This will help them increase their reach to a
population of nearly 200 million across over 160
cities in the country. “As a result, the advertisers,
who are looking to capitalise on their reach, may have
to spend at least 30 per cent more on the radio
ad-spots,” an industry source said.

According to a media agency source, the effective
radio ad-spot rates on the three leading FM stations
in metros are Rs 8,000-12,000 per 10 seconds.

“In smaller towns, the rates are Rs 2,000-3,000. But
with the effective reach of FM radio, advertisers
still find it a lucrative medium for advertising in
comparison with the costlier print and television
media options,” the source said.

“The three leading FM operators (Big FM, Radio Mirchi
and Sun TV group) are expected to bag one-third of the
97 vacant FM stations. When that happens, there will
be another round of increase in the ad-rates,” said a
Delhi-based senior media planner.

Currently, the three players have about 50 per cent of
the 266 FM radio station licences, awarded in early
2006, leading to over 500 per cent higher ad-rates
than in 2005, when there were only 21 FM stations.
There was only Radio Mirchi before 2005.

According to the rules of FM radio bidding, no single
company can hold more than 15 per cent of the allotted
FM stations. Therefore, both Big FM and the Sun group,
with 45 stations each, can add only 10 more stations
while Radio Mirchi, with 32 stations, can add about 23
more stations in the bidding later this month.

Tarun Katial, COO of Big 92.7 FM, maintained that the
channel would add “significant” numbers in the
forthcoming bidding. “We would continue to hold a
significant position in the radio industry even after
the bidding,” Katial said.

These 97 stations remained vacant after the second
phase of private FM radio bidding, which was held in
early 2006.

The business of FM radio became lucrative after the
government shifted its radio policy from one being
based on licence fees to a revenue-sharing model in
2005. The first phase of FM radio bidding, in 2000-01,
was largely unsuccessful due to high licence fees. 

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[HCDX] India: Infrastructure proves to be major hurdle for setting up radio stations in smaller towns

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Infrastructure proves to be major hurdle for setting
up radio stations in smaller towns  

With the radio industry spreading to smaller cities
and towns of India with the phase II of FM radio
licensing, it has brought to light some of the common
problems faced by broadcasters while setting up radio
stations in these places. While infrastructure and
quality manpower seems to be a major issue, revenues
and growth prospects also play a big role in the
process. 

Broadcasters affirm the issue of infrastructural
difficulties like availability of electricity and
other basic resources. Soumen Choudhury, Chief
Technical Officer, Big FM, pointed out some of the
roadblocks faced. “Smaller cities and especially
‘virgin territories’ which are experiencing radio
entertainment for the very first time come with
roadblocks, ranging from setting up offices and
studios, to getting electricity connection of
requisite power in given time frame,” he explained. 

Meanwhile, Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radio City, noting
that the station had presence only in select metros
and mini-metros, explained, “For us, the process went
very smoothly with great support and cooperation from
regulatory authorities. However, possibly for players
who have entered small markets, the challenges of
setting up FM stations would largely arise from the
perspective of sourcing talent.” Agreeing with them,
Nisha Narayanan, Business Head, S FM, also stressed
the need to resolve power issues in some of the towns
where S FM operated in. 

Considering some of the other issues faced by
broadcasters in smaller towns, Narayanan was of the
opinion that talent was not a problem in these places,
but professionalism was. “There is a lot of quality
talent in the small towns of India, but understanding
of the medium and the required professionalism is not
present. Another major issue plaguing almost all radio
players is the availability of local music content. As
the local music companies are not part of any industry
body, there is a great difficulty in getting the
content,” she added. 

Another major subject of concern for broadcasters is
the revenues and growth prospective for players in
these towns. “The revenue potential of such cities
vis-à-vis the investment tends to be rather limited,”
added Purohit. Meanwhile, Narayanan is assured that
the future of FM radio lies in smaller towns, although
revenues were not high in smaller towns at present.
“But, it will continue to grow in the coming years,”
she expressed. 

Choudhury also stressed that the biggest challenges
involved profitable economies for FM radio station
operations and getting quality skilled manpower
available locally. 

Suggesting ways to overcome some of these issues,
Narayanan expressed the need to have some industry
body for local music companies, and scout for
employing part-timers in such markets. Elaborating on
ways to overcome such problems, Big FM’s Choudhury
said, “Each problem is workable and we are working
towards seeking full advertising potential of the
stations, in addition to seeking talent from the local
populace. We are also in talks with government bodies
and officials to get several other issues sorted for
the industry.” 

