Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan on Saturday said the government was ready to support further expansion of the country’s radio ecosystem.
Speaking at the Broadcast Engineering Society Expo, he said the government was encouraging expansion of FM radio even in Tier-3 cities.
“We have 839 FM stations in 313 cities. Community radio stations too are growing fast. We have 532 community radio stations. The government is ready to support the radio sector by granting licences,” Murugan said.
India’s FM radio ecosystem may be heading towards its biggest transformation in decades, with private FM broadcasters and consumer device manufacturers signalling readiness to transition from analog to Digital FM using HD Radio.
Discussions at the expo indicated strong industry alignment, with broadcasters backing HD Radio as a scalable and proven technology and device manufacturers prepared to integrate digital radio receivers across smartphones, feature phones, Blueto​Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan on Saturday said the government was ready to support further expansion of the country’s radio ecosystem.
Speaking at the Broadcast Engineering Society Expo, he said the government was encouraging expansion of FM radio even in Tier-3 cities.
“We have 839 FM stations in 313 cities. Community radio stations too are growing fast. We have 532 community radio stations. The government is ready to support the radio sector by granting licences,” Murugan said.
India’s FM radio ecosystem may be heading towards its biggest transformation in decades, with private FM broadcasters and consumer device manufacturers signalling readiness to transition from analog to Digital FM using HD Radio.
Discussions at the expo indicated strong industry alignment, with broadcasters backing HD Radio as a scalable and proven technology and device manufacturers prepared to integrate digital radio receivers across smartphones, feature phones, Blueto ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
