After days of eager anticipation, Hubli city is all set to have its first community radio service from September 21. FM radio station ‘KLE Dhwani BVB-90.4’ will operate from the campus of the BVB College of Engineering and Technology (BVB-CET).

The community radio station will broadcast programmes on folklore, education, research, technology along with entertainment.

Addressing press persons here on Tuesday, working president of KLE Society, Prabhakar Kore and Principal, BVB-CET, Prof. Ashok Shettar said that the ‘KLE Dhwani’ would be the first community FM radio station to be launched by an engineering college in northern Karnataka.

Mr. Kore said that the college had invested Rs. 50 lakhs for setting up the FM radio station with a state-of-the-art studio to ensure good acoustics. Already four radio jockeys selected from North Karntaka and trained at Bangalore had been appointed to conduct radio programmes , he said.

Mr. Kore said that the ‘KLE Dhwani’ would begin its programme with the state anthem (naada geete) and would broadcast programmes from 6.30 a.m. – 11 a.m., and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. To begin with programmes like ‘Naa Hubballiyava’, ‘Namma kale namma baduku’, ‘chavadi chat’, ‘youthgiri’ will be broadcast, he said.

The whole idea was to not only promote folk art from northern Karnataka, but also to provide the target audience with a healthy mix of entertainment and education packages.

The FM radio would have a range of 11 to 14 kilometres in the city and programmes can be heard on mobile phone handsets as well.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Staff Correspondent / Hubli, September 18th, 2013