Venkat,

I don't know why this is the case. I am from Bombay (sorry Mumbai ;)).
And, all FM stations play same set of songs over and over again. They promote latest films, songs & mostly advertisements. People do not have choice in what they would like to listen to (good old days).

It is more of business now. Look at SMS polls on each & every thing (on tv, radio).
Should XYZ do ABC? Send SMS by typing ... A ..B ...C (no choice in answering)
Every kid asking for SMS to win in a singing competition. I remember watching an episode where a father fought saying that there is no chance his kid could be eliminated from competing because he sent 70000 SMS for his kid to not get eliminated. :|

What use is the talent when votes by SMS make a difference?

Cellphones were supposed to be emergency instrument for people who are moving.
Now, people talk, talk, talk & type, type, type. And, cell companies promote more of this
Think of caller tunes, ringback tones, MMS & what not.

Coming back to radio, anyone having a good voice & speak at 2000 words per minute can become an RJ.
RJs solving people's love/relation problems. Sigh

And, people have started talking more (and typing as well)
Blogs are one more thing. I read lots of blogs & sometimes, the same thing is said over & over by many bloggers (e.g. microsoft released nov ctp of visual studio 200x ...)

Look at this - didn't I type too much ranting on this? :)
Time to speak, type lesser & pratice silence.

Kalpesh,
You said it well both on SMS & Radio.

In Blog Etiquette it is considered Noise and Shallow if you just have link to news like MS released blah blah. A blog post should have some original content or your angle/experience on a news. I try my best not to give just links in my blog.

Hi
You missed out on the FM Gold channel of AIR. That makes it 9 FM stations. FM Rainbow and FM Gold play songs from other languages also apart from classical Indian and Classical Western.