There was only Radiocity and FM rainbow when I was in India about 1.5 years ago. I used to like both :), but the FM Rainbow used to end at 11:00 PM in the night, which sadly meant no more music after that ;-).
I find it difficult to believe that 12 is the highest number of FM channels in any city in India. I havent counted but when I drive in Mumbai or Delhi, there is so much more choice on the radio.
In any case, only two radio stations (Radio City and Indigo) broadcast in Hindi/English. Everything else is in Kannada. Makes me wonder if these people have done any market surveys at all…I also can’t find any address in Bangalore, coz if you’ve noticed, all street signs are in Kannada. Lovely place I must say.
Comment by Pranay Da Spyder — February 5, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
Kamlesh, I am a fairly new listener and have only listed things that I have listened to or have heard of. I will list Fever as well. I will check it out too.
Pranay, welcome to my blog. I am really not sure if Radio City and Indigo are the only stations that play English. Maybe the others do too, just that I may not be aware. I am fairly new to the local FM. I am guessing the Wikipedia info about Bangalore having the highest would be correct. I will do further research.
Chitra, it is a treat to read your blog. I am back on my regular routine after a great vacation. Now I need to catch up with all your previous blogs.
I have a quick query on Doordarshan and AIR. I thought they were now independent and part of Prasar Bharati. At least on books, they are not controlled by the government. May be this is my perception. I need to verify it.
Kamlesh, without an RJ, huh? Well, isn’t that something? Cauvery issue, eh? Well, I was not planning on blogging about it. But, the way the media has sensationalized the issue gives bloggers no choice, but to present their views!
Pranay, sure will check it out.
Roshan, thanks! I love your blog too. I enjoy your writing style in particular. Must check about Govt and AIR/DD. Thanks!
Good informative post as usual.
Its good to see so many stations now. FM radio is still quite nascent in India. But a great step forward. It’ll take more time, money and loyal listners to mature into good value added radio stations. As the listeners grow, they can channel out to cater to different audiences and hence avoid,annoying RJs on all stations.
Comment by Ober Fuhrer — February 6, 2007 @ 4:11 pm
Oh yes, so many of them to keep us entertained but I wish each RJ would develop their unique style. Most of them sound the same to me which isnt much fun!
I really long for a mature RJ as you have mentioned in your post - like the benaca geetmala one.
Welcome to my blog, Kirti.
I think the ‘no RJ’ phase was only during their pre-launch. I wonder if that will continue for too long though, now that they have gone live. Lets see what they do. I hope they would want to be a little different.
Thanks Chitra, Deeps, etc for liking the stuff we dish out on AIR FM Rainbow. Sanjay Das here from the station and I can speak on behalf of a lot of us doing shows on AIR that it really feels good that the not so ‘love me listen to me cos I’m friendly, bubbly and have the huge moneybags perched on my backside’ approach we take is appreciated :-). (Talk about a convoluted sentence, but I guess u catch my drift)
Let me know if I could offer you any info on our programmes or people or any such :-). My email is jayunplugged@rediffmail.com
I think kannada is the way to go- what do u think? BTW - a small correction .BIG 92.7 FM is the only FM that plays predominantly kannada music ..Hindi is hardly there …with Upendra as the brand ambassador,they stand for kannada … and fever - even they have RJs now
I was just passing by and happened to stop at your blog. Its a good informative article but you missed the most famous radio station of Bengaluru. The radio mirchi - sakkat hot maga. This is the most popular one too. FYI
can anyone pls give me the contact nos of the famous radio stations in bangalore. i wanna wish my love o her birthday next week and also profess my love for her by dedicating a programme for her. pls pls pls anyone help me out.. pls…
yes you are right about NPR, its really a great service to the people to have a such a rich experience delivered via radio. i live in Kuwait, although i have lived in in the US and canada for a while. nowadays i podcast most of npr programming to listen on my ipod touch
Would like to share my gripe about 104 thouhg. It used to be a very nice station when it was launched - predominantly playing hindi and english music - and real good ones at that.
However of late - they have stopped playing English music completely - which is very sad. This practically leaves one to be stuck to Radio Indigo all the time (if you are a fan of English music that is). On that note - Radio Indigo is not all that bad though - but I would definitely like a choice here.
Will be great if you can update the post to reflect this about fever 104.
Hi,,,,,,,I ve listenin to fever 104 from the time it started,,,
Its really one of the best stations till date,,,,,
It can be better if they add few bollywood songs also,,,
Anyways its the best station,,,,,,,,,,,I LOVE FEVER 104 FM,,,,,,
And also now they cut down hindi songs which was being played till yesterday (13th Nov) but today (14th Nov) when i switched on the radio to Fever 104 Fm i was shocked to here them saying “BOMBAT KANNADA AHASTI”,,,,,,,,,
Hope so they do something for bollywood songs to be back,,,,,,
i was supposed to get an apple ipod because i answered one of the radio questions and they asked me log onto their site, after i did, there was nothing about me winning anything
HI
I am running an internet radio station called Radio Bangalore, you can access it on the following - http://www.globaltuners.com/receiver/vk4fsgw.php?receiver=398#
You have to register on this site IT’S FREE.
