AIR’s Kochi FM: Jubilee Celebration’s on

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By Express News Service Published: 21st October 2014 06:05 AM

KOCHI: All India Radio's Kochi FM station, which is Kerala's first FM station, will be celebrating its silver jubilee on November 1. As a part of the celebrations it will be organising a slew of programmes which will last till December 31. Kochi FM is looking to reinvent itself due to competition from private players.

Kochi FM, which began transmitting in 1989, enjoyed monopoly status till 2007, when private radio stations started operations. "The entry of private players have actually helped us as they created more awareness about radio," said Balakrishnan Koyyal, station director at Kochi FM station.

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