AIR FM Gold

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AIR FM Gold
Broadcast areaIndia
Programming
Format Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner All India Radio
AIR FM Rainbow
History
First air date
1 September 2001

AIR FM Gold is an FM radio channel in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, India. It is run by the All India Radio, a government owned enterprise, a division of Prasar Bharati. In Mumbai, it features Hindi songs, and English songs along with hourly news in English and Hindi. It operates on 100.1 in Mumbai and on 100.1 Megahertz in Delhi. It was started on 15 August 2001 by the then Minister of Information & Broadcasting.

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History

Late Indivar Sacdeva, Rajiv Saxena and Naveen K. Gupta were some of the broadcasters who were involved with devising the channel's content and presentation style when it was started in September 2001. At that time this channel was just called FM-2. Later on Danish Iqbal and Vijay Deepak Chhiber were Programme Executives of this channel. FM-1 was the previous channel which is now known as FM Rainbow. Anil Baijal, then CEO of Prasar Bharti wanted to call this as FM Classic but FM-2 name became popular by default. The inaugural show was hosted by Sujata Rath, Senior Announcer. Programs like Gaate Gungunate, Arpan and Dopaher FM were part of the initial repertoire. Another notable feature of the early days was the daily broadcast of Helpline series where various kinds of counselling was provided involving notable experts of different fields. In those days this channel used to be of 18 hours only, now it is a 24 hours channel.

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FM Gold Delhi Listen Now

AIR FM Gold Delhi
Broadcast area India
Frequency 100.1 MHz
Branding"Akashvani FM Gold - Khara Sona"
Programming
Language(s) Hindi
Format Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner All India Radio
OperatorAIR Delhi
Technical information
Power 20 KW
Links
Webcast https://www.vividhbharti.org/air-fm-gold/

AIR FM Gold Delhi is a radio channel broadcast from AIR Delhi. This channel is dedicated to old Bollywood songs. It also broadcasts programs on current affairs from News Service Division of AIR.

FM Gold Mumbai

AIR FM Gold Mumbai
Broadcast area Maharashtra
Frequency 100.1 MHz
Branding"Akashvani FM Gold - One O O Point One Karat - Khara Sona"
Programming
Language(s) Hindi, Marathi & Gujarati
Format Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner All India Radio
OperatorAIR Mumbai
History
Former frequencies
100.7 MHz
Technical information
Power 20 KW

FM Gold Kolkata

AIR FM Gold Kolkata
Broadcast area West Bengal
Frequency 100.1 MHz
Programming
Language(s) Bengali, Hindi & English
Format Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner All India Radio
OperatorAIR Kolkata
Technical information
Power 20 KW

FM Gold Chennai

AIR FM Gold Chennai
Broadcast area Tamil Nadu
Frequency 100.1 MHz
Programming
Language(s) Tamil, English & Hindi
Format Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner All India Radio
OperatorAIR Chennai
Technical information
Power 20 KW

Programs

FM Rainbow, formerly FM-1, is a metro channel using "Hinglish" which broadcasts a mix of Hindi film music and western pop music. It was initially designed to broadcast only classics of music, drama and literature. Another speciality of that period were the daily phone-in counselling shows involving educational, psychiatric, legal, marriage, home decor, interior decoration, hobbies like music, painting, photography, dance and many more subjects. FM Rainbow became very popular among discerning audience within a short time due to its eclectic programming and old Hindi songs. According to recent[ when? ] surveys its morning, evening and late night shows are more popular than any other channel. It is the only channel which has News and Current Affairs in its programming. In Chennai, it broadcasts Tamil songs and occasional English songs with news in English and Tamil operating in 102.3 MHz. In Delhi it operates in Hindi playing older songs with news/special reports commentary and its frequency is 106.40 MHz. It also airs live commentary for Indian sports.

News Bulletins

The then Information and Broadcasting Minister launched a news and entertainment channel called AIR FM-II (now FM Gold) on 1 September 2001. The channel is on air 24/7. It is a composite blend of information and entertainment with one third of its contents devoted to news and current affairs. Composite news programs in Hindi and English originating from Delhi are exclusively broadcast every morning, midday and evening for a duration of 30 minutes each. These include 'Samachar Prabhat', 'Dopahar Samachar' in Hindi and 'Breakfast News' in English in the morning and 'Samachar Sandhya' in Hindi in the evening and 'News at 9' at 9 p.m. The channel has also some specialized programs like 'Market Mantra' (business magazine) and 'Sports Scan' (sports related programme). Other news-based programs mounted on FM Gold include 'Vaad Samvaad' and 'Countrywide' based on interviews with prominent personalities. It also broadcasts news at every hour.

Hourly news headlines are broadcast on FM Gold in Hindi & English alternately, these are 5 min long. Other than this following programs are broadcast by NSD on FM Gold.

TimeBulletinDurationDayLanguageContent
07.30 amAaj Savere30 minDailyHindi & EnglishNews Based Program
08.00 amSamachar Prabhat30 minDailyHindiNews Bulletin
08.30 amMorning News30 minDailyEnglishNews Bulletin
02.00 pmMidday News30 minDailyEnglishNews Bulletin
02.30 pmDopahar Samachar30 minDailyHindiNews Bulletin
04.30 pmParikrama30 minDailyHindi & EnglishNews Based Program
06.30 pmMarket Mantra30 minDailyHindi & EnglishNews Based Program
08.30 pmSports Scan15 minDailyHindi & EnglishNews Based Program
08.00 pmSamachar Sandhya30 minDailyHindiNews Bulletin
09.00 pmNews at 915 minDailyEnglishNews Bulletin
09.15 pmSpotlight / News Analysis15 minDailyEnglishNews Based Program
09.30 pmPublic Speak35 minMondayHindi & EnglishNews Based Program
Money Talk15 minTuesdayEnglishNews Based Program
Charcha Ka Vishai Hai30 minWednesdayHindiNews Based Program
Country Wide15 minThursdayEnglishNews Based Program
Current Affairs30 minFridayEnglishNews Based Program
09.30 pmVaad-Samvaad30 minTuesdayHindiNews Based Program
Surkhiyon Mein15 minThursdayHindiNews Based Program

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