Or else google Global Tuners and register for FREE
After you log on to Global Tuners select Radio Bangalore to get the feed.
Basically I relay Vividh Bharathi hindi music programmes broadcast on FM 102.9 from the Bangalore station of Vividh Bharathi, and also some medium wave broadcast stations from All India radio
hi
iam a native of karnataka and was staying in blore for the past 35 yrs. now that i am residing in chennai and have no touch of any of these kannada fms. can u pls sugggest me a way to again listen t o any of thse FMs. i cant use internet to listen to them but if any radio is available i can purchase it
There was only Radiocity and FM rainbow when I was in India about 1.5 years ago. I used to like both :), but the FM Rainbow used to end at 11:00 PM in the night, which sadly meant no more music after that ;-).
Very interesting post :).
Comment by Deeps — February 5, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
Chitra, you missed one of the Newest and Cool FM Station 104 (Fever FM). Check the details on my post:
http://kamleshrao.blogspot.com/2007/01/bangalore-fm-radio.html
Comment by Kamlesh — February 5, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
I find it difficult to believe that 12 is the highest number of FM channels in any city in India. I havent counted but when I drive in Mumbai or Delhi, there is so much more choice on the radio.
In any case, only two radio stations (Radio City and Indigo) broadcast in Hindi/English. Everything else is in Kannada. Makes me wonder if these people have done any market surveys at all…I also can’t find any address in Bangalore, coz if you’ve noticed, all street signs are in Kannada. Lovely place I must say.
Comment by Pranay Da Spyder — February 5, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
Kamlesh, I am a fairly new listener and have only listed things that I have listened to or have heard of. I will list Fever as well. I will check it out too.
Pranay, welcome to my blog. I am really not sure if Radio City and Indigo are the only stations that play English. Maybe the others do too, just that I may not be aware. I am fairly new to the local FM. I am guessing the Wikipedia info about Bangalore having the highest would be correct. I will do further research.
Comment by Chitra — February 5, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
Yes Chitra, just check it out. Its too good. Its the FM without a RJ
By the way, I am watching your blog for new post on Cauvery issue… hehehe.
Comment by Kamlesh — February 5, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
Cheers.
By the way, just did a rant on the Cauvery issue.
How much water do we need really? In TMC Feet to be exact.
http://catchr.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-eff-is-tmc-feet-anyway.html
Comment by Pranay Da Spyder — February 5, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
Chitra, it is a treat to read your blog. I am back on my regular routine after a great vacation. Now I need to catch up with all your previous blogs.
I have a quick query on Doordarshan and AIR. I thought they were now independent and part of Prasar Bharati. At least on books, they are not controlled by the government. May be this is my perception. I need to verify it.
Keep writing and keep us posted
- Roshan
Comment by Roshan — February 5, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
Kamlesh, without an RJ, huh? Well, isn’t that something?
Cauvery issue, eh? Well, I was not planning on blogging about it. But, the way the media has sensationalized the issue gives bloggers no choice, but to present their views!
Pranay, sure will check it out.
Roshan, thanks! I love your blog too. I enjoy your writing style in particular. Must check about Govt and AIR/DD. Thanks!
Comment by Chitra — February 6, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
Big FM is from Adlabs, which is a Reliance company now. It is not a Midday channel as mentioned by you.
Comment by Anonymous — February 6, 2007 @ 4:11 pm
Good informative post as usual.
Its good to see so many stations now. FM radio is still quite nascent in India. But a great step forward. It’ll take more time, money and loyal listners to mature into good value added radio stations. As the listeners grow, they can channel out to cater to different audiences and hence avoid,annoying RJs on all stations.
Comment by Ober Fuhrer — February 6, 2007 @ 4:11 pm
Oh yes, so many of them to keep us entertained but I wish each RJ would develop their unique style. Most of them sound the same to me which isnt much fun!
I really long for a mature RJ as you have mentioned in your post - like the benaca geetmala one.
Comment by Usha — February 9, 2007 @ 4:11 pm
I’m really amazed with this new Radio Station..104 Fever..
No RJ’s..no bhak bhak…only Music..
I just love it.
Comment by Kirti — March 9, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
Welcome to my blog, Kirti.
I think the ‘no RJ’ phase was only during their pre-launch. I wonder if that will continue for too long though, now that they have gone live. Lets see what they do. I hope they would want to be a little different.
