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Illiterate villager's radio station has everyone hooked
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The Hindustan Times
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February 24, 2006
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Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Feb 24 -- "Welcome to Radio Raghav FM Mansoorpur 1 - the one stop entertainment solution for all...," chirps the attractive voice of a radio jockey. A swank new FM channel in New Delhi or Mumbai?
No, the innovation of an impoverished Bihar villager that has got people hooked.
The radio station, beaming from Mansoorpur village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, has been giving music, local news and views for the last three years. For hundreds in and around the area it is 'the' station to tune into rather than national stations.
The channel is the brainchild of Raghav Mahto, a 20-something uneducated mechanic who has a penchant for experimenting with old and outdated ...
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