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Radio City

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Indian radio station

Radio City is India's first private FM radio station and was started on 3 July 2001 by Star TV Network. It broadcasts on 91.1 (earlier 91.0 in most cities) megahertz from Bengaluru (started first in 2001), Mumbai (where it was started in 2003), Lucknow and New Delhi (since 2003). It plays Hindi, English and regional songs.2 It is part of Jagran Prakashan Limited.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Radio City is India's first private FM radio station and was started on 3 July 2001 by Star TV Network. It broadcasts on 91.1 (earlier 91.0 in most cities) megahertz from Bengaluru (started first in 2001), Mumbai (where it was started in 2003), Lucknow and New Delhi (since 2003). It plays Hindi, English and regional songs. It was launched in Hyderabad in March 2006, in Chennai on 7 July 2006 and in Visakhapatnam October 2007. Radio City forayed into new media in May 2008 with the launch of a music portal - PlanetRadiocity.com now radiocity.in that offers entertainment related news, videos, songs, podcasts and other music-related features. The Radio station currently plays a mix of music from various languages. In 2010, Radio City launched its first internet radio station Radio City Fun Ka Antenna and now they have 18 online radio stations.2

Corporate structure

Radio City is part of a group headed by Jagran Prakashan Limited. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • Radio City Freedom Awards

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

On 16 December 2014, media group Jagran Prakashan Limited (JPL) announced acquisition of Music Broadcast Ltd, which operates the Radio City FM stations from Indian Private Equity firm True North (Formerly known as India Value Fund Advisor). Music Broadcast Ltd publicly listed its shares on 17 March 2017. The shares listed at a 26% premium above its issue price of Rs. 333/-.

From Wikipedia’s article on Radio City (Indian radio station), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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Sources

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