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TheFM broadcasting in India began in 1977; growing popularity after 2001 when the privatisation of FM broadcasting began. AIR's FM LRS (Local Radio Station) was inaugurated on 1 July 2000 at 06:00 inKodaikanal relaying Madurai programs in the frequency 100.5 MHz. 100.5 was so popular that LRS was upgraded to an FM Channel in just two months. The channel covered a radius of about 200 km (120 mi) due to its location at 2200 meters above MSL at Kodaikanal. KODAI FM is popularly known as it is the biggest individual FM channel in India, in both area coverage and listenership.
As of December 2018, there are more than 369 operational private radio stations in more than 101 cities and towns across India.[1] TheGovernment of India-ownedAll India Radio which has about 470 FM stations covering 92% of the area and 99.19% of the population of India.AIR originates programming in 23 languages and 179 dialects.[2][3]
FM broadcasting began on 23 July 1977 inChennai, then Madras, and was expanded during the 1990s, nearly 50 years after FM broadcasting grew in the United States.[4] India first experimented with privateFM broadcasts inGoa and the large metropolitan areas ofDelhi,Kolkata,Mumbai, andChennai. These were followed by private stations inBangalore,Hyderabad,Jaipur andLucknow.
Until 1993,All India Radio, a government undertaking, was the only radio broadcaster in India. The government then decided to privatise the radio broadcasting sector.[citation needed] It sold airtime blocks on its FM channels inIndore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata,Vizag, and Goa to private operators, who developed their own program content.The Times Group operated its brand, Times FM, till June 1998. After that, the Indian Government decided not to renew contracts given to private operators. Instead, in 2000, the Indian Government announced the auction of 108 FM frequencies across India, opening up the FM broadcasting industry to private competition.
Radio City Bangalore, started on 3 July 2001, is India's first private FM radio station.[5] It launched with presenters such as Vera, Rohit Barker, Seetal Iyer, Jonzie Kurian, Geeta Modgil, Suresh Venkat, and Chaitanya Hegde and Priya Ganapathy on the weekends.[6]The Times Group rebranded its radio operations, establishing theRadio Mirchi brand. The firstRadio Mirchi station began broadcasting on October 4, 2001 inIndore.
Indian policy states that the broadcasters are assessed a one-time entry fee (OTEF), for a license period of 10 years. Under the Indian accounting system, this amount is amortised over the 10-year period at 10% per annum. The annual license fee for private broadcasters is either 4% of revenue share or 10% ofreserve price, whichever is higher.
India's earlier attempts to privatise its FM channels ran into rough weather when private players bid heavily and most could not meet their commitments to pay the government the amounts they owed.[citation needed]
Nationally, many of the current FM broadcasters, including theTimes of India,Hindustan Times,Mid-Day, andBBC are established media institutions in India and are making a strong pitch for news on FM, which is currently limited to nationalized stations only. Private FM stations are allowed to rebroadcast news from All India Radio, as long as they do so without any changes or additions.[7] The Supreme Court of India on 17 October 2013 issued apublic interest litigation to the central government requesting that the rules should be changed to allow FM stations to broadcast news reports.[8]
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| Name | Frequency | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Radio Jamia (seeJamia Millia Islamia) | 90.4 MHz | Multilingual |
| RADIO 7 | 90.4 MHZ | Hindi |
| Delhi University Community Radio | 90.4 MHz | Multilingual |
| Radio SD 90.8 | 90.8 MHz | Hindi |
| Radio City | 91.1 MHz | Multilingual |
| Big FM | 92.7 MHz | Multilingual |
| Red FM | 93.5 MHz | Multilingual |
| MY Fm | 94.3 MHz | Hindi |
| Radio One | 94.3 MHz | Hindi English |
| Hit95 FM | 95.0 MHz | Hindi |
| Apna Radio (Indian Institute of Mass Communication) | 96.9 MHz | Multilingual |
| Radio Mirchi | 98.3 MHz | Multilingual |
| AIR FM Gold | 100.1 MHz | Multilingual |
| FM Rainbow Lucknow | 100.7 MHz | Hindi |
| All India Radio JAIPUR | 101.2 MHZ | Hindi |
| Amit Bharti | 101.6 MHz | Hindi |
| AIR FM Rainbow | 102.6 MHz | Hindi |
| AIR AlWAR | 103.1 MHz | Hindi |
| Fever 104 | 104.0 MHz | Hindi |
| 104.8 Ishq | 104.8 MHz | Hindi |
| Gyan Vani | 105.6 MHz | Hindi |
| Vividh Bharti (All India Radio) | 105.4 MHz | Hindi |
| Radio Nasha | 107.2 MHz | Hindi |
| Sawai Madhopur FM | 101.5 MHz | Hindi |
| Noida FM | 107.4 MHz | Hindi |
| Gurgaon Ki Awaz | 107.8 MHz | Hindi |
| Name | Frequency (MHz) | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Bol 90.4 FM | 90.4 | Multilingual |
| Radio City | 91.1 | Telugu |
| Big 92.7 FM | 92.7 | Telugu/Hindi |
| Red FM | 93.5 | Telugu |
| Fever Fm | 94.3 | Hindi |
| Mirchi 95 | 95 | Hindi |
| Radio Mirchi | 98.3 | Telugu |
| All India Radio (AIR / AIR / Twin Cities FM Rainbow) | 101.9 | Telugu |
| All India Radio (AIR / AIR / Vvd Bharti) | 102.8 | Hindi |
| Kool 104 | 104 | English |
| Gyan Vani | 105.6 | Hindi |
| Magic Fm | 106.4 | Telugu |
| Radio Charminar | 107.8 | Telugu/Hindi |
| Deccan Radio | 107.8 | Hindi |
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Traditionally, radio accounts for 7% to 8% of advertiser expenditures around the world. In India, it is less than 2% at present.[citation needed]
The ministry of broadcasting in India is setting up more (86) FM Radio to all parts of India by March 2017.[16]
List of FM Stations in Jaipur:
In FM Phase II — the latest round of the long-delayed opening up of private FM in India — some 338 frequencies were offered of which about 237 were sold.[citation needed]
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