You can become a Santa this Christmas

Christmas being a very popular festival in Bangalore, the whole city is lit up with colorful lights and decorations with people shopping for new clothes and gifts. The busy lifestyle in Bangalore hardly gives any time to think about those unfortunate families who cannot afford 2 square meals a day. For them, Christmas is just another day of survival.

 

Hence, this Christmas, BIG 92.7 FM in association with Deccan Chronicle & various other partners is promoting a special campaign called ‘Be My Santa’ where citizens of the city can come forward to donate their old clothes, toys and books to the underprivileged. This simple gesture will in return get them discounts across various partner outlets in the city.

 

The items collected are properly scrutinized and cleaned by Snoways before handing them over to the Indian Confederation of NGO’s (iCONGO) who will inturn pass on the collected gifts and clothes to credible pre-screened charities that have been doing good work for years across Bangalore.

 

To mark this drive, Sandalwood Actor Aindrita Ray from Meravanige fame presented a box of clothes and toys to Ms Sushma Veer, Actor, Dance & Founder of an NGO, Akanksha at Kalamandir which is one of the collections centers in the city on Christmas eve.

Actress Aindrita Ray (L) presents old clothes n toys to Sushma Veer representing iCONGO

To know more about iCONGO pls visit www.icongo.in

 

 

List of Collections Centres:

1. Kalamandir – Malleshwaram, Jayanagar, MG Rd, Marathalli
2. Kurlon – Basavangudi, Koramangala, Yelahanka
3. Advaith Hyundai – Residency Rd, VasanthNagar, OuterRing Rd
4. TTK Prestige – Basavangudi, Vijaynagar, RT Nagar, Cox Town, Banashankar, Basaveshwanagar, HSR Layout, Yelahanka, Peenya, JP Nagar, Koramangala etc
5. Chemmannur Jewellers
6. Sangeetha Electronics – All outlets

Actress Aindrita Ray & Sushma Veer hug Santa at Kalamandir, MG Rd

BIG FM’s Top 10 Kannada and Hindi songs

From this week onwards, we will be listing the top 10 Kannada and Hindi songs played on BIG FM for the coming week.
So tune in to enjoy the music

BIG FM's Top 10 Kannada and Hindi songs for week of 27th Dec

India’s first ever Air-conditioned Bus Shelter in Bangalore

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading mobile service today announced the launch of India’s first ever air conditioned bus shelter in Bangalore city in association with BIG Street (a subsidiary of Reliance BIG Entertainment Limited). Mr. B.E. Govindaraju, Joint Commissioner (Advertisement & Markets), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), inaugurated the unique bus shelter. Bus passengers in Bangalore can now look forward to a pleasant experience while waiting for buses.

BIG FM RJ Rohith, BBMP Jt Comm Govindaraju & BIG Street, VP Arun Pinto at India's first A/c Bus Shelter

 

Mr. Venkatesh V, CEO, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Karnataka, said, “Airtel has always been the first when it comes to offering innovative services to customers – be it path breaking services like Hello Tunes, BlackBerry or the iPhone. On the communication front, the first-of-its-kind Airtel Rajdhani Express and this Airtel Air conditioned bus shelter, which is India’s first ever such bus shelter are two such examples of our innovative initiatives.”

Last year, Airtel had introduced the Bangalore Transport Information System (BTIS) in partnership with the Government of Karnataka. Governed by state-of-the-art technology that is based on recording traffic densities in real-time, BTIS makes use of Airtel’s mobile network to keep the public updated in order to facilitate and steer towards optimal road choices. BTIS helps commuters make informed decisions, save time and fuel, avoid stress and frustration and also reduce road accidents. People can get estimated travel times on mobiles. The traffic police can manage traffic better since it will help them plan traffic load sharing and allocate resources better on ground.

“Our Endeavour in Big Street is to enrich people’s lives out of home. We undertook the initiative of providing AC bus shelter to the citizens of Bangalore and we are delighted to have Airtel partner with us. The launch of this first-of-its kind bus shelter in the country marks the beginning of many other innovative solutions that we will be offering” said Rabe Iyer, Head, BIG Street.

The Airtel air conditioned bus shelter is situated on the pavement diagonally opposite to Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium and is adjacent to the pavement near Cubbon Park entrance (Kasturba road). With dimensions of approximately 25×8 feet, it can accommodate 20 people at a time and will be manned by a uniformed guard. This project is a quantum leap in the kind of technological and design prowess utilized by BIG Street so far.

Bangalore is a city in which a lot of people depend on buses for their daily commuting and at times, passengers end up waiting for quite some time to catch their bus. With India’s first ever AC bus shelter coming up in the city, Bangalore underlines its cosmopolitan image by offering world class facilities to citizens.

Rakshith wins BIG 92.7 FM’s RJ Hunt

Winner of RJ Hunt – Rakshith

Bangalore’s No1 FM station (BIG Street) concluded its RJ Hunt with a lot of fanfare at the music launch of the upcoming movie ‘Maccha’. RJ aspirant Rakshith, a computer science graduate won the contest and will get an opportunity to extensively train and work as an RJ at BIG 92.7 FM, Bangalore.

 

RJ Rohith, Actor Jeevan & RJ Hunt winner Rakshith

This 4 week activity which commenced on the 10^th of Nov saw over 2000 entries pouring into the station but only 10 of the smartest & wittiest candidates were picked for the semifinal round which was held on the 29^th of Nov.

 

The semifinal round hosted by the evening show RJ Rohith saw aspiring RJ’s fight against each other over 3 different rounds including Extempore Speaking (Pick & Speak), Debate & Mock RJ Links. These rounds tested the participant’s wit, humor & ability to handle various situations under pressure. Noted singer and music composer Ms Chaitra & upcoming actor Yesh were present as the celebrity judges along with RJ’s Harsha & Rashmi.

 

The top 3 finalists Rakshith, Sowjanya and Bhavya got to co-host various shows like Big Coffee, Bari Bindaas, Hip Hip Hurray & No Tension from Dec 1 to Dec 5 and invited listeners to vote for them. Based on the sms responses received from the listeners, Rakshith was declared as the winner of RJ Hunt.

 

RJ Rakshith will undergo a series of training sessions by professional trainers and will be mentored under senior RJ’s before becoming a full time RJ at BIG FM.