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The Central Bureau of Communication, CBC advertisement rates for Private FM Radios has been revised by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after seven years. The base rate has been increased by 43 percent. City Wise Rate for Stations also to significantly increase depending on listenership.
 
The new rates approved by the Ministry in the month of September 2023 includes a 43 per cent increase in the base rate taking into account the rising costs dynamics for the period of December 2015 to March 2023. With this increase, the Gross Base rate for FM radio advertisement will increase from 52 to 74 rupees per ten seconds. 

This adjustment is intended to maintain parity with current market rates. The increase in Gross base Rate will also be beneficial for more than 400 Community Radio Stations that are currently operational in the country.
 
Further building on the base rate, the Ministry has also decided to continue with the existing pricing formula for calculating City Wise rates. The pricing formula takes into various factors like city population and listenership data from the India Readership Survey IRS of 2019. Based on this formula along with the enhanced base rate almost all Private FM Radio Stations will benefit from the new recommended rates at varying percentages depending largely on their listenership giving value for both FM stations and the



clients of CBC. 

Based on this formula the rates for 106 stations will increase by 100 per cent, a 50 to 100 per cent increase for 81 stations, and a less than 50 per cent increase for 65 stations for which listenership data is available.
 
The Rate Structure Committee for Private FM Radio Stations was set up by the Ministry last year to evaluate and recommend new rates which were last revised in 2015. The Committee submitted its recommendations after holdings several rounds of meetings with industry experts and stakeholders in addition to taking inputs from bodies like Association of Radio Operators of India.
 
The rising popularity of private FM channels in the country numbering over 380 in several Indian languages and in most States of the country has been an important platform for the Central Government to inform people about the policies and programmes of the Government to help citizens avail of the various schemes and welfare programmes. 

The new rates for advertisements to be issued on private FM radio stations for the Government policies and programmes based on the recommendations of the Rate Structure Committee. This marks a significant milestone in the ongoing efforts of the Ministry to ensure a fair and sustainable pricing framework for private FM radio stations.




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