AIR FM Gold
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AIR FM Gold is a FM
radio channel in Mumbai
, Delhi
, Kolkata
and Chennai
, India
. It is run by the All India Radio
, a government owned enterprise, a division of Prasar Bharati
. In Mumbai, it features Hindi
songs, and occasionally English
songs along with hourly news in English and Hindi. It operates on 100.7 Megahertz.In Delhi it was started on 15 August 2001 by the then Minister of Information & Broadcasting.
Late Rajiv Saxena, , Vijay Deepak Chhibber and Danish Iqbal were some of the broadcasters who were involved with devising the channel's initial content and presentation style. At that time this channel was just called FM-2. FM-1 was the previous channel which is now known as FM Rainbow. Anil Baijal, then CEO of Prasar Bharti wanted to call this as FM Classic but FM-2 name became popular by default.There was acute scarcity of voices for the new channel, hence daily auditions were conducted and a big number of new RJs were added. Initial team of FM Gold consisted of persons like Ujjawal Maitra, Sujata Rath and Danish Iqbal who devised the inaugral Programming. Later others like Rajiv Saxena and V D Chibber also joined FM Gold. Programmes like Gaate Gungunate, Arpan and Dopaher FM were part of the initial repertoire. Another notable feature of the early days was the daily broadcast of Helpline series where various kinds of counselling was provided involving notable experts of different fields. In those dyas this Channel used to be of 18 hours only. Now it is a 24 hours Channel.
FM-1, now FN Rainbow used to be a metro channel using Hinglish and a mix of Hindi film music and western pop but this channel was designed to broadcast only classics of music, drama and literature. Another specialty of that period was the daily Phone-in counselling shows involving educational, psychiatric, legal, marriage, home decor, interior decoration, hobbies like music, painting, photography, dance and many more very innovative subjects. FM-2 became very popular among discerning audience within a short time due to its eclectic programming and old Hindi songs. In recent times it has surpassed all other Private FM Channels in its popularity. According to recent surveys its morning, evening and late night shows are more popular than any other channel. It is the only channel which has 30 percent News and Current Affairs in its programming. In Chennai, it broadcasts Tamil
songs and occasional English
songs with news in English and Tamil operating in 105.0 MHz.In Delhi it operates Hindi older songs with news/special reports commentary and its frequency is 106.40 MHz.It is airing live commentary for cricket matches also.
Frequency modulation
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radio channel in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
and Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is run by the All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
, a government owned enterprise, a division of Prasar Bharati
Prasar Bharati
Prasar Bharati is India's largest public broadcaster. It is an autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises Doordarshan television network and All India Radio which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.Prasar Bharati was...
. In Mumbai, it features Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
songs, and occasionally English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
songs along with hourly news in English and Hindi. It operates on 100.7 Megahertz.In Delhi it was started on 15 August 2001 by the then Minister of Information & Broadcasting.
Late Rajiv Saxena, , Vijay Deepak Chhibber and Danish Iqbal were some of the broadcasters who were involved with devising the channel's initial content and presentation style. At that time this channel was just called FM-2. FM-1 was the previous channel which is now known as FM Rainbow. Anil Baijal, then CEO of Prasar Bharti wanted to call this as FM Classic but FM-2 name became popular by default.There was acute scarcity of voices for the new channel, hence daily auditions were conducted and a big number of new RJs were added. Initial team of FM Gold consisted of persons like Ujjawal Maitra, Sujata Rath and Danish Iqbal who devised the inaugral Programming. Later others like Rajiv Saxena and V D Chibber also joined FM Gold. Programmes like Gaate Gungunate, Arpan and Dopaher FM were part of the initial repertoire. Another notable feature of the early days was the daily broadcast of Helpline series where various kinds of counselling was provided involving notable experts of different fields. In those dyas this Channel used to be of 18 hours only. Now it is a 24 hours Channel.
FM-1, now FN Rainbow used to be a metro channel using Hinglish and a mix of Hindi film music and western pop but this channel was designed to broadcast only classics of music, drama and literature. Another specialty of that period was the daily Phone-in counselling shows involving educational, psychiatric, legal, marriage, home decor, interior decoration, hobbies like music, painting, photography, dance and many more very innovative subjects. FM-2 became very popular among discerning audience within a short time due to its eclectic programming and old Hindi songs. In recent times it has surpassed all other Private FM Channels in its popularity. According to recent surveys its morning, evening and late night shows are more popular than any other channel. It is the only channel which has 30 percent News and Current Affairs in its programming. In Chennai, it broadcasts Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
songs and occasional English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
songs with news in English and Tamil operating in 105.0 MHz.In Delhi it operates Hindi older songs with news/special reports commentary and its frequency is 106.40 MHz.It is airing live commentary for cricket matches also.