BIG FM employees pledge their sight this Diwali

Bangalore: During this festival of lights, BIG 92.7 FM, Bangalore’s No 1 FM station is offering a bouquet of surprises specially gift-wrapped for its listeners which includes winning BIG Bonus – both in cash and gifts every day during this Diwali.

 

Apart from giving away cash and gifts on-air, the station initiated a social campaign where every listener got the opportunity to bring light into someone’s life during this festive season.

 

In association with Lion’s International Eye Hospital, the station organised a camp for its employees and listeners to pledge their eyesight. Every listener who came forward to pledge their sight was given a certificate and a hand painted Diya. The camp was held on 24^th October between 3.30 – 5.30pm at BIG FM Office, Koramangala, Bangalore.

 

Speaking on the occasion, Sunil Kumaran, Cluster Head, BIG 92.7 FM, Karnataka & Kerala said “The festival season is all about fun, shopping and gifts! During this time, we wanted to make a conscious contribution towards the society by pledging our sight. Hence what better way to celebrate Diwali than by lighting up someone’s life!!”

 

Some facts on Eye Donation:

1. Eye donation is only after the person’s death but within the first 6 hours
2. Anyone can donate eyes irrespective of the age of the donor
3. One pair of eyes gives sight to two corneal blind individuals
4. The collection and distribution of donor eyes are totally free of cost
5. Matinee Idol Dr RajKumar is one of the very few film stars who has actually donated his eyes after his death and is a big role model for many youngsters
6. Recently the entire Navagraha movie team led by Actor Darshan pledged their eyes at the music release of the movie
7. Mishaps during festivals with fireworks is one of the many reasons for corneal blindness

Celebrate Diwali with BIG DIWALI BONUS on 92.7 fm

Sprucing up the festival of lights this year, BIG 92.7 FM is offering a volley of Diwali surprises especially gift-wrapped for its listeners to make this year’s festive shopping the BIGgest yet the most economical affair for them.

 

As a part of the on-air offering, BIG FM, starting from 20 October, will run on-air quizzes across its shows from 7.00 am to 9.00 pm, in which listeners stand a chance to win cash prizes and other goodies like mp3 players and laptops. The weekend shows also promises some great Diwali prizes for quiz winners.  Starting from 20 October, listeners across the stations can tune-in during the morning show and evening show and answer some fun questions asked by the RJs Harsha, Shruthi and Rohith or play jackpot games to win cash prizes worth thousands. During the Mid-morning and afternoon shows, listeners can tune-in to win Diwali prizes like mp3 players, laptops and many more gratifications.

 

The high decibel on-ground promotion of the blockbuster property BIG Diwali Bonus is being carried out across Bangalore & other metros starting from 20 October. As a part of the on-ground offerings, a mobile studio will be seen travelling across the city talking to listeners and distributing goodies to lucky winners.   

 

Apart from giving away cash and gifts on-air, the station is also initiating a social campaign where every listener has the opportunity to bring light into someone’s life during this Diwali. In association with Lion’s Eye Hospital, the station is organising a camp for its employees and listeners to pledge their eyesight. The camp will be held on 24^th October between 3.30 – 5.30pm at BIG FM Office, #20, Reliance Energy Building, 5^th Cross, 5^th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore – 95.

BIG FM Bangalore completes 2 yrs

 

 

 

Children from Asha Nilaya and BIG FM RJ's release balloons on 2nd anniversary

BIG 92.7 FM, Bangalore turned two years old on 9^th Oct’08 and to celebrate this occasion, the station organized a very special treat. Over 20 children from Asha Nilaya, an orphanage in Ejipura got to enjoy the day with BIG FM RJ’s and sandalwood celebrities at Cubbon Park. These children along with Radhika Gandhi and Shravanth (from the movie Chikamagalura Chikamallige) cut a huge 9.27kg cake and released over 100 helium balloons to commemorate the occasion.

 

 

Listeners who tuned into BIG 92.7 FM on the 9^th of Oct got a chance to win attractive gifts through the day as part of the anniversary celebrations. Celebrities like Darshan, Sharmila Mandre, Diganth and many more went on-air to wish BIG FM a very happy and successful birthday.

 

BIG 92.7 FM, the first private kannada FM station has positioned itself as a strong player in Bangalore and has been delivering what it promised (Keli Kelisi life Nimmadagisi!) when the station was launched on 9^th Oct 2006. 

 

Over the past two years BIG FM has successfully positioned itself as a station which emphasises on Smart Wit and Humor and has successfully initiated ground breaking events like Chipak Ke Jeeto / Kai Ittare Karu (endurance challenge to win a Hyundai i10), Sing with Sonu Contest (Winner gets to sing on stage with Sonu Niigaam), Comedy Ganesha Contest, Wagon R Smart Challenge (Smartest person wins a Maruti Wagon R Duo) and so on.

 

All these and many more initiatives have helped BIG FM Bangalore become the No 1 station in the city for over 14 weeks in a row with almost 23 lakh listeners tuning in every week according to the latest RAM results.

BIG FM RJ

Anubhav wins Wagon R Smart Challenge in Bangalore

BIG 92.7 FM & Maruti Suzuki – both leaders in their respective industries have come together and created an exciting, nationwide hunt – looking for smart individuals and providing them an opportunity to win a Brand new WagonR Duo along with loads of prizes like DVD players, i-pods etc.

 

This month-long National promotion titled – WagonR Smart Challenge was launched in 16 cities across the country, independently in East, West, North and South zones. The activity follows an interesting format of judging the contestants for nothing else but their smartness. The activity revolves around themes like Smart Shopping, Smart Saving, Smart Parenting, Smart Grooming and of course – Smart Driving.

 

The first Zonal final was held in Bangalore on 28^th September where a total of 8 finalists from each of the four southern states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala were selected and flown to the city. These finalists had to showcase their talent and smartness against each other over 3 different rounds in front of a packed audience. These rounds included a Duo Challenge, Puzzle Game, a Wild Card entry and a celebrity round of rapid fire questions. Noted celebrity Ms Shruti Seth (Channel V VJ, Model & TV Host) from Mumbai came down to judge this Zonal finals and gave away a brand new WagonR Duo to Anubhav an employee of Satyam from Hyderabad.

 

The 8 finalists were Ganesh & Mohammed Ali from Bangalore, Shaheer & Prakash from Trivandrum, Revathi & Mangai Raju from Chennai & Sindhu & Anubhav from Hyderabad.