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[HCDX] India: FM radio - Abuzz with activity

[sakthi vel]

The year gone by was a time when years of hard work
and patience finally paid off for the radio industry
in India. It was a year of intense competition,
aggressive marketing and marginal creativity as
private FM finally flowered in metros as well as tiny
towns throughout the nation.

Even though advertising crept up only slowly, and the
government continued to pussyfoot around the issue of
allowing news and current affairs on private radio,
the mood stayed upbeat throughout the radio industry. 
With phase II of FM opening up the industry for
private players, there was no holding back. 

Consider these figures. In 2006, 26 private FM
stations were operationalised. In contrast, AIR saw
ten FM stations operationalised in 2004 and an equal
number in 2005, with just two in 2006.

By October 2007, a total of 281 FM channels include
161 of All India Radio and 120 privately owned
channels were operational. 

By the year end, there was a scramble among operators
to put up stations in the 91 cities for which licenses
had been doled out - held up in many places by the
government's delay in activating the transmission
towers. It was no mean task. Entities like Big FM and
Sun's SFM have a quota of 45 stations each to put up,
Mirchi has 32 and Bhaskar, the late entrant hurried to
put up 17 stations on air. Most have reached their
targets, some like BAG Films' Dhamaal is yet to launch
in four cities, and India Today's Meow has five more
cities in its kitty.

But more than these numbers, it was programming and
marketing of stations that were put up in a hurry that
hogged the limelight. A trove of radio jockeys was
unearthed from various corners of the country (some
poached, a lot honed) to give that much needed edge to
the programming, while contests and on ground events
(particularly in the small towns) jostled for listener
attention. 

The core content, despite the operators' insistence to
the contrary, stayed what the listener apparently
wanted the most - Bollywood music. 

Music all the way
They gave it their own tags - superhit music, hot
adult contemporary music, latest hits - but the fact
remained that recent Bollywood music played on most
stations throughout the day, with experiments like
western music and 'old' tracks relegated to the very
early mornings or the very late nights. 

Very few, like Radio Indigo and Fever played
differential western music and could attract only
niche audiences, and fewer like Meow FM decided to
take the 'talk' format and address the female audience
directly. While Meow claimed that it had managed to
hook the feminine ears in both Delhi and Kolkata, the
other stations played safe and stuck to the 'less
talk, more music' formula.

The innovations came in other forms - Big FM devised a
100 chartbuster formula, to keep playing the 'most
wanted' music all the time, while Radio One went for
the 20 20 format to keep the elusive listener hooked
to a show. The 20 minute format works on the
principle that if a listener is listening to an
average time of 20 minutes, the programming mix is
designed to achieve that, officials averred, when the
format launched in June.

Radio City amplified its outlook with the Whatte Fun
concept, that started with a music video and spun
across programming to become a microsite of its own,
which will probably have a larger life of its own in
2008. Big FM's new digital division will be another
entity to watch out for in 2008; launched in the last
part of '07, it began small with a podcast of its
Bangalore station but promises a lot in the digital
space.
It was the myriad contests that remained the nectar to
attract the bees, however. In the absence of a regular
audience tracking methodology till October end, when
TAM's Radio Audience Measurement came into being,
contests and big prizes stayed the carrots with which
stations enticed listeners, who in the absence of
differential programming, exhibited no real station
loyalty.

CSR also remained a strong buzz word on radio - from
distributing raincoats to traffic police paying
tribute to Kargil martyrs , aiding the flood hit in
Rajkot to spreading AIDS awareness among truck
drivers, the initiative also became a good on ground
activity to popularise the stations. 

'Ad'ding up the revenues
Overall radio advertising revenue, that was at Rs 3180
million in 2005, was expected to touch around Rs 6800
million this year, a figure that would still be around
six per cent of the total ad pie.

Advertisers are slowly but steadily beginning to view
radio as a medium that can reach out to people, and
need no more be a supporting medium. As industry
veterans had predicted, the presence of more stations,
drove listenership which fetched more ads too. 

Players like Big FM introduced uniform rate cards for
advertisers in all its stations across India, to bring
in rate transparency. Elsewhere, companies like MBPL
offer sales support to Gwalior's 'Suno Lemon', while a
Radio Mirchi managed Radio Ghupshup's national ad
sales. 

