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The Radio Review Series : Part 5

Big FM - Big Kondaattam.

This is the breakfast time show on Big FM. It was previously hosted by Uma Riyaz Khan and Balaji ( same guy who was with Mirchi earlier ). It is now being hosted by Mamathi Chari ( yeah , the same Jillunu Oru Jodi host) and I must say , She does a good job !

Uma and Balaji used to do a good job too , I wonder what is the reason they switched to Mamathi...Not that I regret it , infact what I like about the show is the energy the RJ exudes. She is perpetually on a high - and that makes the show very lively. Its a good thing to listen to so much of confidence in the morning. The choice of songs arent bad either. They try not to play too many dappan-goothu numbers like other channels do in the morning....and the tracks are peppy enough for the morning hour.

The show these days consists of a couple of segments :

1. Traffic Updates : It is given by RJ Guru most of the times. His updates on traffic not only include where the flow is heavy , but he also includes alternate roads to reach your destination incase you are planning to take the road where there is heavy traffic flow. Definitely innovative.

2. Big Alarm - New series. They select a listener , call him/her the big alarm. The RJ then proceeds to give us the first name of the alarm , tells us a couple of things about them , Also tells us where his/her residence is and where he/she is travelling to. Based on the clues(phyiscal /dress) about the alarm given by the RJ , the viewers can try to figure out who they are. I really dont understand the motive behind this game - innovative though it maybe. Evenings could be fun , but then mornings having such things...might not be really funny. For instance - there was an alarm once - she was a viewer wearing if Iam right a black dress - and she said - Iam on bus 23C or something like that and its just going to start from the bus stop blah...blah...blah.... Imagine the commotion that would have created !!!

Other pieces that make up the show include the daily horoscope , and Mukkiya Nighazhvugal or the Important happenings in which They try to cover the events happening in chennai city - They can definitely improve on this one .

Good Show !! Keep it Up Big FM !

posted by Vidya Rajaram @ 2/20/2007 02:11:00 PM