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New weekend line up completes revitalised 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network schedule
The 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network completes the schedule evolution that started in April with four new Saturday music shows this weekend.
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On Sundays there's a new place for language programming and a new time, of 2.00pm, for the omnibus edition of award-winning soap Silver Street.
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The new Saturday music shows are:
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 The Jump Off (5.00-8.00pm) with the Mentor Kolektiv. The London-based Kolektiv (comprising Mentor, singer Des-C, rapper AC and DJ Mak) will kick off proceedings with an upbeat mix of Bhangra, desi beats, Bollywood and urban;
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Electro East (8.00-10.00pm) - new signing for Electro East is Nerm from Shiva Sound System. Every Saturday the show will plug into the left-field underground Asian club-circuit - ranging from electronic Asiatic breakbeat and desi drum 'n' bass to alternative Asian punk...
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Nerm is a dj/producer with a background ranging from pivotal club night Swaraj to time as the front-man of electronic indo-punk band Charged. He has founded several other club nights including Supersonic Buddha, Mahatma's Revenge and Eastern Drum & Breaks;
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Mic Check (10.00pm-midnight) - Asian MCs, rap, hip-hop and everything urban with Foreign Beggars;
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Pathaan's Musical Rickshaw (midnight-2.00am) - chill out in the early hours with Pathaa - a journey to India and back via Lahore, Istanbul, Marakech and Paris...
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Pathaan brings the best in globetronica and Asian chill, and a background of specialist dj experience stretching from Talvin Singh's Anokha, through to his acclaimed Sunset and Stoned Asia compilation series.
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On Sundays (10.00am-noon) new signing Murtz takes over Sunday Soundtrack.
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He proved to be a popular cover presenter for Ameet Chana over the past year and has enjoyed a successful TV presenting career with Zee TV and his own show Mutz (sic) Cutz.
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Murtz is followed on Sundays by Breakdown with Ameet Chana (noon-2.00pm). Ameet
moves from Sunday Soundtrack to a specialist Bhangra show.
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He brings a solid background in Bhangra stretching back to the late Eighties through his affiliation with Multitone Records X-Zecutive DJs.
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As part of the new schedule the weekend Punjabi and Gujarati programmes move to Sunday nights.
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Asian Network Head Vijay Sharma said: "This new weekend schedule completes the first part of our transformation of the station.
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"There is a real freshness to the weekend schedule, talented new presenters, a new time for Silver Street and a key place for languages.
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"This is a really exciting time for the station and a real opportunity to champion new genres of music and, particularly, new talent."
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Notes to Editors
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Silver Street, the 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network's daily soap (1.30pm in the Nikki Bedi show, repeated Sundays at 2.00pm), won the Race in Media Award for Broadcast Soap on 14 June 2006.
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Listen to the 91Èȱ¬ Asian Network via DAB radio, bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork, on MW in the Midlands and via digital television.
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Full weekend schedule
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Saturday
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5.00am: Devotional Sounds
Islam with Zeb Quershi
Hindu with Aswini
Sikh with Ravindra Kundra
8.00am: Weekend Breakfast with Amanda Hussain
10.00am: Film Café with Ameet Chana
1.00pm: Ravi Sagoo
3.00pm: Saturday Sport with Roann Ghosh
5.00pm: The Jump Off with Mentor Kolektiv
8.00pm: Electro East with Nerm
10.00pm: Mic Check with the Foreign Beggars
Midnight: Pathaan's Musical Rickshaw
2.00-5.00am: As 91Èȱ¬ Radio Five Live
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Sunday
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5.00am: Devotional Sounds
Islam with Zeb Quereshi
Hindu with Aswini
Sikh with Ravindra Kundra
8.00am: Weekend Breakfast with Shabnam Mahmood
10.00am: Sunday Soundtrack with Murtz
Noon: Breakdown
2.00pm: Silver Street Omnibus
3.00pm: Retro Selection with Kanwal Qazi and Zeb Qureshi
5.00pm: Weekend Punjabi with Dipps Bhamra
7.00pm: Weekend Gujarati with Dev Parmar
9.00pm: Weekend Mirpuri with Changis Raja
11.00pm: Weekend Bengali with Anwarul Hoque
1.00-5.00am: As 91Èȱ¬ Radio Five Live
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