Masti Radio - Ofcom Licensing

Rajan is very familiar with the Manchester area. This week (Oct 8 th ) he is hosting the
Dashehra Diwali Mela 2006 at Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield, a Hindu festival he’s
helped bring to the North for the first time, staged by the Indian Association in
conjunction with Manchester City Council. In recent years he’s organised or appeared at
a number of different events plus the RSL station Mela FM for the Manchester
Multicultural Mela 2001, audible in the Manchester, Rochdale and Oldham areas. For
this station he was solely responsible for creating revenue, recruiting and training
presenters and the promotion of Mela FM at a variety of events across the North.
As a broadcaster he is the regular host of Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire)’s Bhangra music
programme (one of its ‘youngest’ appeal shows). He also worked for a short period at
Club Asia in London.
In addition to his radio interests Rajan is passionate about dancing and performance.
Having appeared at all the Melas in the North of England, since 1996 he has been the
mainstay of the main stage at Bradford Mela, which attracts crowds in excess of
180,000. He also works in a freelance capacity for ‘Kala Sangam’ an arts company with
strong South Asian roots. ‘Kala’ means Art and ‘Sangam’ a meeting point and their
mission is to bring people together. This is done via promotion and delivery of the many
art forms from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, using music, dance,
poetry/literature and creative writing, plus visual arts and crafts from folk, classical and
contemporary styles.
He has conducted many dance workshops at various schools and community centres
specifically for the young, along with mini-courses in dance.
A talent for choreography to any type of music has resulted in Rajan devising the dance
routines for a number of British Asian stars and music videos. And as an aspiring actor
he has had several small parts in films including the forthcoming James Bond release
Casino Royale, played the lead role in four music videos shown on major Asian TV
channels, is a local TV “Bollywood expert” and even appeared on C4 TV’s ‘Deal or No
Deal’, where he was the gracious winner of £1.00!
Appearances as a catwalk model in shows organised by Asian Fashion Magazine, as
well as corporate fashion shows and successful ones he’s organised himself afford yet
another dimension to Rajan’s talents, but there is another angle still:
Away from the limelight he is committed to furthering the interests of young people and
passionately believes that given the right encouragement and access to choices there is
nothing they cannot achieve, whatever their backgrounds or culture. As part of his
commitment in this regard he works voluntarily as an Independent Visitor for Barnado’s,
a role which involves befriending and advising young people and children in care,
contributing towards their social, emotional and educational development.
We believe Rajan’s commercial radio expertise, contemporary music knowledge,
performance experience, marketing skills and enthusiasm for active involvement with
youth combine to make him the ideal choice to lead the on-air creative team at our
exciting new multi-cultural radio station in the vibrant and diverse city of Manchester.
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