FM Channels....

Of late , theres been a buzz in the local radio scene. Two new private operators have set up shop in Guwahati and are airing FM channels...one has been named "Ooh La La" on 91.9 MHz ( don't ask me why they chose that name) and another one called "Big" FM on 92.7 MHz. As the FM channels are rather new....the RJs are still at a nascent stage trying to woo the audience with the gift of gab. They do a lot of blabbering ....trying their level best to sound cool, young and fresh in English , Assamese and Hindi!!! Some are quite good...the rest really need to brush up their skills.

During the night over the weekend, they air programmes on western music. None of the RJs feel it necessary to mention the names of the songs that they play (for reasons best known to them) and each of them are soo theatrical that it actually is quite funny!!! There's one fellow who introduces himself as the "father of the phantom" and in a rather grave voice presents the program, interspersed with shrill laughter. Then there was another RJ who gave lessons on spoken English language , commiting several mistakes himself!!!

For all its worth, they have brought in quite a change in the radio scene and I'm hoping that things would change for the better soon....