[cr-india] NDTV on Chennai's CR

[sajan venniyoor]

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". 

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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