Radio 

[HCDX] India: FM radio auction goes off air again

[sakthi vel]

Leaving the 27 eligible private FM radio companies in
the lurch, the government has, for the second time,
postponed the bidding for 97 FM radio stations across
48 cities. The bidding will now take place on December
29 and January 10. The Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting had earlier re-scheduled the bidding to
December 17 and January 7. No reason has been given
for the latest change.
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[HCDX] India: ‘No newscasts by private FM stat ions’

[sakthi vel]

The Union Government does not propose to allow private
FM radio stations to broadcast news or current affairs
at present, Union Minister for Information and
Broadcasting P.R. Dasmunsi has said.

In a written reply to senior Congress leader Shantaram
Naik in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Mr. Dasmunsi,
however, stated that 10 AIR FM Rainbow channels and
four AIR FM Gold channels broadcast news bulletins and
news updates produced by the news services division
and regional news units of AIR. 

The Minister said that a Doordarshan studio would be
commissioned in Panaji by October 2008, the
construction of which was expected to be completed by
December 2007.
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[HCDX] India

[Chuck]

Italy, 5965, Vatican Radio (Tentative), 0725-0800, Listening here to Radio 
Exterior Espana in 
Spanish prior to 0730.  At that time however, a BBC English News relay 
broadcast began.  There
was no announcement as to it's origination or identification except it was 
pretty obvious it was
the BBC.  At 0744 English ceases.  This is followed by the Italian/Vatican 
interval signal briefly.
That is followed with a female and male in news in Italian Language.  I can 
only catch 
a word here and there.  At 0749 singing heard for a few minutes. The 2007 
Passport has Italy scheduled
on this freq a little earlier, but not the Vatican.  The only solid piece of 
evidence to help 
with Identification is the Interval signal noted above.  It was definitely 
Italy's. Signal was poor.
When listening to the Italian portion of this mess, the format didn't sound 
religious as one
would expect from the Vatican.  (Chuck Bolland, November 3, 2007)

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[HCDX] India: 150 private FM radio stations will be running by year-end

[sakthi vel]

150 private FM radio stations will be running by
year-end

With five more FM radio stations commissioned in
September, the number of total operationalised private
FM radio channels in the country has gone up to 120. 

The new FM channels are MY FM (Synergy Media) for
Ajmer, Radio Dhamal (BAG Infotainment) for Muzafarpur
and Dhule, BIG FM (Adlabs Films) for Ajmer, and Radio
Mirchi (ENIL) for Kolhapur.  

The Government received a sum of Rs 16.782 million as
license fee from private FM Radio Broadcasters during
September 2007. 

Meanwhile, a total of around 150 private FM radio
stations and 11 All India Radio FM stations are
expected to go on air by the end of the year. After
the new policy of expansion of FM broadcasting through
private operators had been notified on 13 July 2005 ,
337 channels in 91 cities including 217 channels of
class-C and class-D cities were put on bid. Out of
these, agreements were signed with successful bidders
for 139 channels in 57 cities

At present, a total of 281 FM channels include 161 of
All India Radio and 120 privately owned channels are
operational. These include 21 operationalised under
the Phase-1 scheme.

Information and Broadcasting ministry sources told
Indiantelevision.com that of the private FM radio
channels expected to come up by the end of the year,
25 are in Maharashtra; 17 in Kerala; 14 in Tamil Nadu;
10 in Rajasthan; 10 in Gujarat; 9 each in Uttar
Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; eight each
in Karnataka and West Bengal; seven each in Punjab and
Jharkhand; six in Chattisgarh; three each in Himachal
Pradesh, Sikkim and Puducherry; two each in Orissa,
Meghalaya and Assam; and one each in Arunachal
Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Bihar and Daman and Diu.

The All India Radio stations are coming up in eight
states by the end of the year. Of these, three will
come up Jammu and Kashmir (Diskit, Nyoma and Padum),
and two in Orissa (Rairangpur and Soro). The others
are Macherla (Andhra Pradesh), Oras ( Maharashtra ),
Churachandpur (Manipur), Dungarpur (Rajasthan),
Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), and Dharmanagar (Tripura).
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[HCDX] India: AIR to launch news channel soon

[sakthi vel]

AIR to launch news channel soon

All India Radio (AIR) is contemplating to launch a
dedicated news channel to meet challenges in view of
spurt in private television channels in the country.

