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WIN 94.6, a private 24-hour FM station, launched its services in Mumbai on April 30, 2001.The letters WIN incidentally stand for the corresponding numbers 946 on the dial pad of the mobile phone. The station was promoted by Millennium Broadcast.
Radio stations have to enter into a mandatory agreement with Phonographic Performances Limited (PPL), which allows them to use the content owned by the music companies. Millennium had signed an agreement with PPL to use content at Rs 400 per hour.
WIN also had licenses to start FM stations in Chennai and Delhi. The company intended to launch stations in both these metros on August 29, 2001.
For its Mumbai FM station, WIN had the basic infrastructure that includes a studio and production facilities. The transmission tower for the station is located in central Mumbai.
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