Campus Radio ME

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Campus Radio ME is an online student-run radio station based in the United Arab Emirates. It was founded by Ritesh Jeswani and Co-founded by Muhammad Ali Jamadar.[1] Conceptualized in 2009 by Ritesh Jeswani, the radio was intended to voice student issues and opinions in the region.[2] With an initial investment of 10,000 AED, the station aired for the first time on April 9, 2010 from Ritesh Jeswani's bedroom.[3] Since then it has evolved to hosting no less than seven live talk shows and five genre-based shows featuring prominent musicians and genres in the region.[4] Since its inception, it has garnered attention on both print media and mainstream radio[5] and now has 24 volunteers and new offices. It was also the winner of Lenovo's Edgy Business Thinker contest in 2010.[6] More recently, Campus Radio ME was awarded prize winner of the Falcon's Lair competition sponsored by Virtuzone and , beating over 500 competing business concept proposals. Consequently, an expansion is due to begin with the station being re-launched on a larger scale.

With over 10,000 listeners a week worldwide,[7] Campus Radio ME has grown to be one of the most listened to radios by students across the Middle Eastern region.[8]

It currently airs with 12 live shows in the GMT+4 time zone:

  • Happy Hours with Mina 'Zooberry' Zuberi & Ahmed 'Ozzy' Osman (Sunday–Wednesday 7 pm – 9 pm)
  • The Wire with Ryan Bryle (Sunday–Wednesday 9 pm – 11 pm)
  • The Curfew with Ritesh 'Whitecrayon' Jeswani (Sunday–Wednesday 11 pm – 1 am)
  • BassFace with Tom Paye (Saturday 5 pm – 7 pm)
  • Weekend Warmup with Nora 'Nano' Nasrallah (Thursday & Friday 7 pm – 9 pm)
  • Streaming Chaos with Paul Williams (Friday–Saturday 3 pm – 5 pm)
  • Lilkrow's Boombox with Sergie 'lilkrow' Corneille (Saturday 7 pm – 9 pm)
  • Up your Bandwidth with Muhammad Ali 'Mali' Jamadar (Saturday noon – 2 pm)
  • Urban Junky (Thursday 9 pm – 11 pm)
  • The Take with Nora Baksh & Shyaire Ganglani (Saturday 1 pm – 3 pm)
  • The Coded Flava with Mr Shef Codes (Saturday 9 pm – 11 pm)
  • Vibe with DJ Vendetta (Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11 pm – 1 am)

References[]

  1. ^ "Discussion with Campus Radio ME (@campusradiome) at DoCamp D". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  2. ^ [1] Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Good evening cool dudes". GulfNews.com. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100826042942/http://www.manipaldubaiblog.com/2010/05/finally-here-middle-easts-very-own.html. Archived from the original on August 26, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ [2][dead link]
  6. ^ "Lenovo's Edgy Thinker Bags $USD 20,000 Business Assistance Package". Zawya. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  7. ^ "UAE students get a voice". GulfNews.com. 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  8. ^ "Radio station for students, by students | The National". Thenational.ae. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2013-10-25.

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