94.3 Radio One is a

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network in India owned by

HT Media HT Media is an Indian mass media company based in Delhi, India. It has holdings in print, electronic and digital media. HT Media's flagship newspaper is the ''Hindustan Times'', the second most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The ...

. It has stations in

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Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

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Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

and

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

History

The newspaper ''

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'' founded the station as Radio Midday in Mumbai, which was re-launched in 2002 as Go 92.5, an English-language (later also Hindi) radio station, by operating on the 92.5 MHz brand before relaunching itself as Radio One with a new frequency in 2006. The

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is one of the few

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in English (called "international format") in all of India's three biggest cities: Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. Targeting an upscale sophisticated audience. All stations broadcast at 94.3 MHz except the one in Ahmedabad which is at 95.0 MHz. 94.3 Radio One was

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as India's most attractive radio

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2017 (out of two radio brands listed), and at place 531 among all brands, in the annual publication ''

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''. The network is owned by Next Radio Ltd., a

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of Next MediaWorks. The former Managing Director and CEO of Next Radio was

Vineet Singh Hukmani 'Vineet Singh Hukmani aka Vineet is a world record breaking, Indian singer and author''.'' Prior to becoming a singer, Vineet was in the radio business. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Radio One and stepped down from his role in 2019''.'' V ...

. He was also a shareholder director in the company. Next MediaWorks, the owner of Radio One, was bought by

in 2019, thus expanding ''

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

'' FM service with three brands. (

Fever 104 FM Fever FM is an FM radio station in India. It is currently available in 13 cities in India: Music & Bollywood Fever plays contemporary hit music in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, while the other cities have a mix of contemporary and retro Bollywoo ...

Radio Nasha Radio Nasha (Hindi: रेडियो नशा) is an Indian radio channel that focuses on broadcasting retro Bollywood songs from the 1970s to the 1990s and creating a social radio community based on that genre. Its broadcast frequency is 91.9&n ...

and Radio One). 94.3 Radio One Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore also stream live on ONLINE at http://1cast.in (World Wide Web URL) AND the company has also launched India's first online audio business channel - Business ONE, in January 2018 (the business channel operates 9am-4pm mon-fri). 94.3 Radio One celebrated its 11th anniversary in September 2018 by launching a pioneering 'audience tracker' , the first by any media company in India, that tracks the consumption habits of its upscale audience across brands and categories 94.3 Radio One is the first media brand in India to win the famed PHILIP KOTLER award for excellence in Marketing Differentiation

About

Radio One runs India's largest International format Radio Network in

and

. Radio One appeals to intelligent and evolved listeners – which the brand calls "International Indians”. The international Indians live in India, geographically, but are at par on psychographics, with their global counterparts - in terms of awareness, sensibilities and motivations. They cherish uniqueness - unique taste in music is symbolic of the unique trail of their lives. They prefer international music - it maybe something they have grown up listening to or it simply sets them apart as listeners – in any case, it showcases their evolved taste. They are determinedly individualistic in the way they obtain and use information, make choices and create opinions. Their ears are open to music, talks, and shows, etc. which are peppered with a dose of uniqueness. It’s this strong sense of self and individual identity which makes them want to be distinctive and discerning in their lifestyle choices, which also manifests in their choice of content. They are what they consume. Radio One gives its listeners exactly this and more. With content pegged in five major buckets which resonates with its audience, the brand has successfully built communities around food, music, sports, travel and fitness and gone way beyond just music. With shows that showcase global lifestyle related to travel, food, cinema backed by experiences of celebrities such as

Ranveer Singh Ranveer Singh Bhavnani (; born 6 July 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. The recipient of several awards, including five Filmfare Awards, he is among the highest-paid Indian actors and has been featured in '' Forbes India''s ...

Rajeev Masand Rajeev Masand is an Indian film critic and journalist. He has worked for Noida based English language news channel CNN-Indian Broadcasting Network (CNN-IBN). He usually reviews Bollywood films and major Hollywood films released in India in hi ...

, to globally celebrated RJs like

Ryan Seacrest Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American media personality and producer. He is the co-host of ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'', as well as the host of multiple media shows including ''American Idol'', ''American Top 40'', and '' ...

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio personality, who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably '' American Top 40''. He was the first actor to voice Nor ...

, to associations with global events like U2 concert, or global brands such as

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, Radio One truly emerges as India’s favorite global lifestyle destination. The brand has also built various path breaking properties and associations with Sula Fest and VH1 Supersonic – which has emerged as the country’s most valued multi-genre music and experiential festival. The recent wave of Start-ups gets satiated by the brand’s exclusive property – Start-up Sit-down, which features established start-up founders, highlights their journeys thereby inspiring all the budding founders and entrepreneurs. Radio One is operational in 7 Indian cities namely

and

. It runs India's largest International format Radio Network in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore; the CHR format in Pune and Ahmedabad; Hindi Retro format in Kolkata, and cool Tamil format in Chennai. Radio One is part of the Fever Network which houses three distinct radio stations – Fever FM,

and Radio One. The Fever Network spans across 22 stations and 15 cities, providing the widest array of content, music and advertising options for our listeners and advertisers. It even helped many underground Inde artists to come out and achieve many things in life, like
DANNI ROYAL
and many more..

References

Radio stations in Kolkata

External links

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