“There is a good demand of news programmes in
different pockets of the country. From our audience
research, it has been found that running a
full-fledged news channel is viable,” Director General
of AIR (News) P. K Bandopadhaya told reporters on the
sidelines of a workshop here on Monday.

Though starting a dedicated news channel was a
continuing process, there was a hope that it could
materialise during 11th plan period, he said.

Mr. Bandopadhaya said the AIR was trying to improve
its manpower and in process of putting a fresh
recruitment policy in place. Prasar Bharti had stopped
recruitment in mid-1990s and as a result average of
AIR and Doordarshan was now above 40. 

He said the AIR was on a drive to upgrade its
technology across the country. “We are launching
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) in our centres to improve
quality of sounds. We are upgrading transmitters too.
Similarly, the AIR also improving its news contents by
localizing its regional news programmes,” Mr.
Bandopadhaya said.

Advent of private television channels has had adverse
impact on radio listeners’ base. 

Some radio audiences in urban areas have been
relocated. But the rural radio listeners’ base
remained undisturbed,” the DG AIR (News) said.

The AIR had made an attempt to bring urban listeners
back. 

“The news on phone programme has been a great success.
If you dial a number, you will get all news headlines
over phone.

The ’news on phone’ facility has been extended to 11
centres and all 44 channels would be covered shortly,”
he said.
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[HCDX] INDIA 5010

[Charles Bolland]

India, 5010, All India Radio, Thiruvananthapuram,  (Pres) 0150-0203  At tune 
in, noted a male reciting or singing.  At 0154, a second male comments in 
Hindi.  Comments continue after the hour.  Signal was poor.  (Chuck Bolland, 
July 29, 2007

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[HCDX] india

[Steve -O]

as I was doing a restoration and final calibration on a very nice vintage 
1940's airline floor model am/sw radio, I was able to come across All India 
Radio somewhere around 9445-9450 as I could closely indicate on the vintage 
glowing dial.  it was at 22:00 gmt with a very nice robust signal with hum, 
news, and commentary.  

could this be a new frequency?  I have not heard them with in the past few 
weeks while I have been restoring this radio during these hours.

I was also able to get them a bit weaker somewhere around 9950/9920 and on what 
I presume as the old standby of 11620.  once again, this was during a 
calibration of a 1940's Airline floor model tube radio.  I was not in my 
listening room to verify the frequencies on the R-5000.  What I do know is that 
the frequency around 9455-9450 was excellent reception with just a six foot 
antenna on the Airline tube console.  reception was excellent.

I got the radio at an indoor flea market last month for a mere 30 bucks.  the 
case is pristine and it did work--a little bit.  it looks like they just took 
it out of aunt maggie's living room and sent to the antique depot.  with a 
complete restoration of all the resistors drifted out of tolerance and a 
complete replacement of all paper, wax, and electrolytic caps, new tubes, it is 
just perfect with excellent sensitivity and robust audio.  one of the neat 
things is that it does not use a regular gang tuning capacitor.  it uses 8 
ferrite slugs mounted on a bar inside the chassis which slide in and out of 8 
coil forms for tuning the AM and four SW bands.  the Airline radio uses a pair 
of 6K6 output tubes push/pull driven by a 6J5 in to a 12 inch electrodynamic 
speaker.  the RF/OSC tubes are a few 6SK7's, a couple 6SA7's, and a 6SQ7.  it 
has a very nice room-filling 6-7 watts of clean power.  its sensitivity is 
extremely impressive and has a wide bandwidth on the shortwave b!
 ands.  it is one of the best performing AM/SW consoles I have, comparing it to 
the run-of-the-mill 1940's console AM/SW radios of that era.

listening to All India Radio's music resonating from the vintage floor model 
radio was a very enjoyable experience.  then I went over to Ciaro a few khz 
higher.  just as enjoyable.

