Netherlands' public broadcaster Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), has entered into a partnership with Radio Misty 94.3FM, the North Bengal and Sikkim FM station that will air a variety of RNW music parogrammes ranging from European pop charts to classical, jazz and world music as also RNW radio books.
After a long-term presence in India with short wave and satellite radio broadcasts, RNW has now begun to expand its activities in India. Radio Misty is the first North Bengal and Sikkim FM station and has a reach of 80 km. The aim of Radio Misty is to connect the local people with more interactive and innovative shows. "This meets the goals of RNW as well, because we aim at multicultural interaction between different (local) people and cultures in the world. One way of doing this is through programmes that interest listeners internationally," says Jan Hoek, RNW's Director General. Jan Hoek states that the new partnership marks the start of reaching a new public via radio stations in India. "We are very pleased with the partnership with Radio Misty FM. The swift and decisive way in which we came to this arrangement promises a bright future for our cooperation with this dynamic station. Amitabh Srivastava, RNW Country Manager for India says, "This partnership is our entry into Indian airspace through radio affiliation and getting the clear message that RNW has arrived in India. After getting more then 3000 partners globally, we hope more dynamic Indian stations like Misty will be benefiting with informative and entertaining programming through us." Radio Misty 94.3FM chief executive officer Nishant Mittal says, "It's great that we are the first FM station in India to partner with Radio Netherlands Worldwide. We hope this new venture between Radio Misty and RNW will open a new chapter. It will bring a lot of innovative programmes to people of North Bengal and Sikkim. We look forward to share new ideas in programming." RNW has been the Dutch public service broadcaster in 1947. RNW provides news, background and cultural programmes for an international audience in ten languages. RNW's programmes and items that will be aired by Radio Misty are 'EuroHit40', 'European Jazz Stage', 'Live! at the Concertgebouw', 'Radio Books' and 'La Salsa es mi Vida' http://indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/aug/aug10.php ______________ Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
