Shivani replies to your queries

Shivani Srivastava, a Music Manager at Big FM, has responded to questions from readers who had written in.


First up, we have Renuka V Suryavanshi from Pune who asks: I would like to apply to the Mumbai or Delhi office of your radio station. How do I go about it? I have completed my Diploma in Journalism and Communication from the University of Pune in 2006-07.

Shivani's reply: To apply you have to mail your CV to our HR department or visit the career page on our website and post your CV there


Next, Chris Ponappa writes in from Bangalore: What dictates the the choice of music on air? Who or what decides what music will be played at what time? And where do you get your music files from?

Shivani replies: Every radio station has its own music policy and according to that a radio station plays the songs. Therefore, there is music scheduler who decides what will play at what time. We buy the CDs from music stores.


Aayesha writes in from Delhi: What are the salaries like for someone who's about to begin his career at an FM station?

Reply: For beginners it is somewhere between Rs. 18,000-20,000.


Brajesh Patel from Ahmedabad wants to know: How normally is the hierarchy of an organisation like yours structured?

Reply: On the top we have Station Head, under whom come the different departments like Programming, Sales, Marketing, Traffic, Public Relation, etc. RJs , Producers, Sound Engineers, Music Scheduler come under Programming.


With this Question+Answer session, we conclude the first part of our 'Life Of A...' series, in which we try to bring you snapshots from the lives of media professionals.

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