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[HCDX] INDIA /SOMALIA

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INDIA Special transmissions
SOMALIA Bay Codka 

http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/59
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http://zlgr.multiply.com/reviews/item/22 background article
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/55 compressed audio samples and 
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...
INDIA 4910 and 4920 AIR 2114  with a sports program followed by 
discussions in Hindi. A mention of  Akashvani  'chel auto match' with 
self advert , at 21336  with soem news and signoff at 2140. This is for 
30.3.7 .Also 5015 on 31.3  with news in English  with spswcial analysis 
in Bangladesh at 1818  with S7  then with advert and posisbly news in 
HIndi . Off at 1840 leaving 4920 to continue. At 1946 on 4800 S9//4810 
S5 with again heavy refence to BangladeshLiangas March 30+31 
THS Greece

SOMALIA  6950 Bay Codka 1805 , per Savolainen 's  tip  has been 
heard with marginal signal with talks by man , Later 1814 with wuith 
tribal music . Too poor  signal to listen and find any ID Liangas March 
31 Greece 


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[HCDX] INDIA /SOMALIA

[Zacharias Liangas]

INDIA Special transmissions
SOMALIA Bay Codka 

http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/59
..
Please look at my web page for two part article on MP3 recording:
http://zlgr.multiply.com/reviews/item/22 background article
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/55 compressed audio samples and 
advise me if you find any hearing difference between these audio clips
...
INDIA 4910 and 4920 AIR 2114  with a sports program followed by 
discussions in Hindi. A mention of  Akashvani  'chel auto match' with 
self advert , at 21336  with soem news and signoff at 2140. This is for 
30.3.7 .Also 5015 on 31.3  with news in English  with spswcial analysis 
in Bangladesh at 1818  with S7  then with advert and posisbly news in 
HIndi . Off at 1840 leaving 4920 to continue. At 1946 on 4800 S9//4810 
S5 with again heavy refence to BangladeshLiangas March 30+31 
THS Greece

SOMALIA  6950 Bay Codka 1805 , per Savolainen 's  tip  has been 
heard with marginal signal with talks by man , Later 1814 with wuith 
tribal music . Too poor  signal to listen and find any ID Liangas March 
31 Greece 


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-ethics.htm: greek ethics , days and institutions 
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[HCDX] India Radio Bulletin, 19 March 2007

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[HCDX] India starts tests on Digital Radio Mondiale transmission

[Mukesh Kumar]

India starts tests on Digital Radio Mondiale
transmission
Satyen Mohapatra
New Delhi, January 31, 2007
 
Since Jan 26, 2007, India has started tests on Digital
Radio Mondiale  transmission which is qualitatively
much superior to the existing analog transmission and
also supports text-data transmission.

In an exclusive interview with Hindustan Times
Director (Engg) All India Radio Yogendra Pal said,
DRM will be available only on special DRM receiver
which will allow us to provide the listener number of
Programme Associated Data. So while a listener is
listening to a song we can let the listener see the
name of the movie, the name of the singer, composer,
on the LCD screen on the Radio.
 
He said that the government would liaison with
Railway, Civil Aviation and other ministries whose
messages could be flashed on the radio 'screens'
whether it is on train and airlines arrival,
departures or other general messages. News headlines
and stock exchange rates could also be regularly
transmitted, he added. 

This can also give us additional revenues and we can
also generate more revenue by transmitting 
advertisements, he added.

In the Eleventh Plan the government has proposed to go
in for digital radio, he added.

We have given the government the proposal to first
start digital broadcast services for External Services
and in our Regional Services, he said.

Digital Radio Mondiale technology is supposed to be
the latest technology which does not require
additional spectrum allocation and is felt to be more
suitable for Indian conditions. Experiments on digital
transmission have been going on for the past some
years on eureka technology which requires additional
spectrum.

A decoder has been installed at the AIR transmitter at
Khampur, Delhi for the broadcast of digital
transmission.

The government is importing a number of DRM receivers
for testing their quality under Indian conditions.

One such receiver which can take upto 128 text
characters at a time in a single frame will be
displayed at the Broadcast Expo at Pragati Maidan
beginning on Thursday, he added. 

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Regards  73’s
Mukesh Kumar
The Cosmos Club
Muzaffarpur 
INDIA.




