Flooding of FM stations in Chennai
Posted by Sankar on October 2, 2006
Chennai just had Radio Mirchi and Suryan FM (apart from the one from All India Radio - AIR) a while back. Recently, two other stations have launched. And I am guessing that there are more in the pipeline.
Is it too many? Is it too little? How many is just right for a city like Chennai? Maybe other cities like B’lore or Mumbai already have more… I am not sure. But can it go on like this for long? I don’t know.
- Radio stations are different here in India as compared to US. In US, each city has lot of stations, but they all have a set of listeners. Because each station airs a different genre of music ranging from Rock, Pop, Jazz, and so on… But that’s not the way it is in India. Any station in Chennai for example, is pretty much forced to play Tamil movie songs (ofcourse the one from AIR plays some English songs too). So every station ends up playing the same set of songs over and over again.
- Radio is different from TV. Even if there are ‘n’ TV channels, each channel caters to different kind of audience (News, sports, movies etc). But in Radio, it is songs, songs and more songs.
So any station that you tune in, it is one song or the other that is playing. With no varied content, it could end up being boring after a while… We will have to wait and see how the industry pans out…
October 4, 2006 at 11:10 pm
I think people listen to it for the RJs and not for the song. FM has some stellar PJs.. rigth from ‘Blade number one’.. who cracks jokes like..
“idhu Ennanga Birf Flu Bird Flu nu solranga..
Bird parakkama enna pannum???”
And ofcourse
Kittu Maama CHooChi maami…Car radio sellers rejoice everytime they come on air. Any unsuspecting listener is sure to break hsi car radio on listening to those two ‘B&^& TURDS talk.
And they have an intense fan following too.. people who call up and say “Oh nethikku unga kooda pesadhadhu naala ennala thoongave mudila… ”
I am reminded of Vijay quoting Vivek saying…
Avangala madhiri theevira rasigargal irukkara varaikkum unna yaarum asaichukkamudiadhu asaichukamudiadhu…”
October 5, 2006 at 10:11 pm
loori… u r right abt the RJs… esp the ones on suryam FM are totally rejet. i just cant stand it… they talk all @#@$@@# and with their tones and accent (susi mami etc), it is totally horrible. but most ppl listen to suryan FM only for such talks…
October 28, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Hello Mr. Sankar, How r u ?
What u say is right. all the people are like FM because they know whenever we want to go keep with us.
Obviously , they are giving a variety of entertainment really it is a great thing at the same time we will learn some new thing.i mean FM news is like a bbc world news. am i wright
I really like the Kittu Mama Susi Maamy . i did not want to say it is a program . u know both are talking like a real life husband and wife . So i really like both of them .
Thanking you
Yours Friendly
Manjarisri.R
December 21, 2006 at 7:33 pm
hi guys
if u say this has flooded chennai’s fm spectrum
there are more radio stations on the pipe
one called radio one is cominng soon, one by muthoot is coming soon
Radiocity atleast changed teh content to hindi and english from teh other new fm channels
Even hello fm was playing gud with niladri ( the king of RJs)
January 8, 2007 at 12:55 am
hi! vanakkam chennai. hats off to the radio co’s who r cumin in to chennai.As somebody here said what’s the point in having so many channels if ur playing the same music (tamil) in all the channels. b different play hindi,english & tamil. comon guys pls. understand v live in a metropolitan city & the crowd v have is also cosmo.
3 cheers to fm in chennai & letz hope to listen to some gud rj’ing & music .
rock on guyz
manoj.t
January 12, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Lots of fm channels u say. too little is what i will say.
//Radio is different from TV. Even if there are ‘n’ TV channels, each channel caters to different kind of audience (News, sports, movies etc).
now thats interesting seeing that almost all the tamil channels and hindi channels air nothing but soaps with almost the same amount of sobbing etc, the only difference is that each show has a diff name. What u r sayin is that there are other channels offering different things.
So lets hope people venturing into the airwaves try something new. I am all ears for a channel airing full time english music ;-). As of now i’ll settle for AIR’s 7-9pm english music, which has been my favourite fm channel since the time i arrived in chennai.
January 18, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Dear R.M. RJ’s i really miss u all iam un dubai now. Hear its really had to spend time without hearing the our voice specially my sweet “Chuci”
When iam working in chenni right from morring to evening (Even from my office) i used to hear the our program. but now i really miss u all.
you R Doing Good Job For Chennai Goahead.
Yours Abdullah M.B.A
050-8949757
plz forward any new programs details if u introduce there i will send to my friends
September 19, 2007 at 10:06 am
please tell me the time of hindi songs in chennai radio station
September 20, 2007 at 1:47 am
hi sankar
stumbled upon your blog!radio is looking crowded cos every station is doing the same thing-films,jokes,sms contests and radio which is still very immatured,the moment u have someone or everyone dishing out different content,the space automatically gets big,you can look forward to that with Muthoots new radio station(name of the station will be disclosed soon) which will be on-air by december.as for me i’m in the radio business myself!
great space-keep it goin
Niladri
December 10, 2007 at 10:19 am
Manoj
WHy cant cosmopolitism apply to Delli and Bombay, or even Bangalore as well.
They dont play a single Tamil song.
In Bambay, even English programs, cartoons are also Hindianized.
Sure cosmopolitism should apply to those places.
Or in the same taken, the Hindian progamming should be taken out of Tamil soil.
January 16, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Do we have any FM channel which will play only hindi songs
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February 19, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Please ban all the hindi songs in chennai FM, we don’t want any hindi songs, now-a-days i able to hear to some FM airing hindi songs, will the same FM can air tamil songs in mumbai, delhi, bangalore
July 10, 2008 at 2:03 pm
listening to FM channels creates lot ot headache only. all the FM channels just imitate the same type of programme, which irritates lot.they dont think in different manner. just giving out garbages only. first of all i request all the RJ’s (except one or two)to speak in good language either its english or tamil. FM channels in no way differs from the city traffic, both gives ear blowing noise only.am not against the FM radios, some channels like suryan FM and the FM rainbow irritates less when compared to others.