Renu Joseph popularly known as RJ Renu, is an Indian
radio jockey
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,
video jockey
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Origins
The term " ...
, TEDx speaker, sports presenter, and celebrity interviewer based in
Kochi
Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
,
Kerala
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. She is best known as the host of the
Club FM 94.3/104.8 show ''Love Bytes'' that ran for eight years, on
radio
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and
TV simultaneously, and also for being the sports presenter in Jio Cinema for FIFA 2022 World cup Malayalam stream.
Early life
Renu completed the BA degree in communicative English from
St. Teresa's College,
Ernakulam
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, and
MBA
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from
Rajagiri College of Social Sciences before choosing a career as
radio jockey
A radio personality is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host (North American English), radio presenter (British English) or radio jockey. Radio personal ...
.
Career
Renu had her first break as the host of
Kairali TV
Kairali TV is an Indian Malayalam-language general entertainment free-to-air television channel owned by PTC Network via holding company G-Next Media Pvt Ltd . It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It was launched on 17 August 2000.
Hist ...
's ''Hello Good Evening'' as a replacement for the actress
Remya Nambeesan and later continued with the shows ''Spicy India'' for
Asianet Plus and ''Dream Home'' for
Asianet News
Asianet News is an Indian Malayalam-language free-to-air news channel, operated by the Asianet News Network, a subsidiary of Asianxt Digital Technologies. The channel is based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Asianet News is currently one of th ...
. She then joined the
Mathrubhumi
''Mathrubhumi'' is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word "Mathrubhumi" translates to 'mother land'. ...
group as radio jockey as the host of the Club FM 94.3/104.8 show ''Love Bytes''. The show became a huge success, prompting the makers to convert it to a TV show with the same name for
Kappa TV. She also does ''Tube Grid'', a show about viral videos on the same channel, and ''Star Jam'', a celebrity chat show on
Club FM 94.3/104.8.
She was also the host for FIFA 2022 World Cup at Jio Cinemas live Malayalam streaming
service.
She does a celebrity interview show ''The Uncensored Show'' in Radio Mirchi Malayalam.
Radio Host
Television host
Podcast
Social media
References
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Living people
Indian radio presenters
People from Ernakulam district
Indian women radio presenters
Indian women television presenters
Indian television presenters
Women artists from Kerala
Year of birth missing (living people)
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
St. Teresa's College alumni