Radio Maska is India’s First Live Internet Radio

Internet radio

Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...

 station with Live Radio Jockey

Radio jockey

A radio jockey is a person who hosts a radio talk show where the RJ selects the music to be played, or topic of discussion, by interacting with the audience; the interaction is often via telephone, but may also be online, or via email....

s playing Bollywood music 24x7. It is a brand of GNN Show9 Infotainment Pvt Ltd and broadcasts from New Delhi, India.

History

Radio Maska started its test broadcast in July 2008. The station planned for its launch during November 2008. Initially it played only songs without any presenter and later on 1 January 2009, it started live shows with around 15 presenters or rather called Radio Jockey

Radio jockey

A radio jockey is a person who hosts a radio talk show where the RJ selects the music to be played, or topic of discussion, by interacting with the audience; the interaction is often via telephone, but may also be online, or via email....

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During March 2009, the station had made some changes in looks of their website and had an add-on feature in which listeners can request and dedicated any song. This feature in late 2009 had become USP of the station.

Listenership

The station caters to both NRI

Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin

A Non-Resident Indian is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian...

 and 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...

n listeners. It is assumed that only 40% of audience belongs to India and rest 60% are Indians living outside 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...

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The popularity of the station is growing worldwide and according to one of the listener-ship report released by the station, Radio Maska has an monthly listener-ship growth rate of 60%

Below is stated top 10 countries from the report:

Rank#	Country	Listener percentage
1	India	40.8 %
2	United States	11.1 %
3	United Kingdom	5.9 %
4	Australia	5.3%
5	Saudi Arabia	4.2%
6	United Arab Emirates	3.8%
7	Germany	3.8%
8	Canada	2.2%
9	Pakistan	1.9%
10	Qatar	1.8%
Rest	Other countries	20.1%

Rest of 20.1 % of listeners belongs from countries like Singapore, Oman, Kuwait, China, Finland, Japan, Netherlands, Russian Federation, France, Sweden, Thailand, Philippines, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Nepal, Mauritius and many more.

Desktop Player

Radio Maska has customized Screamer Radio

Screamer Radio

Screamer Radio is a freeware-licensed internet radio client with recording abilities. It is able to play back streams using WMA, MP3, Ogg Vorbis or AAC streams and can also record these into several formats...

 to be Radio Maska Desktop Player which can downloaded from the website and install in PC

Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

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This software streams the station very smoothly.

The stream can be played in Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices...

 , Real Player, iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 , Winamp

Winamp

Winamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices, written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. It is proprietary freeware/shareware, multi-format, extensible with plug-ins and skins, and is noted for its graphical sound visualization, playlist, and media library features.Winamp...

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Tune in Radio

Its available for android mobiles also through Tune in radio player, which is available in android market.

Radio Maska Player 1.0

Java based mobile application developed by the station which supports almost all handsets which support Java MIDP 2.0 AND CLDC 1.0.

Nokia Internet Radio

Radio Maska is listed in directory of Nokia Internet Radio Application. It is also one of the Most Popular station.
This application is available only for selected Nokia Handsets only like Nokia N95 8 GB

Nokia N95

The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. It was released in 2007. The N95 runs Symbian OS v9.2, with a S60 3rd Edition user interface. The phone has a two-way sliding mechanism, which can be used to access either media playback buttons or...

, N95

Nokia N95

The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. It was released in 2007. The N95 runs Symbian OS v9.2, with a S60 3rd Edition user interface. The phone has a two-way sliding mechanism, which can be used to access either media playback buttons or...

, N93i, N91 8GB, N91

Nokia N91

The Nokia N91 is a mobile phone that was released to the public in April of 2006. It is part of the Nokia Nseries range of mobile phones. At the time of release, it was the most advanced music phone ever launched by nokia. N91 also won the 'Most Innovative Product' award in recognition of its true...

, N85

Nokia N85

The Nokia N85 is a smartphone produced by Nokia. The N85's functions include those of a camera phone and portable media player, in addition to offering e-mail, web browsing, local Wi-Fi connectivity, text messaging and a built-in GPS receiver, allowing satellite navigation using no external...

, N82

Nokia N82

The Nokia N82 is a smartphone produced by Nokia. It is part of the company's Nseries line of smartphones which features the N-Gage gaming platform and the Nokia Music store...

, N81 SD, N81 8GB, N79

Nokia N79

Nokia N79 is a smartphone and a member of the Nokia Nseries multimedia smartphone family. It was officially announced by Nokia on 26 August 2008...

, N78

Nokia N78

The Nokia N78 is a multimedia 3G Smartphone made by Nokia, designed by Joeske Schellen. It was first introduced at the Mobile World Congress in February 2008, and was launched on 26 May 2008 for €350 before taxes and subsidies...

, N77, N76

Nokia N76

The Nokia N76 is a multimedia 3G Smartphone made by Nokia. It was introduced at the Las Vegas CES 2007 in January 2007 and was launched on 5 May 2007 with a sales price of 390 EUR. It is advertised as "The computer done beautifully" and as a "multimedia computer"...