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[HCDX] India

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India, 4840, AIR, (pres)Mumbai, 0030-0040  Signal was very poor, but could
hear a man
and a woman in comments during the period.  The nuance from the talking
suggested English was
the language being spoken.  As mentioned, the signal was poor.  (Chuck
Bolland August 6, 2006)

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[HCDX] India

[ka4prf]

India, 5010, AIR (pres), 0047-0100  At tune-in heard a man in what seemed to
be chanting.  At 0052,
either promos or ADs, couldn't tell specifically since language was Hindi
probably.  Again the signal is
poor.  Not many signals audible on this band (4 MHZ) this evening.  Even so,
hearing India from the
otherside of the earth is not an anomaly at my QTH.  (Chuck Bolland, August
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[HCDX] India to review community radio guidelines

[Md. Azizul Alam Al-Amin]

India to review community radio guidelines :
(12-Sep-05)

India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will review the guidelines 
laid down for the operation of local community radio, The Financial Express 
has reported.
The country's Information and Broadcasting Minister, S Jaipal Reddy, said: 
We are reviewing the matter, and focus will be given on allowing local 
advertising and non-political news content on community radio.
The proposals will soon be submitted to the cabinet.
The minister also said that the government is keen to promote the community 
radio concept and will look into allowing local advertisements, sports, 
weather and traffic news on the channel.
According to senior officials at the ministry, there are as many as 20 
community radio stations slated to open within the next few months.
Community radio stations are low-power FM radio stations operating within a 
six- to eight-kilometre radius.
The licences for community radio in India have largely been awarded to 
educational institutions like the Indian Institute of Mass Communication 
(IIMC) in Delhi. (ABU Website)

Best regards,

MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN
E-65, GOURHANGA, GHORAMARA
RAJSHAHI-6100
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[HCDX] India and China in the 60 mb

[Jouko Huuskonen]

Today September 9 I heard some regular stations from India and China in the 60 
meter band.

Xizang  People´s Broadcasting Station, Lhasa played beautiful instrumental 
Tibetan music. Heard from 1710 UTC till the close down at 1730 UTC on 4820 kHz. 
Only slight QRM by AIR Kolkata.

Central People´s Broadcasting Station, Geermu signed off at 1732 UTC on 4800Hz. 
Some QRM by AIR Hyderabad.

AIR Hyderabad 4800 kHz with news in English heard after the close down of the 
Chinese station followed by the news in Hindi at 1735 UTC. Sign-off at 1740 UTC 
without local ID.

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[HCDX] India - Thanks to AIR, 'rag chewing' has become clamorous affair for ham operators

[Mike Terry]

Friday April 29
Kerala

The All India Radio (AIR) Thiruvananthapuram station, which is authorised to
use 5010 and 7290 khz in the 60 and 41-metre band respectively for its
domestic Malayalam service, regularly trespasses into the ham frequencies
band, which is segmented between 7000 and 7100 khz. The station is
transmitting errant and spurious signals, thereby hampering and interrupting
exclusive frequencies of ham radio operators in the country. The noise has
forced several ham amateurs in India to pull down the big switch.

Several ham radio frequency bandwidths are affected as a result of the
spurious emission. It causes extreme interference to our radio communication
and we have changed several of our ham net programmes to other bandwidths
and different time schedule, said Manohar Arasu, monitoring systems
co-ordinator of Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI), who goes by the call
sign VU2UR.

The corrupted bandwidths located till now are 7002, 7026, 7050, 7074, 7098
khz. There are also unwanted emissions on bands 7121, 7314 and 7362 khz,
which do not belong to the hams.

These bandwidths can even belong to radio services used for aviation
communication, navigation, telephone services etc. The overpowering signals
from the AIR station just elbow-in and interrupt our audio. This may not
cost much for ham radios, but radio signals for aviation and navigation, if
mangled, will lead to a disaster, said P.B.Sam Kumar, who has a call sign
VU3MGU.

As per the rules charted in the International Radio Regulations, it is
clearly stated that no unwanted emission should be allowed to trespass into
the frequency allotted to ham operators. If any such cases arise, it should
be rectified as early as possible, or the transmission must be stopped.

We had sent letters to Thiruvananthapuram AIR station for restricting their
emissions. But nothing has been done so far. Their spectrum analyser showed
no harmonics (a type of emission) was their reply. But in the first place, I
had never told them of any harmonics at all. AIR is violating the rules
framed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), said Manohar
Arasu.

Top officials at the AIR Station, Thiruvananthapuram, are willing to solve
the problem, provided the ham club co-operate. But the broadcast major has
been ham-fisted in locating the erring line. The department has not changed
its working frequency for several years.

