Mysore :
One of city’s premier engineering college, National Institute of Engineering (NIE) has got yet another feather in its cap with the launch of an online campus radio. The radio, which is the brainchild of nine students, has been launched to socialize and entertain the NIE family.
The team consists of H.K. Anirudh, Karthik S. Rao, N. Pradeep, P.D. Divakar, B.L. Abhishek, M.S. Anusha, Anushree Anil, N.K. Amrutha and H.S. Anusha.
Speaking to SOM, the NIE team shared about the birth of NIE AIR thus: “During various events which took place in the college we faced communication problems. We had to spend too much on calls and SMS to intimate students about meetings and discussions. The message did not reach the masses; hence it was unfair for those who were interested. We also lacked proper communication between seniors and juniors.”
“We are glad that many of our students are being placed in good companies with good packages but unfortunately their experiences and achievements are not being shared with others. The information about internship opportunities, scholarships, sports and placements was not being conveyed properly. Considering all these problems we, the team of 9 came up with this solution,” they added.
“On a boring day when we were hanging out at the coffee shop we felt that we needed a change of some kind from this regular schedule. That was when we came up with a small idea of setting up a ham station in our campus, which then morphed into a live audio streaming internet radio. Now, with this new concept we realised we could provide a solution to some of the problems that our students faced.”
NIE-AIR is a campus community radio which entertains its listeners by the constant streaming of songs and providing them information regarding various events, the cultural fests, internships, placements and also the various activities and news about Mysore, maintaining the balance between the knowledge and Entertainment.
NIE-AIR runs from 8 am to 8 pm everyday keeping its listeners constantly updated by switching between knowledge based announcements and entertainment at regular intervals.
The day begins with a small playlist of pleasant songs. It is then followed by few of the important announcements during breaks. The list of songs once again continues to stream after these announcements providing the entertainment to students.
The major plus point in implementing this method of radio is they are not required to have any kind of licencing from the broadband or any of the different modulation stations. They make use of the website www.nieair.in that they created solely for this purpose and stream the songs and announcements live from a single source of point to which the people can tune in to avail the various facilities provided by it.
The students have expressed their gratitude to NIE which extends a helping hand in their ventures and guides them to become successful entrepreneurs. They hope that this community radio will continue to remain a success in future also.
Visit www.nieair.in for online campus radio
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Thursday , September 25th, 2014