In this episode of NRI’s=New+Returned Indians, we talk to activist Vivek Gilani who moved back to India after more than a decade in the U.S. – having taken a sabbatical from working on water issues in his beloved New York – to pursue his projects in Mumbai.

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This week, The State of Radio looks at ad revenues and online as well as mobile music and radio as well as the shift to digital radio in Europe, as well as university radio in Pune.

The State of Radio looks at licensing, the FM spectrum and the much touted de-merger now allowed in India, some community radio action, as well as a promised look at the Literacy Bridge’s portable recording device and what it’s for.

This week, I’m looking at the status quo of licensing in the FM sphere in India, earning reports from the UK, two community radio initiatives online and a fun exhibit in Mumbai - all the radio stories worth checking out from the last week.