Friday, April 27, 2007

Smoking Banned

Smoking in all public places in Chandigarh has been banned. Several people found smoking in the streets were challaned by the police lately. So those of you who have been away for sometimes, be careful.

Bullet Train is Coming!

Amongst several initiatives, my Chandigarh is going to have a bullet train running at 300-350kms per hour between Delhi Chandigarh. The railway ministry has approved the concept in principle.
 
My Chandigarh Theme song
Those of you who love to write lyrics may pen down a few and rush to the Chandigarh Tourism department which is inviting entries for a theme song for the city.
 
CJ, CorePR, Chandigarh

Friday, April 20, 2007

My Chandigarh in News

Today's Chandigarh Newsline carries an interesting story on the growing blogging trends. And of course, My Chandigarh blog also appears in it.

Chandigarh Newsline Simplicity Page 1
The community of regional bloggers is growing in India Do you feel strongly about any issue, right from banning sex education in Maharashtra to the Liz-Arun wedding in Jodhpur? Now, irrespective of the language you speak, and no matter what part of the country you live in, you can share your angst with the rest of the world via the great, growing world of regional Internet blogging. More

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Radio Rules

Last month saw the launch of Big92.7FM radio channel owned by Reliance group, followed by MyFM94.3 of Dainik Bhaskar Group, a week after. And the music is alaround. Lively jockeys chatter on from morning till 11pm, when even the good old AIR Rainbow from Delhi also chucks off its transmission. The city is indeed buzzing.
Chandigarh had its first brush with exciting interactive radio experience with the launch of a private radio production house, RadioBuzz, which produced programmes that touched every heart in the city, in November 2002. The programmes were, and still are broadcast over AIR Chandigarh Station every morning, though there are several other players on the scene that have enlivened the audio space.
Rainbow came about a year back with the strong transmitter being set up at Kasauli. Now with the entry of two private fm channels, the scene is hotting up to catch the ear of the listeners.
However a recent study by a Mumbai based radio listenership research company has compared the three fm frequencies namely BigFM, MyFM, and AIR Rainbow, and declared BigFM as the real winner with the largest listenership amongst all age groups, followed by MyFM, and then by AIR Rainbow.
Now the advertisers have better advertising options. And so are the advantages for the growing,trendy and young population of the city, who is getting hooked to the dulcet engaging voice of the vivacious RJs.