The government is planning to take the FM radio's reach to small towns and cities across the country by launching hundreds of stations in such places over the next two years, MoS for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said here on Friday.
"We are about to launch Phase-III auctions, starting with 315 cities, but we will move on to many more. Perhaps in two years' time, we could have around 900 cities which will have multiple FM radio stations despite the fact that 92 per cent of the population is covered by radio," he said while addressing the plenary session of Ficci-Frames 2015.
"The ministry is working hard to improve our media units, he said, adding "the Prime Minister himself has been able to popularise radio".
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