Ishq FM

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Ishq FM
Frequency 104.8MHz
Programming
Languages Hindi, Bengali
Format Pop/adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner India Today Group
OperatorRadio Today Broadcasting Ltd [1]
History
First air date
30 May 2007 (2007-05-30) [1]
Former names
MEOW, OYE
Call sign meaning
Hindi word for love
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website ishq.com

Ishq FM (104.8 MHz) is a romantic music [2] radio station broadcasting in Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata, India.

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It was initially launched by India Today Group on 30 May 2007 as Meow FM, which was a talk-based station and served Delhi, Indore, Mumbai and Kolkata. [3] Directed at a female audience, the station had its own social network, "Meri Meow". [4]

In September 2010, the station changed its name to Oye FM and its programming to a Filmi format. In December 2016, it was rebranded as Ishq FM, from the Hindi word for "love", broadcasting romantic music. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Radio Today launches Meow 104.8 FM, India's first radio station for women". exchange4media.com. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kolkata gets its first romantic radio FM station". Business Standard . Press Trust of India. 22 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Meow FM officially launched in Kolkata" Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine , 8 October 2007.
  4. ↑ "Meow launches social networking platform" Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine , 28 July 2008.
  5. ↑ "Oye FM turns 'Ishq FM'". radioandmusic.com. Indiantelevision Dot Com Pvt. Ltd. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.


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