News Broadcasting
Radio City RJ Sameep Nanda shifts base to Red FM
NEW DELHI: Radio City’s loss is Red FM’s gain! Radio jockey Sameep Nanda of Radio City has shifted his loyalties to Red FM. Nanda will host the new Red FM morning drive show Namaskar Mumbai.
Red FM national programming head Vehrnon Ibrahim is delighted with his new acquisition. “Mumbai needed a strong Hindi speaking RJ and Sameep has always impressed me. He is an ‘asli’ RJ. With his experience and intuitive understanding of our format he will be a great addition to our line up,” said Ibrahim.
Nanda has over 12 years of Radio behind him. Before Radio City he was a core member of Times FM and Radio Mirchi. Speaking on his association with 93.5 Red FM, Nanda said, “Red FM programming is totally ‘bang-on’ with the masses. I observed that over the last 10 months Red FM’s popularity had quietly increased with all the hype of the other stations.”
“Strong programming and excellent RJs is the key success factor and differentiator in the radio industry. With Sameep joining Red FM, we would further strengthen our programming line-up and bring the best talent to our listeners”, said 93.5 Red FM COO Nishchint Chawla.
In his new show Namaskar Mumbai, Nanda will bring to listeners a sparkling morning rise that will start their day with a smile. The program will be more music and less talk, giving the Red FM listeners the usual Mumbaiya dose of what’s happening in and around the city, Bollywood gupshup, games, chats with dropped by celebs and tons more all in that unique Nanda style.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
