FM radio has taken the fancy of almost everyone, with music available 24×7, it is easy to get plug in your earphones and listen to the songs and the blabbering of the RJ’s. If you go anywhere in Bangalore you will see people listening to radio, not just people walking in streets, but those inside shops, buses and where ever you can imagine.
There are currently 10+ FM radio channels in Bangalore which offer music in English, Hindi and of course the local language Kannada. Then you have film music, classical music and also educational programs. But one genre I am missing is that of news.
There is no news channel available, only music and education. There is a news broadcast on the AIR FM broadcast every hour, but it is a pain to wait. I still don’t know why no news channel has been launched, may be because government does not allow private players to broadcast news.
I don’t understand one thing, when you have so many private news channel, why cant we have then air an radio channel. If you are unaware of the FM channels available in Bangalore, please scroll down. Hoping to have a news channel soon….Till then….classical music is the way to go.
List of FM radio stations in Bangalore along with their tag lines:
| Channel Name | Frequency | Tagline | Website |
| S FM | 93.50MHz | Mast Maja Madi | http://www.sunnetwork.org/fm/default.htm |
| Big FM | 92.7MHz | Keli Kelisi Life Nimmadagisi | http://www.big927fm.com/ |
| Radio City | 91.10MHz | Dive In | http://www.radiocity.in/ |
| Radio Mirchi | 98.30MHz | Sakkat Hot Maga | http://www.enil.co.in/radio.html |
| Radio Indigo (English) | 91.90MHz | The Colour of Music | http://www.radioindigo.fm/ |
| FM Rainbow | 101.30MHz | http://www.allindiaradio.org/ | |
| Vividh Bharathi | 102.85MHz | http://www.allindiaradio.org/ | |
| Radio One | 94.30MHz | Hit Mele Hit Mele Hit Mele Hit | http://www.radioone.in/ |
| Fever FM | 104.00MHz | It Is All About The Music | http://www.fever.fm/ |
| Amrutha Varshini | 100.10MHz | (Available only from 6pm to 10pm) | |
| Gyanvani | 107.20MHz | Education At Your Doorstep | http://www.iiita.ac.in/research/gyanvani.html |
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January 7th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Hi Nithin, I absolutely agree with you about the missing news segment on FM. I really find it very strange, as there are I am sure people like me who do not have access to TV and our source of news is only the radio. However, another segment I greatly miss is old Hindi film songs from 60s and 70s. No dedicated FM station for that, greatly missed by a lot of listners in Bangalore, I am sure. Vividh Bharti stots are also taken up by Kannada progs, very few transmitted in Hindi, just not enough!
Btw very useful listing of channels, tks.
Anitha
March 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Hi Anitha, I agree with you on Old Hindi Songs and the news segments….but with the new plans that have been drafted by the govt it looks like things will change once these are implemented.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Hi
Do tune into FM Rainbow on 101.3MHz, bangalore for hourly news bulletins and it is easy to tune into it as at the beginning of evry hour that is right from 6am, 7 am until 11pm you will get the bulletins. Also every day between 11 and 12 noon for old hindi tracks on a show titled Meethi Yaadein.
I hope you would enjoy the hour and other programmes as well as at FM Rainbow we try to cater to a wide variety of audience.
thanks
April 24th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Hi Reshma,
You are absolutely right on that one – FM rainbow has hourly bulletins which is great. Also it is what I would call a real radio channel…..I just love it…
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
Check this out……
The free Vividhbharati station online.
http://anywhere.fm/vividhbharati
Thanks =)
Harshi
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:46 pm
@Harshi: Thanks for the link to Vividhbharati, keep posting us on anymore wonderful resources as and when you find them.
October 17th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Hey Nitin ! No problem ! Enjoy Vividhbharati and spread it amongst all the Indians you know =)
November 4th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I had know idea about “Amrutha Varshini”
I shall tune inn from today.Great work 
Gd lck
November 4th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
One more question… Why’s FM most widely used than AM ??
November 9th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
@Santosh: I do not know about the AM and FM radio in that detail, it is better to contact your science teacher for the answer, else just do a search you should be able to get the answer.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:10 am
Gyanvani is now broadcast at 106.4 MHz
December 31st, 2009 at 1:33 pm
yes agreed! thanks for raising this issue. there are thousands of people expecting this but they are neither saying nor writing
January 20th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
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February 22nd, 2010 at 12:13 am
Bangalore badly need a good hindi FM station. I dont know why being a cosmopolitan city, all the radio stations mostly plays Kannada. Pls understand, I am not against Kannada, but there are millions in the city who grew up listenning to hindi music and this city has given us everything. Cant this city afford to offer just 1 FM station dedicated for hindi music?
February 26th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
@Shuvan: It all depends on the profitability of the radio station, it seems like running hindi music station does not work out. I remember when Fever 104 was launched it was a hindi songs only radio station, now it has done a complete flip and now it is a kannada only. So it depends on the business side of things.
June 12th, 2010 at 8:43 am
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