Mumbai, 17th April, 2013: Radio City 91.1 FM, India’s first & leading radio network since 12 years, announces Radio City Freedom Awards – a platform to recognize and reward independent music across genres and languages. A grand celebration & award night on the 31st of May will witness the best of ‘Indie’ music talent under one roof as Radio City Freedom Awards celebrates talent across all genres of ‘independent’ music. Entries are now open & Radio City invites all the independent artists to submit their compositions on www.planetradiocity.com/rcfa.
Radio City Freedom, the web radio stream on PlanetRadiocity.com is a dedicated channel that offers original Indie music to Indians across the globe. Radio City Freedom has only witnessed an upward trend in the listenership & has proved to be a devoted platform for all the indie artists. Taking a step further this year, ‘Radio City Freedom Awards (RCFA)’ will support and encourage fresh talent across diverse music genres. RCFA promotes Indie music which is the new sound of the new generation.
Radio City Freedom Awards invites entries from across the globe in 8 categories viz. Best Hip-Hop Rap Artist, Best Folk Fusion Artist, Best Pop Artist, Best Rock, Best Metal, Best Electronica Artist, Best Video, Best Album Art. Musicians all over the world can send in their entries from the 6th of April till the 5th of May. Aspirants can upload their entries on www.planetradiocity.com/rcfa or alternatively submit CDs of their compositions at any of the touch points across the 8 cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Shortlisted entries will be judged by the esteemed panel of judges comprising of Luke Kenny, Midival Punditz, Atul Churamani, Yotam Agam & Nandini Srikar. The winners will be felicitated on the RCFA award night in Mumbai on the 31st of May. The event would be televised on UTV Bindaas.
Speaking on Radio City Freedom Awards, Ms. Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radio City 91.1 FM says, “Radio City Freedom Awards is a pioneering effort to celebrate independent music. This attempt is to provide a pedestal for the immense talent of indie artists producing rich & diverse music. It is a celebration where Radio City felicitates excellence in Indie music. We are sure that this initiative will only encourage thousands of aspiring indie musicians & act as a launch-pad for them.”
Mr. Ashit Kukian, President & COO, Radio City 91.1 FM, articulates, “Radio City Freedom Awards fulfills the need gap for recognition in the independent music space. An award of this kind will definitely vitalize the immense talent in the space that sometimes goes unrecognized. This is a global platform that pits the best of indie musicians against each other. It provides an interface between the emerging fresh talent and the stalwarts in the industry who comprise our jury. We hope to see some fireworks of talent in Radio City Freedom Awards.”
Radio City Freedom Awards is a pioneering effort to applaud the independent singers & musicians, who have pushed the boundaries to create unimagined musical breakthroughs in the independent music diaspora.
Stay tuned to Radio City 91.1 FM and log onto www.PlanetRadiocity.com for more updates on Radio City Freedom Awards.
About Radio City 91.1FM:-
Radio City 91.1FM is India’s first and leading FM radio brand. Promoted by Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL), the private FM network has captured the hearts of millions of listeners across 20 FM stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Vadodara, Surat, Sholapur, Nagpur, Sangli, Coimbatore, Vizag, Ahmednagar, Akola, Nanded and Jalgaon.
Radio City 91.1FM offers a differentiated listening experience through melodious music to All SEC 12+ audiences across the nation. Aggressively looking at spreading the RadioCity experience across the country, RadioCity 91.1FM is committed to growing the market and creating superlative content for discerning audiences. Radio City 91.1 FM broadcasts round-the-clock using state of the art digital stereo FM for unmatched quality in signal strength, clarity and brilliance.
About PlanetRadiocity.com:-
India’s most extensive and all-inclusive mega music portal, PlanetRadiocity.com is the one stop destination for all entertainment news, views and downloads. Its Web Radio, launched in March 2010, offers 24 hours of uninterrupted streaming internet radio. Targeted at younger audience, the programming is distinctly different from terrestrial radio stations. It comprises music from Indian and International genres, RJ hosted shows, back2back theme based play lists and also popular RadioCity properties like Love Guru. Music played comprises all genres – film, non film, sufi, ghazals, lounge and international music, and current and retro hits. The year 2012 saw PlanetRadiocity.com launching four more radio streams–Radio City IndiPop, Radio City Freedom Radio, Radio City Smaran and Radio City Hindi All the stations fulfill the need gap of showcasing cutting edge independent and quality non-Bollywood music.
