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. The station also broadcasts on the 97.6 MHz frequency to the towns of Coral Coast and Ba. The station broadcasts on 98.0

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to the town of Tavua, and on 98.2 megahertz to Rakiraki and Nabouwalu. Mirchi FM is Fiji's first Hindi FM radio. It is operated by Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, the company which also owns

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. Mirchi FM was launched as Radio Rajdhani on 1 July 1989, and was rebranded as Bula 98 FM in 1998. To compete with other radio stations and attract more audience, the station once again changed its name to Radio Mirchi in 2004. To give better business outlook, the station was rebranded as Mirchi FM on 1 August 2009. The main competitors of Mirchi FM are Communications Fiji Limited owned Radio Navtarang and

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. Mirchi FM is airing entertainment shows like ''Mast Morning, Saheli, Raftaar, Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai, Sham-e-Guzarish, Saturday Night Fever, Mohabbato Ka Safar'' and ''Saturday Sports''. Mirchi FM is essentially a music station featuring a range of popular Hindi songs from the 1990s to present era. Its target audience are young people from the age of 12 to 20 years.

Program line-up

Mirchi FM’s lineup is as follows http://mirchifm.fbc.com.fj/ * Mast Morning 5.45am - 10.00am: Ziyad Khan, Ashna Shabir * Saheli 10 am - 12 pm: Aziza * Lunch Box 12pm - 3 pm: Shruti Chaudhry * Raftaar 3 pm - 6 pm: Ashneel Singh * Sham-e-guzarish 6pm - 7 pm: Ashna Shabir * Mirchi Nights 7 pm - 12am: Farhan Khan * Jaagte Raho 12am - 5 am: Renisha Renuka Goundar (former daytime announcer of Radio Navtarang) is the station’s current Programs Director, while Shammi Lochan Lal is the station Manager.

Former Radio Jockeys

Some of the famous radio jockey that have worked with Mirchi FM; * Shammi Lochan Lal * Jitendra Shyam * Dharmendra Shyam * Sashi Kanta * Kaajal * Rita Jeet * Sangeeta Sharma * Vijay Verma * Sharit Singh * Ranjana Kumar * Angeleen Sharma * Prem Chand * Pranil Chand * Jasmine Khan * Deo Raj Raju * Sandhaya Narayan * Veena Kumar Bhatnagar * Roneel Narayan * Jeff Khan * Ashok Lingam * Pawan Rekha * Sherin Prasad * Rohit Ritesh Sharma * Ashmita Sen * Angie Raj * Sharila Lazarus * Saleshni Sen * Neha Kumar/Shabana Azmi * Lawerence Singh (Pisto)

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References

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