We had even summoned the Wireless  Planning Commission (WPC) in vain, to
detect the emission. We are willing to hold discussion with members of the
ham clubs regarding this. If worked together we will be able to find a
permanent solution to the whole problem, said AIR-Thiruvananthapuram
station engineer K.V.Ramachandran.

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[HCDX] India Indonesia Logs

[Guy Atkins]

INDIA 4840, 1547-1550, AIR Mumbai Jan 27 Good level in Hindi, with two male
announcers in a discussion, and brief sub-continental music interludes.
Considerably better signal than 4910 and the other AIR outlets in parallel.
(Atkins-WA)

INDIA 4910, 1533-1546, AIR Jaipur Jan 27 AIR network program with male and
female announcers in English, discussing elections and political issues.
Promos and ads noted at 1545. Fair level, but competing with ZNBC Zambia by
1542 (at my local sunrise). Other outlets noted in parallel to Jaipur 4910
included: 4760, 4775, 4820, and 5010. (Atkins-WA)

INDIA 4971, 1603-1630*, AIR Shillong Jan 27 Presumed. Continuous pop music
tunes to woman in Hindi with announcements and sign-off at 1630* (per WRTH
sked). Deteriorating signal past local sunrise, and poor by 1630. Thanks to
Ron Howard for tip on off-frequency Shillong. (Atkins-WA)

INDONESIA 4925, 1552-1554*, RRI Jambi Jan 27 Soft lagu romantik tune at
tune-in; Love Ambon tune 1553 with female announcer and ID, and a quick
sign-off at 1554* before the end of Love Ambon. Good signal. (Atkins-WA)

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[HCDX] India

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India, 4850, AIR, Kohima,(pres) 1135-1210 Noted comments by both a man and
woman in unknown language.  Singing during period which sounded like that
heard from Pacific islands or Papua New Guinea.  At 1200 woman in news.
This time the language sounded like Hindi (is it Hindu or Hindi?)  This is
probably India, but earlier the signal was really good causing me to doubt
whether it was Asian and probably from this hemisphere.  But alas it settled
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[HCDX] India

[Charles B]

India, 5010, All India Radio, Thiruvananthap(listed), 
0038-0047 At tune in, noted a woman in English Language 
news.  At 0040 ID by man in Hindi, followed by typical 
music.  Signal was fair.  (Chuck Bolland, July 10, 2004)

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[HCDX] INDIA logs 1/25

[Steven Wiseblood]

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Shortwave Log 1/25/2004 (z) 

4820 INDIA, AIR, Calcutta; 1257 South Asian type choral music 1300
announcements by a Man  Woman in a South Asian languange(Wiseblood-TX
1/25)

4840  INDIA, AIR Mumbai; 1256  Hindi Subcontinental female vocalist 
accompanied by flutes and strings, 1304 news by Man in Hindi(Wiseblood-TX
1/25)

4860 INDIA AIR, Delhi; 1253 Hindi subconrinental vocal music, 1300 talk by
Man in Hindi, 1325 Woman in English You are tuned to ALL INDIA RADIO..,
then Woman gave plane  (or train) schedule the INDIA EXPRESS from New
Delhi is due to arrive at 7:30pm at gate #6 (Wiseblood-TX 1/25)

4880  INDIA, AIR, Lucknow, 1257 Hindi subcontinental vocal music, 1300
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[HCDX] India

[Charles B]

India, (Tent) 4790, All India Radio, 0005-0015 Noted a man giving news 
in possibly Hindu Language.  Heard him mention India and Pakistan in 
same sentence, but also heard him mention Bush; so that's not 
indication.  This is definitely not Peruvian however.  Signal was poor 
with loud warbble type QRM.  (Chuck Bolland, January 19, 2004)

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[HCDX] India/Sri Lanka loggings

[Walter Salmaniw]

Good night last night for India and Sri Lanka:

INDIA 9595, 0131-, All India Radio Dec 14 Very strong programming from 
listed AIR in Urdu with 125 kw via Delhi (according to ILG).  Lovely Indian 
music.  Slightly overmodulated talk by OM.  Parallel 11620 same modulation 
but at fair level. (Walter Salmaniw, Victoria, B.C.)

INDIA 10330, 0137-, All India Radio Dec 14 Excellent reception tonight to 
India with Hindi service and listed 50 kw.  Wonderful Hindi music, and 
interspersed by what sounds like ads. (Walter Salmaniw, Victoria, B.C.)

