I’ll be Frank here! Ever since Radio City launched in Hyderabad, I haven’t tuned into Mirchi. Maybe because I like listening to Hindi songs a lot more than telugu songs. But whereas City is lacking in exposure or publicity, Mirchi is going all-guns-blaring to make iself seen (or heard!). Starting July 25th, Radio Mirchi will be available ‘Visually’ off the Mobile handsets(Only Delhi initially)! I know that it is already available on Mobiles with FM receivers (just like mine!) but the difference here will be in the visuals. I presume some sorta graphics & interactivity will be involved! But hey, relax…it will work ONLY on GPRS enabled handsets 
And that will happen via VisualRadio.
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July 27, 2006
The Internet caters to a wide spectrum of entertainment-seekers and in various ways and means. For the music-lover, everything has changed since the net came into existance. Instead of getting one’s favourite music from the neighbourhood music store, one can now download almost any song off the internet. The advent of internet radio was also not far and before long, there were truckloads of sites offering streaming audio to the people, for free of course!!!
What is the scene in india, one may ask? A quick Google Search leads us to a multitude of sites that offer streaming radio off the net. As far as i remember, IndiaFM was amongst the first to offer streaming audio on their site. then came SmasHits, Radio Sargam , Raaga and many more. Nowadays, there are uncountable sites that listeners can open up in their web-browser and listen to their favourite songs, just at the click of a mouse button. Among all this, the contribution of RealPlayer from RealNetworks can’t be ignored. Though Windows Media Player was the ’sane’ choice for many, the sheer compression ratio that was acheiveable in RealPlayer,thus reducing the size of the audio file, made it very popular.
Now the trends have started changing and one no longer has to visit the respective sites to listen to music. There are utilities availabe for download that connect to various radio stations and play the music of your choice. Of Course, you need an active (and fast) internet connection! Yahoo! Widgets‘ Personal Radio Tuner is the one that I use regularly to listen to streaming radio. Just enter the URL of the stream and you’re done. Another Nifty li’l utility that I came across recently is the ‘Worldwide Indian FM Radio‘, which comes across as a small 180KB download that silently resides in the Taskbar and plays the stream of your choice. One has to manually list out the streams in a txt file and the player will incorporate them as a drop-down menu one can choose from. Simple! Workplaces would never be the same again!
Update: Wanna tune into FM Radio over the Net? Click here to know how!
May 16, 2006
Yes! Itz true! When i heard the radio blaring some telugu song en route to work today, I thought that it was Vividh Bharati’s FM Rainbow, as usual…but i was pleasantly surprised when i heard the ad after the song,announcing itself to be Radio Mirchi…..one of the hottest FM stations in India!
Here’s the Official Press Release:
Entertainment Network (India) Limited today informed the BSE and the NSE that it had launched its new FM radio station in Hyderabad under the popular brand name Radio Mirchi.
Radio Mirchi 95FM 98.3 FM (From August 1st) Hyderabad is the 10th station of ENIL to start operations. The station went on-air at 6:00 am today, with the voice of Southern superstar Chiranjeevi being the the first sound on the station.
Radio Mirchi is acknowledged to be the leader among the private FM radio broadcasters in terms of revenues and listenership.
With its launch, it has heralded a new era in Entertainment for Hyderabadis. Whereas FM Rainbow has been doing good since it was launched, the entry of more and more stations would definitely hotten up the race and would see high qualty services being delivered. I look forward to the entry of Radio City - another popular FM Station- into Hyderabaf.Hopefully….Good times are around the corner….Time to brush the dirt off my FM Player 
Update: Itz been on air since a while and now it would be changing its frequency from 95 Mhz to 98.3 Mhz from August 1st onwards.
Another Update: Wanna tune into Radio Mirchi over the Net. Click here to know how
April 21, 2006
