Tuesday, April 17, 2007

365 days



12th Jan was my first glimpse of the effervescent Pink City. For all i knew was a bright beginning of a new life in a place which will be my own. Auditions happened and i met over 1600 people in 3 days. 10 mad guys would form my team. 10 mirchies who would change the color of this city to red. And 365 days from that day of hitting the airwaves, today i stand look back proudly to see my dream is achieved.

Who says mad guys end up in asylums? There sure is a chance we pick you! Its amazing to see these kids growing up so fast. We are one year old now, after all the struggle and falling down everytime we tried to stand up we have held grip of ourselves and realised what it means to be Mirchi.

I feel old today, 6 yrs in the system have been a part of 2 launches and 2 first birthdays. But honestly the emotional attachment that i shared with this station is beyond words. Last night the rush was phenomenal. Everyone was inside the studio 15mins before midnyt. Firecracker show on air and lot of happy faces in the studio. We hugged each other and all we remembered was the long journey we made together.

Wishing more year of joy like these to everyone who has been a part of this joyous moment. Its tough to put in words the emotinal rollercoster ride. Good luck Guys!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Preeti,

I still remember the day when I listened to Radio Mirchi first time in Jaipur. My friend called me and said that Mirchi has started and told me to tune in. I just end up the call and tuned the frequency. It was not a strong signal transmission but still I enjoyed it up to late night. I was listening to Purani Jeans with Shilpi. I was so exited. I was trying to gather all the info through its promos. There was a time when Jaipur Festival was going on and its radio partner was Radio Mirchi. I can easily remember that when I was on my way for examination and as I reached to 22 Godam circle my mouth was literally opened as I saw Mirchi logo on the advertisement of Jaipur Festival which was printed on cloth. Same advertisement was near at my house. I took the picture of Mirchi logo to confirm its frequency. I tuned my mobile radio and many times I used to check whether transmission has started or not and thus more than 15 days were passed. I just lost the hope. Though I knew about the stations that Jaipur got in Phase 2 but was unsure about its launch date and then the day came when my friend called me. That was the day and till that day to today I am very happy to be the part of Radio Mirchi indirectly. I wish you all the best.

Satya