| BANGALORE:
Radio Indigo 91.9 FM will hit the shores of Goa on 28 June. And it will kick off
with the ‘Big Breakfast’ show at 7 am. This
show will be followed by ‘Day Crippin’ hosted by RJ Meghana. The general
programming format for the Goa station will be similar to the one followed by
the Bangalore station. Even a devotional hour between 6 – 7 am will be replicated
from the Bangalore station, except on Sunday mornings when Gospel Music will be
played, as opposed to Sanskrit devotional music. Jazz and country genres will
be more prominent at the station. According
to an official announcement the programming of radio station follows the CHR format
(Contemporary Hit Radio). This is a compilation of hits from around the world
with a distinctly Goa slant. There
are genre specific shows over the weekend, which will play Jazz, Retro, Country,
World Music and Hard Rock. Programming also includes three internationally syndicated
countdowns namely The American top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, of American
Idol fame, The American Top 20 countdown with Casey Kasem, the father
of the radio countdown and Putumayo World Music Hour – the music from
around the world on one show. Said
Radio Indigo director and COO Sanjay Prabhu, "Goa has an inherited international
music legacy. Radio Indigo will nurture that love for International music."
Incidentally, Radio Indigo is the only station that entirely plays international
music.
National programming director Geoffrey G Thomas said, "Radio Indigo will
serve up the best music of today dating back to the 70's.”
Station head Jeffrey Manuel said, "Radio Indigo will be Goa's true identity
– cosmopolitan, vibrant, fresh, energetic and non-conformist." Radio
Indigo has deployed 'Rhode and Schwarz Transmitter.' to ensure the station output
is of the highest quality. This
is the second station from Rajiv Chandrasekhar’s Jupiter Entertainment Ventures
(JEV) stable. It is building and growing two brands in the entertainment space:
Indigo and Asianet. While Indigo represents the non-mass premium brand, Asianet
reflects the regional mass market. | 
