PRIVATE FM RADIO. FM?? Free Music!

Most FM radio stations in the Indian metro cities have completed a year of existence, despite of high license fees charged by the Government. And all of them (except the Government) have made losses.

Traditionally, radio has promoted music cassette and CD sales across the globe. How about India then? Forget revival ; the already recession-hit music industry has been hit further by FM!! To most, 'FM' stands for 'Free Music' and not Frequency Modulation. "What's that anyways?!"

When you listen to the same "latest" film songs on all your radio stations, aired 5 times a day by each, at different time slots - for free, will you be motivated to buy that album?

Can we blame FM stations for reduction in album sales at music stores, which now sell more of greeting cards and stationery than music? Should each FM station specialise in a particular genre of music? Or is it the kind of music being churned out so bad in itself that is not attracting people towards their 'favourite' music store?

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