Thursday, December 25, 2008

Sounds Good



Today it was a feeble Christmas song on the FM that woke me up. A day before it was an Ayyappa song. The local fm stations have been airing some beautiful devotionals these eventful days. And father was all up early in the morning to play them on the fm.

The fm stations these days have sprouted like mushrooms. Even television channels started to produce their own fm stations. And everywhere I go, whether its a supermarket, grocery store, hotel, salon, trains, railway reservation counters, I can hear a fm playing. Even people are listening it on their mobile phones. My sister a couple of years ago bought her new mobile phone (a Nokia 6030). When I asked why she opted for it, she simply said it can play fm.

A few years ago during my school days when there were hardly any fm stations in India, I frequently tuned the fm to find if anything was playing there. But all I could hear was an empty cooing sound. But today its a different scene alltogether.
Now its also the time of Internet Radio's And here too there are lots of free radio stations. But Martini in the Morning is the thing I hear now.


Cool Med Radio - another good internet radio.
Radio Tower - for more internet radio stations.
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21 comments:

Mel said...

It is amazing how things change, I remember not being able to hear much radio due to the place I lived, surrounded by high hills that blocked fm signals...
Oh, the wonders of technology these days...

BTW, ¡¡¡Feliz Navidad!!!
Merry Christmas!!!
Hugs from Peru,
Mel

ശ്രീനാഥ്‌ | അഹം said...

sounds too good.....

;)

ശ്രീ said...

കുഞ്ഞുന്നാളു മുതല്‍ എഫ്.എം. ലെ പരിപാടികള്‍ കേട്ടു കൊണ്ടാണ് ഉറക്കമുണരാറുള്ളത്. പഴയ ആ നല്ല നാളുകളെ ഓര്‍മ്മിപ്പിച്ചു. നന്ദി മാഷേ.

ഐശ്വര്യപൂണ്ണമായ, സന്തോഷവും സമാധാനവും നിറഞ്ഞ പുതുവത്സരാശംസകള്‍...
:)

ശ്രീനാഥ്‌ | അഹം said...

Wish you too a Happy n Prosperous New year!!!
:)

Kichu $ Chinnu | കിച്ചു $ ചിന്നു said...

Wish you & Family a Happy & Prosperous New Year !!

Maddy said...

The picture reminded one of my old cassette player.

Happy New Year

aneeshans said...

happy new year buddy. cheers stay happy

Rahul said...

Happy New year Sekhar...
Pls visit my Flickr Profile.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/25927767@N06/ ...( I v put more snaps there...)
Regds
Rahul

Anonymous said...

നന്ദി ശേഖര്‍.
പുതിയ വര്‍ഷത്തില്‍ എല്ലാ നന്മകളും നേരുന്നു.

സ്നേഹം,
തുളസി

Anonymous said...

I have also discovered some great online radio stations and was pleased to see that you like Martini in the Morning as well!! It is one of my favorite stations.. I've been listening to them for a couple of years now.

Happy New Year to you and yours Sekhar.

peace

ramanjit said...

hi sekhar,
thanx!!! all the best in new year.2009 will come with more hard work more money.hahaha!!!
take care!!
raman ;>

Barbara Martin said...

Sekhar, Happy New Year filled with blessings of good health and peace.

Ash said...

Happy New Year to you and yours! Have a wonderful 2009 :-)

Vamsee Modugula said...

Happy New Year. Your picture made me nostalgic about childhood and how I would always wake up to 'Akash vani'

R Kamal said...

i like the simplicity of your writing along with your wonderful photographs.

impressive!

Unknown said...

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and here's wishing you a great year ahead.

Mana said...

woow.. My mom had an old philips radio which was given for repair. Unfortunately, it was never returned and we lost it. :(

[ boby ] said...

Sounds good.. Looks nostalgic...

Sekhar said...

Thanks Mel, Sreenath, Sree, Kichu-Chinnu, Maddy, Aneesh, Rahul, Thulasi, Laurie, Ramanjit, Barbara, Ash, Vamsee, Kamal, T&S, Manasa, Boby for these festive thoughts.

Anonymous said...

with the fm radio, the one big thing is that you get to hear free, legal, music like nowhere else. the randomness and the surprise element too, adds to the nostalgia related with radio. it is more than putting your audio player's playing mode to shuffle and marveling at how timely each song gets selected!. nice post. i would like to give you a big thumbs up for the two-windows' photograph at vizag too.

Natesh said...

this is good. You're right..the time has changed many things.

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