Filed under 'surprising things you learn while randomly browsing the web in a meeting'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Ceylon
"What captured the Indian listener were the film songs. The golden age of Hindi film music was in the 1950s and 1960s. Radio Ceylon was at the right place at the right time to reach out to the target market of millions of listeners - the station popularised the movie songs, including the talents of playback singers Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, K.L. Saigal, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Mohammed Rafi, S. Janaki and others. This was a brilliant move by Radio Ceylon as Bollywood film music was banned by All India Radio and other Indian radio stations at the time. This led to increased listenership for radio programmes such as Binaca Geetmala. Radio Ceylon had a captive audience."
Way to shoot yourself in the foot AIR. Banned Bollywood music? Really? The government has been making it its business to define Indian culture for us for too long now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Ceylon
"What captured the Indian listener were the film songs. The golden age of Hindi film music was in the 1950s and 1960s. Radio Ceylon was at the right place at the right time to reach out to the target market of millions of listeners - the station popularised the movie songs, including the talents of playback singers Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, K.L. Saigal, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Mohammed Rafi, S. Janaki and others. This was a brilliant move by Radio Ceylon as Bollywood film music was banned by All India Radio and other Indian radio stations at the time. This led to increased listenership for radio programmes such as Binaca Geetmala. Radio Ceylon had a captive audience."
Way to shoot yourself in the foot AIR. Banned Bollywood music? Really? The government has been making it its business to define Indian culture for us for too long now.