History

Namm Radio is the first Kannada online radio channel. started by Pastime Production Private Limited. NammRadio was on trial for one month before its launch. Nammradio was launched by famous Hindustani musician Nagaraja Rao Havaldar along with Col Kaushik, N.R. Vishukumar Director of Department of Information and Public Relations (Karnataka) alongside

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actor

Chetan Kumar Chetan Kumar ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಕುಮಾರ) (born 24 February 1983), also known as Chetan Ahimsa, is an American Kannada-language film actor and a public intellectual. He is a socio-political activist based in India. Chetan made his o ...

. Avanidhar Havaldar Founder & CEO of NammRadio has taken it to 196 countries today with 6 million listeners. Nammradio launch by chetan kumar

Availability & Listenership

NammRadio is available on Android app

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app, and recently on Amazon Alexa. On 25 November 2016, NammRadio launched its

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stream in a function attended by

Shiva Rajkumar Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy (born 12 July 1962) known by his screen name Shiva Rajkumar, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, predominantly works in Kannada cinema.

and

Doddarange Gowda Doddarangegowda is a Kannada poet and a lyricist working for Kannada cinema. He is a retired professor of Kannada and has published a number of anthologies in Kannada. He has released several audio cassettes and CDs of his poems. Some of his not ...

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. On 3 November 2018 NammRadio launched its Europe stream at

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. The plans to launch its 5th streaming service for Australia got delayed due to

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Programs

The channel airs 24 hours of content every day. The shows are aired in Havyaka, Tulu, Byari and Coorgi language.

References

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