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World Radio Day 2025: Date, history, significance, theme, facts and more

World Radio Day 2025 is celebrated every year on February 13. Radio continues to play a vital role in connecting people and has become one of the timeless mediums of communication

Union Cabinet approves 730 private radio FM channels for 234 cities

Move to boost local content in mother tongue and create new employment opportunities, says government. New areas covered include many aspirational districts, left-wing affected and border areas

Home away from home: In a first, Hindi finds a space on Kuwait Radio

Indian Embassy announces first-ever Hindi radio broadcast in Kuwait, to be aired every Sunday on FM 93.3 and AM 96.3

Ameen Sayani: The golden radio voice that resonated across generations

Ameen Sayani brought cinema to every home; when he spoke, the nation listened

Pocket FM to invest $40 million to bolster its online reading platform

Pocket Novel aims to play a pivotal role in unlocking opportunities and connecting writers with millions of readers, understanding immense potential within the underpenetrated novel market in India

Fever FM off, Fever FM on: Unravelling the case of marketing gimmicks

Legal experts are of the opinion that such marketing gimmicks would come under the scanner of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) if they influence trades or dealings by investors

Is Fever FM shutting down? Dropping the 'radio' to amplify the game

Fever FM's announcement puts the spotlight on why radio can't seem to grow and what would help it to

Fever FM announces it is shutting down due to 'evolving trends' in media

In a social media post, Fever FM said that the end for the Radio industry is 'closer than you expect'

Govt increases advertisement rates for FM radio stations after 8 yrs

The government on Monday approved a steep increase in rates of advertisements on private FM radio stations for its policies and programmes, a move that would benefit more than 400 community radio stations across the country. The new rates have been announced after eight years. The last hike was done in 2015. The pricing formula for finalising the advertising rates takes into account various factors such as city population and listenership data from the India Readership Survey (IRS) of 2019, said a statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. "The new rates approved by the ministry in the month of September, 2023 include a 43 per cent increase in the base rate taking into account the rising costs dynamics for the period of December 2015 to March 2023," it said. The statement added that with this increase, the gross base rate for FM radio advertisement will increase from Rs 52 to Rs 74 per 10 seconds and the adjustment was intended to maintain parity with current

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Allow news on private FM radio, with effective self-regulation

Trai's latest recommendations likely to help FM radio find lost signal

India's Rs 2,100 crore radio business has been severely impacted by the pandemic, the rise of streaming, and a host of structural issues

E-auction of 808 FM radio stations soon, says IB minister Anurag Thakur

The government will soon conduct an e-auction of 808 FM radio stations across 284 cities to further increase the footprint of radio communication, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Sunday. Addressing the Regional Community Radio Sammelan (North) here, Thakur said the government has also eased the processes for getting a license to operate radio stations, particularly community radio, by reducing the number of compliances. He said India currently has 388 FM radio stations in 113 cities across 26 states and five Union Territories. "Government is now planning a third batch of e-auction of 808 channels across 284 cities soon to further expand radio services," Thakur said.

Smartphones must not disable FM radio feature by default, says Centre

The disabling of the feature had an impact on the central government's ability to disseminate real-time information, the ministry said

Govt plans OTT platform, direct-to-mobile TV, FM auction to expand reach

In a bid to increase its footprint, the government is planning a fresh auction of FM radio stations, roll out an OTT platform and conduct trials of direct-to-mobile television broadcast this year, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said on Thursday. "We are also working towards an auction of FM radio stations this year. We hope to take FM radio to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities this year," he said addressing the Broadcast Engineering Society Expo here. He said though there were a large number of FM radio stations, the service covered only 60 per cent of the country. Chandra said the government has made an allocation of Rs 2,500 crore over a four-year period for the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme to widen the reach of Prasar Bharati, including in the Left wing extremism, border and strategic areas. The scheme aims to boost public sector broadcasting in the country and focuses on infrastructure development of Prasar Bharati, including A

Trai floats a consultation paper on various issues of FM Radio sector

FM radio operators are allowed to carry the news bulletins of All India Radio in exactly the same format without any alterations

CAG to conduct special audit for DTH service providers on I&B min's orders

The audit will be conducted to ensure that the amount to be submitted to the Centre in the form of the licence fee is "correctly assessed"

Radio phase-III rules may kick off M&As, see smaller players exit: Experts

Push into C&D category cities to aid growth; sector had shrunk to half its pre-pandemic market size of Rs 3,100 cr due to Covid-19 and other curbs over past two years

FM radio broadcasting policy relaxes recasting and ownership norms

The centre has also accepted the long pending demand of the radio industry to remove the 15% national cap on channel holding

Centre approves FM Radio Phase-III Policy guidelines' amendments

The Centre has approved the amendments to certain provisions contained in the Policy Guidelines on expansion of FM Radio Broadcasting Services through Private Agencies (Phase-III)

Audio content site Kuku FM raises $21.8 mn, targets 10 mn paid subscribers

Audio content platform Kuku FM said it has raised $21.8 million in Series B1 funding round, led by The Fundamentum Partnership, which will be utilised to strengthen content creation ecosystem