Comment by Chitra — March 19, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
Thanks Chitra, Deeps, etc for liking the stuff we dish out on AIR FM Rainbow. Sanjay Das here from the station and I can speak on behalf of a lot of us doing shows on AIR that it really feels good that the not so ‘love me listen to me cos I’m friendly, bubbly and have the huge moneybags perched on my backside’ approach we take is appreciated :-). (Talk about a convoluted sentence, but I guess u catch my drift)
Let me know if I could offer you any info on our programmes or people or any such :-). My email is jayunplugged@rediffmail.com
Cheerio
Sanjay
Comment by Anonymous — March 21, 2007 @ 4:13 pm
Sanjay, welcome to my blog. Sure will email you.
Comment by Chitra — March 27, 2007 @ 4:13 pm
I miss the STAR 101.3 FM in the bay area, especially Don Blue’s show…But I think the RJs in Bangalore are annoying - especially the females.
Comment by Chrisvasa — April 13, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
Hi
I think kannada is the way to go- what do u think? BTW - a small correction .BIG 92.7 FM is the only FM that plays predominantly kannada music ..Hindi is hardly there …with Upendra as the brand ambassador,they stand for kannada … and fever - even they have RJs now
Comment by backpackker — May 29, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
Thanks for the list. There is one more - 107.6 - though I don’t know what it is called or who owns it.
Comment by Anonymous — June 3, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
I was just passing by and happened to stop at your blog. Its a good informative article but you missed the most famous radio station of Bengaluru. The radio mirchi - sakkat hot maga. This is the most popular one too. FYI
Comment by Gay — March 12, 2008 @ 10:51 pm
well, u can tune into mirchi @ 98.3
Comment by Gay — March 12, 2008 @ 10:52 pm
can anyone pls give me the contact nos of the famous radio stations in bangalore. i wanna wish my love o her birthday next week and also profess my love for her by dedicating a programme for her. pls pls pls anyone help me out.. pls…
Comment by hidayath — March 14, 2008 @ 11:53 am
Good reviews… especially your takes on phony accents.. the other crib I have is about useless pranks they play… I ranted about this a couple of days ago: http://bangaloreblues.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/when-humor-crosses-limits/
Comment by Vijay — April 1, 2008 @ 4:20 am
Hi
Chitra nice work , can you tell us some FM stations from BANGALORE which we can listen ONLINE
THANK YOU
Comment by Anantha — April 4, 2008 @ 10:00 am
yes you are right about NPR, its really a great service to the people to have a such a rich experience delivered via radio. i live in Kuwait, although i have lived in in the US and canada for a while. nowadays i podcast most of npr programming to listen on my ipod touch
cheers
Comment by inder — April 17, 2008 @ 7:36 am
nice list!
Comment by Jay — May 22, 2008 @ 4:28 am
Nice list.
Would like to share my gripe about 104 thouhg. It used to be a very nice station when it was launched - predominantly playing hindi and english music - and real good ones at that.
However of late - they have stopped playing English music completely - which is very sad. This practically leaves one to be stuck to Radio Indigo all the time (if you are a fan of English music that is). On that note - Radio Indigo is not all that bad though - but I would definitely like a choice here.
Will be great if you can update the post to reflect this about fever 104.
-Abhi
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Hi,,,,,,,I ve listenin to fever 104 from the time it started,,,
Its really one of the best stations till date,,,,,
It can be better if they add few bollywood songs also,,,
Anyways its the best station,,,,,,,,,,,I LOVE FEVER 104 FM,,,,,,
Comment by Mary — November 14, 2008 @ 6:42 am
And also now they cut down hindi songs which was being played till yesterday (13th Nov) but today (14th Nov) when i switched on the radio to Fever 104 Fm i was shocked to here them saying “BOMBAT KANNADA AHASTI”,,,,,,,,,
Hope so they do something for bollywood songs to be back,,,,,,
Mary.
Comment by Mary — November 14, 2008 @ 6:48 am
i was supposed to get an apple ipod because i answered one of the radio questions and they asked me log onto their site, after i did, there was nothing about me winning anything
Comment by ganu — August 19, 2009 @ 3:02 pm
HI
I am running an internet radio station called Radio Bangalore, you can access it on the following -
http://www.globaltuners.com/receiver/vk4fsgw.php?receiver=398#
You have to register on this site IT’S FREE.
Or else google Global Tuners and register for FREE
After you log on to Global Tuners select Radio Bangalore to get the feed.
Basically I relay Vividh Bharathi hindi music programmes broadcast on FM 102.9 from the Bangalore station of Vividh Bharathi, and also some medium wave broadcast stations from All India radio
Happy listening
Rohit Dave
Comment by rohit — December 30, 2009 @ 8:30 am
You may want to check his out ….
http://vbsradio.weebly.com
Found this site doing a google search. Pretty good recorded programs of Vividh Bharati.
Cheers!
Comment by Vidya — February 23, 2010 @ 3:29 am
hi
iam a native of karnataka and was staying in blore for the past 35 yrs. now that i am residing in chennai and have no touch of any of these kannada fms. can u pls sugggest me a way to again listen t o any of thse FMs. i cant use internet to listen to them but if any radio is available i can purchase it
Comment by rathankar — June 17, 2010 @ 8:04 am