News Broadcasting
Spice Up Your Wedding, the Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM Way
MUMBAI: If you have always dreamt of having a wedding ceremony exciting enough to make others turn green with envy, then here’s a sure-shot way to make your marriage the hottest wedding of the year. Radio Mirchi has introduced an exciting new concept “Mirchi Hain Baarati” to make your wedding a one-in-a-million affair. One lucky shaadi, out of 36,000 marriages on December 13, 2006, will be the most sizzling marriage of Delhi, because Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM will be a part of it.
In preparation for the big day, tune in to 98.3 FM for tips related to makeovers for both bride and the groom. Radio Mirchi will also help you with ideas and suggestions on the décor, flower arrangements, selection of the menu, your trousseau and even on how shake a leg to the recent Bollywood song. All this and more only on Delhi’s hottest radio station Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM.
On the day of your wedding, the entire Mirchi jocks team will be a part of the Baarat, and will cover the proceedings live on the airwaves through the “Mirchi Mobile Studio” set up at the venue. Besides taking care of every little detail that makes a shaadi special, Radio Mirchi will bring in the spice element by adding that extra dose of entertainment by inviting a celebrity to be a part of the Baarat.
All you need to do to make this special day an affair to remember is to call 42983983 and give details of the wedding, or SMS VOTE_ your name and address to 8888. Don’t forget to explain why you would want Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM to be a part of your baraat, and as luck may have it, Mirchi will add zing to it and make it the talk of the town.
Get one step closer to your dreams of wedded bliss and let Radio Mirchi give you, its loyal listeners, a chance to show its gratitude and share your joy.
About Radio Mirchi:
Radio Mirchi is India’s largest private radio network and is owned by Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL). ENIL is India’s first pure play radio broadcasting company to be listed. ENIL launched its first radio station in the city of Indore on October 2001. At present Radio Mirchi is operational in 10 cities i.e. Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad and Pune. Radio Mirchi is considered to be the leader in the private FM radio industry and will shortly be operational in twenty-two additional cities.
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: 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.
