- Radio Indigo
Radio Indigo is the name of a
FM radio station operating out of Bangalore, India. As of October 2007, it is the only music station in India to play exclusively internationalmusic as opposed to regional and national content. The station is owned by Jupiter Capital, part ofRajeev Chandrasekhar 's new group formed in 2005.With a library of 14,000 songs, Radio Indigo by far houses the largest collection of International music in the country todayfact|date=August 2007. Radio Indigo plays an array of genres of music from pop, classic rock, hip-hop, Rap, Jazz, Country, Dance, World music and more. On weekends, the station plays internationally produced programming, such as
Casey Kasem 'sAmerican Top 20 ,Ryan Seacrest 'sAmerican Top 40 , DJ Matt Darey's Indigo Nocturnal and the Putumayo World Music hour.Radio Indigo Bangalore
Radio Indigo broadcasts on 91.9 megahertz from
Bangalore and features Radio Jockeys such as Geoffrey Thomas,Malavika Varadan , andRohit Barker .Bangalore based DJ Ivan and Rohit Barker host a dance music show called 'Indigo Hotmix' featuring dance music from around the world. Radio Indigo also broadcasts the country's only jazz show 'Indigo & Blues' hosted by Jazz artiste Radha Thomas.
Bangalore has a total of 12 FM stations, the highest in IndiaFact|date=April 2007. During the auctioning of the FM slots, there were six successful bidders, while one slot remained vacant and will be filled up in next round of FM radio bidding in February 2007. FM stations in Bangalore are:
* 91.1 -
Radio City
* 91.9 - Radio Indigo
* 92.7 -Big FM
* 93.5 - S FM
* 94.3 - Radio One
* 98.3 -Radio Mirchi
* 101.3 - FM Rainbow
* 102.9 -Vivdh Bharati
* 104 - Fever FM
* 105.6 - Gyaan VaaniRadio Indigo, Bangalore has the following weekday schedule (According to Indian Standard Time):
* 7 am-11am: Indigo Rising( now with Melodee Austin (Ayesha D'Souza has gone back to her earlier slot) (with Malvika who left around April 2008) (Cindu is off on a very long holiday and Big breakfast has been renamed as indigo rising)
* 11am-2pm: Day Trippin` (with Meghana Dhawan)
* 2pm-5pm: Indigo Jukebox (with Ayesha D`Souza)( Melodee Austin hosted the show for some time)
* 5pm-8pm: Cruise Control (with Rohit Barker) [* 8pm-10 pm: The Big Couch (with Malavika)- discontinued ]
* Night patrol now starts at 8 Pm now goes on till 12Pm - Geoffrey Thomas
* 10 pm - 1am: Night Patrol (with Geoffrey Thomas)(has moved to earlier slot)
* 1 am -3am: Lights outRadio Indigo Goa
Towards the end of January 2006, three private FM radio players - linked to the Indian media giant Times of India, Rajeev Chandrasekhar's Jupiter Entertainment Ventures, and the mega corporation Anil Ambani-linked Adlabs - won bids to set up private FM radio stations in
Goa . Radio Indigo at 91.9 MHz launched in Goa in June 2007. Radio Indigo programming is contemporary international music and international hit music. The station cued on to Goa's listening culture plays an hour of Gospel music every Sunday morning at 6 am. 'Indigo in the saddle' is an exclusive country music show hosted by Jeffrey Manuel aired every Sunday between 11 am and 1 pm.Location: Coordinates: 15°29'52"N 73°49'43"E
Radio Indigo, Goa has the following weekday schedule
* 7am-11am: Indigo Rising (with Jolene Menezes)
* 11am-2pm: Day Trippin` (with Meghana Dhawan)
* 2pm-5pm: Indigo Jukebox (with Melodee Austin)
* 5pm-9pm: Cruise Control (with Mark Rocha)ee also
* [http://www.radioindigo.fm Radio Indigo website]
* [http://ronniejacob.blogspot.com/2007/02/for-cindu.html Blog about Cindu]
* [http://ronniejacob.blogspot.com/2007/12/where-is-cindu-chandrasekharan.html Another blog about RJs at Radio Indigo]
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