INDIA 9425, 0144-, All India Radio Dec 14 Growling transmitter, but 
otherwise a very strong signal with Hindi music.  ILG lists as a National 
Channel in Hindi/English.  Parallel to slightly weaker 9470, but without 
the growl. (Walter Salmaniw, Victoria, B.C.)

SRI LANKA 15200, 0149-, Deutsche Welle Dec 14 A great south Asian 
evening.  DW via Trincomalee in Russian at very good strength.  Other SL 
tonight heard:  VOA in Bengali on 11805 (fair), 11820 VOA in English 
(fair), 15210 VOA Bengali (very good), 15250 VOA English (fair to good), 
15690 VOA Dari (fair), 11905 SLBC Hindi (poor), 9770 SLBC English (poor). 
11880 NHK in English, suffering from a het (poor).  Others at lower levels. 
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[HCDX] India expresses concern over broadcasting facility for Tigers

[prabakar10]

India expresses concern over 
broadcasting facility for TigersIndia has expressed its 
serious "concern" to Sri Lanka over the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam 
acquiring modern equipment for its clandestine Voiceof Tigers broadcasting 
station via Norwegian diplomatic channels, the SundayTimes newspaper 
reported yesterday.Quoting diplomatic sources, the newspaper said that 
India's Foreign SecretaryKanwal Sibal, who was on an official visit to 
Colombo last week, raised thematter during a meeting with Prime Minister 
Ranil Wickremesinghe.Despite Sri Lankan government claims that the radio 
station had only alimited range, India's "concern" has been heightened by 
the distinctpossibility of the equipment being upgraded to reach areas in 
the southernIndian state of Tamil Nadu.Exacerbating these "concerns" 
of the government of India, the newspaper saidwas the apparent cloak of high 
secrecy over the transfer of six tons ofbroadcasting 
equipment.Although one of the Sri Lankan government's peace negotiators, 
MinisterMilinda Moragoda, regularly visited the Indian capital before and 
after everyround of peace talks with the rebels in recent months, no mention 
had beenmade of the transfer of the broadcasting equipment.India had 
learnt of the move for the first time only from the oppositionparty in Sri 
Lanka. This was after Parliamentarian Anura Bandaranaike, whowas a member of 
a three-member People's Alliance delegation, briefed Indianleaders late last 
month.The Sunday Times stated that the questions on how the broadcasting 
equipment,said to be worth millions of rupees, was procured and handed over 
to the LTTEwithout payment of any import duty have become a subject of 
concern not onlyfor the government of India, but also the 
opposition.Several questions are being raised. Who raised the funds to 
procure thebroadcasting equipment? Were diplomatic norms and procedures not 
violatedwhen an embassy in Colombo imports such equipment, clears it without 
dutyand hands it over to a private organisation?Since diplomatic 
cargo is not subject to Customs inspection, was thecontainer with the 
broadcasting equipment examined? These were among the manyquestions that are 
being asked, the newspaper said in its front-page 
story.(D.Prabakaran-india}LTTE's FM radio stationSri 
Lanka has issued a license to LTTE to set up a broadcasting station inthe 
northern town of Kilinochchi and assigned an FM frequency, a weeklynewspaper 
said today.The license was issued to the rebel group's 'Peace 
Secretariat' "to maintainand operate a private broadcasting station for 
which equipment worth morethan $100,000 was imported by the LTTE last month, 
the Sunday Leader said.The newspaper said the Tigers were keen to 
legalise their clandestine 'Voiceof Tigers' and had sought a license to 
"disseminate news to Tamil people onthe ongoing peace process."In a 
communication to LTTE 'peace secretariat', which was reproduced in 
theweekly, the Mass Communications Ministry secretary has said the 
"licenseeshall provide broadcasting programmes in accordance with the norms, 
standardsand code of ethics followed by the state-owned Sri 
LankaBroadcasting Corporation.The import of the equipment had raised 
concerns in India as to whether thegroup, outlawed in India, would use it to 
broadcast propaganda in Tamil Naduto gain support for 
itself.However, India has taken the view that it will not be unduly 
worried as longas the broadcasting facilities were only for FM transmission, 
which are onlyspecified frequencies with limited range.An LTTE 
cultural wing functionary had recently said the rebel radio hadexpansion 
plans to cover South India and Singapore. 
(PTI)(D.Prabakaran-india}