AIR FM Gold
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| Broadcast area | India |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | All India Radio |
| AIR FM Rainbow | |
| History | |
First air date | 1 September 2001 |
AIR FM Gold is an FM radio channel in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, India. It is run by the All India Radio, a government owned enterprise, a division of Prasar Bharati. In Mumbai, it features Hindi songs, and English songs along with hourly news in English and Hindi. It operates on 1188MW in Mumbai and on 106.4Megahertz in Delhi. It was started on 15 August 2001 by the then Minister of Information & Broadcasting.
Late Indivar Sacdeva, Rajiv Saxena and Naveen K. Gupta were some of the broadcasters who were involved with devising the channel's content and presentation style when it was started in September 2001. At that time this channel was just called FM-2. Later on Danish Iqbal and Vijay Deepak Chhiber were Programme Executives of this channel. FM-1 was the previous channel which is now known as FM Rainbow. Anil Baijal, then CEO of Prasar Bharti wanted to call this as FM Classic but FM-2 name became popular by default. The inaugural show was hosted by Sujata Rath, Senior Announcer. Programs like Gaate Gungunate, Arpan and Dopaher FM were part of the initial repertoire. Another notable feature of the early days was the daily broadcast of Helpline series where various kinds of counselling was provided involving notable experts of different fields. In those days this channel used to be of 18 hours only, now it is a 24 hours channel.
Channels
All stations are also available online
FM Gold Delhi
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| Broadcast area | India |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| Branding | "Akashvani FM Gold - Khara Sona" |
| Programming | |
| Language | Hindi |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | All India Radio |
| Operator | AIR Delhi |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 20 KW |
| Links | |
| Webcast | https://www.vividhbharti.org/air-fm-gold/ |
AIR FM Gold Delhi is a radio channel broadcast from AIR Delhi. This channel is dedicated to old Bollywood songs. It also broadcasts programs on current affairs from News Service Division of AIR.
FM Gold Mumbai
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| Broadcast area | Maharashtra |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| Branding | "Akashvani FM Gold - One O O Point One Karat - Khara Sona" |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Hindi, Marathi & Gujarati |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | All India Radio |
| Operator | AIR Mumbai |
| History | |
Former frequencies | 100.7 MHz |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 20 KW |
FM Gold Kolkata
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| Broadcast area | West Bengal |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Bengali, Hindi & English |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | All India Radio |
| Operator | AIR Kolkata |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 20 KW |
FM Gold Chennai
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| Broadcast area | Tamil Nadu |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Tamil, English & Hindi |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | All India Radio |
| Operator | AIR Chennai |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 20 KW |
Programs
FM Rainbow, formerly FM-1, is a metro channel using "Hinglish" which broadcasts a mix of Hindi film music and western pop music. It was initially designed to broadcast only classics of music, drama and literature. Another speciality of that period were the daily phone-in counselling shows involving educational, psychiatric, legal, marriage, home decor, interior decoration, hobbies like music, painting, photography, dance and many more subjects. FM Rainbow became very popular among discerning audience within a short time due to its eclectic programming and old Hindi songs. According to recent[when?] surveys its morning, evening and late night shows are more popular than any other channel. It is the only channel which has News and Current Affairs in its programming. In Chennai, it broadcasts Tamil songs and occasional English songs with news in English and Tamil operating in 102.3 MHz. In Delhi it operates in Hindi playing older songs with news/special reports commentary and its frequency is 106.40 MHz. It also airs live commentary for Indian sports.