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. Radio Navtarang used to be a trendsetter Hindi Radio Station in the Pacific. Some of the best and most capable radio personalities to emerge from Fiji such as Anirudh Diwakar, Noor Jahan, Vijay Varma, Saten Sharma, Shalen Sharma, Sneh Chaudhary, Shammi Lochan, amongst others have worked for Radio Navtarang. During Anirudh Diwakar's term as programmes director, Radio Navtarang used to be the best Hindi radio in Fiji by far, however the quality of its programmes, standard of Hindi, quality of presenters and overall quality has declined significantly since then. Despite the deterioration in quality, however, Radio Navtarang is still the most popular Hindi radio station in Fiji.

Program line-up

Radio Navtarang’s programme lineup is as follows * 6.00am - 9am Breakfast Show : Satya Nand and Anamika Singh * 9am - 2pm Midmorning Show: Jessica * 2pm - 7pm Drive Time: Rowdy Naman * 5pm - 6pm Masala Mix: Satya, Naman, Jai, Jessica, Anamika * 7pm - 12am The Tonight Show: Atishwar * 12am-5.30am Khwabe-e-Manzil: Pritisha, Anishma, Aniketh, Shresta *Thursday 7pm-12am Loveline: Avishay * Saturday 6pm - 8pm Movie Magic & Bollywood Biography: Atishwar, Prashneel * Saturday Night Hangama 8pm - 12am: Sarvesh, Atishwar, Prashneel * Sunday 9-11am Top 20 Countdown: Naman Narayan * Sunday 11-12pm Navtarang's Radio Shopping: Naman Narayan * Sunday 12-1pm Top of the Pops: Prashneel * Sunday 3-5pm- Movers & Shakers: Satya, Prashneel * Sunday Sukoon 7-12pm- Kaajal Satya Nand is the station’s current Senior Content Director.

Current radio personalities

* Satya Nand - Programs Director * Atishwar * Prashneel * Avishay * Jessica * Anishma * Anamika * Aniketh * Shresta

Former radio jockeys

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s that have worked with Navtarang include: * Late Anirudh Diwakar * Veena Bhatnagar * Sashi Kanta * Vijay Verma * Ranjana Kumar * Roshni Mala * Sneh Chaudhry * Rakesh Chand * Shalen Sharma * Saten Sharma * Sangeeta Mani * Pawan Rekha * Shammi Lochan * Renuka Goundar * Charles Wakeham * Lawrence Singh * Sanjyotika Lata * Jasmine Khan * Jai Prasad * Angeleen Sharma * DJ Sarra * Akaushal Kumar

References

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