Mumbai: Radio City, India’s leading radio network, today announced the association of its popular devotional morning show ‘Smaran’, with Shemaroo Entertainment.
‘Radio City’s Smaran’ airs spiritual content for listeners who seek to relax and psychologically enhance day-to-day life through content ranging from aartis, bhajans, chants and jaaps. With this unique association, Shemaroo Bhakti content will be synced with Radio City to power devotional content across 27 stations in India airing the morning show Smaran.
Radio City Smaran has been the number 1 show in Mumbai with 15.48 % average listenership share (Source: RAM Data, Mumbai TG: 12+ All SEC Day-part: Mon-Sat 5:00 AM-7:00 AM, Period from Week 1, January 1st, 2017 to Week 11, March 16, 2019)
Mr. Kartik Kalla, Chief Creative Officer, Radio City said, “Radio City has always struck the right chord while catering to the preference of our listeners by providing mood mapped music and this has been our strength since inception. The association with Shemaroo to curate and provide innovative content from different devotional communities on Radio City has only reinforced our commitment to give our listeners a unique audio experience. Spiritual programes have gained popularity over the years and it is special initiatives like these that will help us connect with our religiously inclined audience.”
Commenting on the association, Kranti Gada, COO, Shemaroo Entertainment Limited, said “The need for devotion in India is strong, and Shemaroo Bhakti plays a huge role in providing devotion content pan India. Listeners of Radio City will get to experience and listen to our huge array of devotional songs, aartis, bhajans early in the morning. With this association, we aim to strengthen our leadership in the devotion category by reaching out to a huge audience of Radio City.”
The show is broadcasted from Monday to Saturday, between 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM across all of Radio City’s Hindi Speaking Markets.