, N75

Nokia N75

The Nokia N75 is a smartphone by Nokia. It uses Series 60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS. AT&T Mobility is a carrier of the N75 in the USA. It has been made specifically for the North American 3G market, supporting WCDMA 850/1900 frequencies, however it will still be available in other countries such as...

, N73

Nokia N73

The Nokia N73 is a smartphone by Nokia officially described as a "multimedia computer". In common with other Nokia 'Nseries' and 'Eseries' phones of its time , the N73 comes loaded with many software applications, including contacts, messaging, picture and video galleries, a music player, a Visual...

, E75

Nokia E75

The Nokia E75 is a smartphone from the Eseries range with a side sliding QWERTY keyboard and also front keypad. - Features:*Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900...

, E71

Nokia E71

The Nokia E71 is a smartphone from the Eseries range with a QWERTY keyboard targeting business users worldwide. It runs on Symbian OS v9.2, with a Series 60 3rd Edition, second generation Feature Pack 1. The Nokia E71 succeeded the Nokia E61/61i models, building on the base design and form factor...

, E66

Nokia E66

The Nokia E66 is a slider smartphone in the Nokia Eseries range, a S60 platform third edition device with slide action targeting business users. It is a successor to the Nokia E65 with which it shares many features....

, E65

Nokia E65

The Nokia E65 is a smartphone in the Eseries range, a S60 platform third edition device with slide action. It shared many of the features of the N95 released around the same time, but thinner, lighter and without the GPS....

, E63

Nokia E63

Released late in 2008, the Nokia E63 is marketed as a budget business phone. It is based on Symbian's S60 platform. Although it looks very similar to E71, its body is made of plastic and not aluminium as in E71. Also its keypad is made from a different material and is laid out slightly different...

, E61i, E51

Nokia E51

Nokia E51 is a Symbian OS smartphone by Nokia. It's the second Nokia UMTS / HSDPA dual band mobile. The phone is available with a black, silver or bronze-coloured border and backplate.A version without the integrated camera also exists.-Specifications Sheet:...

, 6720 classic, 6710 Navigator, 6210 Navigator

Nokia 6210 Navigator

The Nokia 6210 Navigator is a mobile phone made by Nokia that is a successor to Nokia 6110 Navigator. It has been available since July 2008.The Nokia 6210 Navigator is the third GPS Phone in the Navigator series to be released by Nokia...

, 6120 classic

Nokia 6120 classic

The Nokia 6120 classic is a Nokia-produced Symbian OS smartphone . It is the first Nokia UMTS / HSDPA dual band mobile which also features quad band GSM.-Interface Changes:...

 , 6110 Navigator

Nokia 6110 Navigator

The Nokia 6110 Navigator is a smartphone made by Nokia with HSDPA and integrated GPS and Bluetooth features. It has been available since June 2007. It is not to be confused with the 1998 Nokia 6110....

, 5320 XpressMusic

Nokia 5320 XpressMusic

The Nokia 5320 Xpress Music is a Symbian OS S60 smartphone, released by Nokia in 2008 as a part of their XpressMusic line of portable devices. The phone has a rugged candybar body with outlined keypads. It emphasizes music and multimedia playback...

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Virtual Radio

Radio Maska is listed in directory of Virtual Radio

Virtual Radio

Virtual Radio is an internet radio player for mobile phones, operating on the Symbian operating system. As of April 23, 2006, it operated on "Nokia S60, SonyEricsson, Motorola, Siemens SX1, BenQ, Arima and Sendo X" phones. Data is transmitted to the Virtual Radio-enabled phone over standard 3G...

 Application. This is also an Java Based application

Mundu Radio

Radio Maska is listed in directory of Mundu Radio Application. Mundu Radio supported platforms are Palm OS

Palm OS

Palm OS is a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants in 1996. Palm OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management...

, Symbian

Symbian

Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...

, Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...

, Smart Phone, Pocket PC

Pocket PC

A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system...

, BlackBerry

BlackBerry

BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...

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Wunder Radio

Radio Maska is listed in directory of Wunder Radio Application. Wunder Radio works on iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

, BlackBerry

BlackBerry

BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...

 and Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...

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Internet Radio Device

Radio Maska is available in many Internet radio device

Internet radio device

An Internet radio device, also called network music player is a hardware device that is capable of receiving and playing streamed media from either Internet radio stations or a home network.-Background:...

 available around the world. TechniSat

TechniSat

TechniSat is a German manufacturer and market leader of direct broadcast satellite receivers as well. They also produce televisions, car navigation and entertainment systems...

 Internet Radio1, Yamaha

Yamaha

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RX-N600 are some of the Internet Radio Devices in which the station can be heard.

Programs/Shows

Some of the Popular shows of the station are

Show Name	Radio Jockey
Break It Fast	Faisal
Female Express	Vernika
Fully Bindaas	Gaurav
Maska Morning	Neharika
Maska Musafir	Kavita
Look Who's Talking	Celebrity Show
Astro Talk	A.V.Shastri
Mixed Bag	Rashi
Gupshup Gossip Aur Garima (G3)	Garima
Just Do It	Dj Vickey
Rated R	Ridhima
Anjuman	Faisal