Campus Radio ME

Last updated

Campus Radio ME is an online student-run radio station based in the United Arab Emirates. It was founded by Ritesh Jeswani and Co-founded by Muhammad Ali Jamadar. [1] Conceptualized in 2009 by Ritesh Jeswani, the radio was intended to voice student issues and opinions in the region. [2] With an initial investment of 10,000 AED, the station aired for the first time on April 9, 2010 from Ritesh Jeswani's bedroom. [3] Since then it has evolved to hosting no less than seven live talk shows and five genre-based shows featuring prominent musicians and genres in the region. [4] Since its inception, it has garnered attention on both print media and mainstream radio [5] and now has 24 volunteers and new offices. It was also the winner of Lenovo's Edgy Business Thinker contest in 2010. [6] More recently, Campus Radio ME was awarded prize winner of the Falcon's Lair competition sponsored by Virtuzone and Dubizzle, beating over 500 competing business concept proposals. Consequently, an expansion is due to begin with the station being re-launched on a larger scale.

With over 10,000 listeners a week worldwide, [7] Campus Radio ME has grown to be one of the most listened to radios by students across the Middle Eastern region. [8]

It currently airs with 12 live shows in the GMT+4 time zone:

Related Research Articles

WRSU-FM Radio station in New Brunswick, New Jersey

WRSU is a non-commercial college radio station serving the greater Central New Jersey area, broadcasting from the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is a student and faculty-run radio station with Rutgers faculty member Mike Pavlichko serving as its Broadcast Administrator. WRSU broadcasts on FM and streams all of its programming online.

Nine News is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin. National bulletins also air on weekday mornings, weekend afternoons and most nights of the week after 10:30pm. In addition, a supplementary regional news program for the Gold Coast in Queensland airs each weeknight as well as regional bulletins for Northern NSW and the Gold Coast under the name of NBN News air seven nights a week.

Saint Elizabeth of the Hill Country Catholic Church

Saint Elizabeth of the Hill Country Catholic Church is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte located in Boone, North Carolina. Its canonical territory includes all of Watauga County. Father Brendan Buckler is the pastor.

WWHR Radio station in Bowling Green, Kentucky

WWHR-FM is a radio station licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. The station serves the Bowling Green, Kentucky area. The station is currently owned by Western Kentucky University.

Rock the Park Annual music concert held in London, Ontario, Canada

Start.ca Rocks the Park, formerly known as Hawk Rocks the Park, is an annual music concert held at Harris Park in London, Ontario, Canada. From 2004 to 2008, it was primarily a classic rock concert sponsored by radio station 103.9 The Hawk. In 2010, the three-day concert was sponsored by three radio stations: 98.1 Free FM, FM96, and country music station BX93.

Q 100.7 FM is a radio station in Barbados. It was launched on Monday 3rd May 2004 as Quality FM. The station airs mainly talk shows as well as a number of features previously broadcast by its sister station CBC 94.7 CBC 900 AM. Q 100.7 FM is marketed as the "Quality Talk, Quality Music" station.

CityFM89 Pakistani radio station

CityFM89 is a Pakistani radio station, headquartered in Karachi and broadcast from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Faisalabad. It was established in July 2004 and is a subsidiary company of the Dawn Media Group. It had an objective to set a trend of radio listenership in Pakistan at a time where tapes and CDs were the usual source of music entertainment in cars, homes and public outlets.

WASU-FM Radio station in Boone, North Carolina

WASU-FM is a college radio station broadcasting an alternative music format. The station is owned by Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, which is also the station's city of license. The station plays a college rock format and does a weekly news segment called App 1800 covering local issues. WASU is the winner of mtvU's "College Radio Woodie Award" for 2012, the "Shoulda Coulda Woodie Award" for 2011, and was a 2008 Finalist in the New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards.

Stoke-on-Trent College General further education school in Shelton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England

Stoke-on-Trent College is a provider of further and higher education based in Stoke-on-Trent. The college has two campuses: one, called Cauldon Campus, in Shelton and one in Burslem.

KDRP-LP, is a radio station licensed to Dripping Springs, Texas, United States. The station is currently owned by Principle Broadcasting Foundation.

2011 World Mens Curling Championship

The 2011 World Men's Curling Championship was held in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada from April 2–10, 2011. In the final, Jeff Stoughton skipped the Canadian rink to a 6–5 victory over Scotland's Tom Brewster. The gold medal was Stoughton's second and Canada's 33rd gold medal at the world.

2011 Canada Cup of Curling

The 2011 Capital One Canada Cup of Curling was held from November 30 to December 4 at the Cranbrook Recreational Complex in Cranbrook, British Columbia. The format for this year's competition was changed from the previous year. Instead of 10 men's and 10 women's teams in two pools of five each, there were seven teams of each gender competing in a round robin. The first place teams advanced to their respective finals, while the second and third place teams met in the semifinals. Capital One became the sponsor of the Canada Cup of Curling after a deal with the Canadian Curling Association to become the sponsor of the Canada Cup and the Pre-Trials Road to the Roar.

NRJ Belgique is a private Belgian radio station broadcasting in Wallonia and Brussels, and is the Belgian version of the popular French radio station NRJ.

2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials

The qualification event for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, was held from November 5 to 10 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kitchener, Ontario.

The 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 8 to 13 at the Paradise Double Ice Complex in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2015–16 curling season for both the men's and women's World Curling Tour.

The 2015 Players' Championship was held from April 7 to 12 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the fifth and final Grand Slam of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour.

The 2016 WFG Masters was a curling bonspiel held from October 25 to 30, at the Pason Centennial Arena in Okotoks, Alberta. This was the first Grand Slam of the 2016–17 curling season.

The 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from November 8 to 13 at the Western Financial Place and the Cranbrook Memorial Arena in Cranbrook, British Columbia. This was the second Grand Slam of the 2016–17 curling season.

2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials

The 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held from December 2 to 10 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario. The winners of the men's and women's events would represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

References

  1. ↑ "Discussion with Campus Radio ME (@campusradiome) at DoCamp D". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  2. ↑ Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Good evening cool dudes". GulfNews.com. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  4. ↑ "Manipal University - Dubai Campus: Finally Here- Middle East's Very Own Campus Radio!". Archived from the original on August 26, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Lenovo's Edgy Thinker Bags $USD 20,000 Business Assistance Package". Zawya. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  7. ↑ "UAE students get a voice". GulfNews.com. 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Radio station for students, by students | The National". Thenational.ae. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2013-10-25.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.