NDTV on Chennai's CR Station

Date: 8 Mar 2005 16:00:35 -0000
From: "sajan venniyoor" venniyoor@rediffmail.com
Subject: Re: [cr-india] NDTV on Chennai's CR
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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 Frederick Noronha(FN) wrote :
>NDTV is just reporting (March 8, 2045 hrs) about Chennai's "first
>community radio station from a private college". It is to have a
>50watt transmitter, and a reach of (just) 7.5 kms radius. English,
>Tamil and Hindi. But no film songs. Expected to go on the air
>shortly at 91.2 FM.

Thanks, Rico. I located the story on The Hindu's website. Here it is.

Sajan.
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MOP FM to go on air on Saturday
www.hindu.com update, 8 March 2005

CHENNAI, MARCH 7. It's by the students and for the students in the
city. M.O.P. Vaishnav College, Nungambakkam, is launching a community
radio station on Saturday to reach out to students.

The `MOP FM' set at 91.2 MHz frequency will broadcast programmes for
an hour in the morning between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. with a repeat
broadcast from 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Addressing mediapersons here on Monday, college secretary, P.
Haridas, said the programmes would focus on education, health and
environment among others. Produced in three languages, English, Tamil
and Hindi, the programmes will be in the form of interviews,
docu-dramas and skits.

The radio station has a full-fledged studio built at a cost of Rs.50
lakhs, he added.

The college was granted an operating license after a 2-year wait. The
community radio station will have a 50 watt FM transmitter and will
be launched by the University Grants commission Chairman, Arun
Nigavekar.
K. Nirmala Prasad, principal, said students would provide the
content. The programmes in April and May would concentrate on career
guidance. The `MOP FM' transmit signal would cover a radius of 7.5 to
15 km, reaching most parts of the city.

The college also plans to launch `Yuvashakthi', a fortnightly
newspaper on the same day.

To be released by S.P. Thyagarajan, Vice-Chancellor, Madras
University, about 10,000 copies of the newspaper would be circulated
among students in the age group of 15 and 25.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/08/stories/2005030812350600.htm

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