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<b>Apurva Purohit</b>, CEO, Radio City

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Whether there is Phase 3 or not, radio will grow to 6 per cent from the current 3.5 to 4 per cent of the ad pie. The first push in that direction will come from ratings itself. We are already seeing very early green-shoots of loyalty towards slots or RJs, which did not happen in the past. Slowly we are seeing the time spent listening to stations going up. The second growth driver is from revenues. Increasingly there are more people who are trying radio at the lower end. From 5,000 advertisers on radio last year, this year there were 9,000 advertisers. At the higher end, the amount of money that people are spending on radio is increasing. So, we can say that overall only 4 per cent of ad budgets reach radio, but large advertisers are spending 8-10 per cent of their budgets on radio now.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2011 12:00 AM