City | Bengaluru, Kanpur, India |
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Broadcast area | National |
Branding | Radio City |
Slogan | Rag Rag Mein Daude City |
Frequency | 91.1 FM , 104.8, 91.9 FM |
First air date | July 2001 |
Owner | Music Broadcast Limited |
Website | planetradiocity.com |
Radio City is India's first private FM radio station and was started on July 3, 2001. It broadcasts on 91.1 (earlier 91.0 in most cities) megahertz from Mumbai (where it was started in 2004), Bengaluru (started first in 2001), Lucknow and New Delhi (since 2003). It plays Hindi, English and regional songs. It was launched in Hyderabad in March, 2006, in Chennai on July 7, 2006 and in Visakhapatnam October 2007. Radio City recently forayed into New Media in May 2008 with the launch of a music portal - PlanetRadiocity.com that offers music related news, videos, songs, and other music-related features. The Radio station currently plays a mix of Hindi and Regional music. Abraham Thomas is the CEO of the company. In 2010, Radio City launched its first web radio station Radio City Fun Ka Antenna and now they have 42 web radio stations.
Radio City operates in the following cities:
The frequency of Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar,Bangalore,Chennai, Coimbatore,Delhi,Hyderabad,Jaipur,Lucknow,Mumbai,Madurai,Nagpur,Patna,Pune,Surat,Vadodara, Vizag, Kota and Patiala radio station is 91.1, Kolhapur and Nashik station have the frequeny 95, Ajmer and Kanpur have the frequency 104.8, Udaipur,Varanasi,Agra,Bareilly,Gorakhpur has the frequency 91.9.
Radio City Super Singer is a singing talent hunt by Radio City to discover the singing talent among its listeners. It was launched in 2011 in 14 cities - Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore and Pune.
Radio City School of Broadcasting (RCSB) is an autonomous educational unit, instituted by Music Broadcast Limited (MBL) which owns and operates Radio City 91.1FM. It was launched on February 3, 2009. They offer a 6-month Certificate Course in Radio Jockeying and Radio Production.