Surprising that no one followed up! Not even those who have (atleast some?!) recordings of this (?) programme :-)!! > Does anybody remember the AIR programme "ghantasAla gAnahEla" ... I amn't sure if I am going to talk about the same programme, as Suryam garu. In the past, i.e., in the inagural days of the list, Rajasekhar often quoted some prominent film personalities, from their radio programmes, speaking on G. Perhaps Rajasekhar was refering to this "G. gaanahEla". I, personally, haven't heard of any of those, he quoted. But, I remember a weekly radio programme of 30min duration, broadcast in late 1983/early 1984. Perhaps we are talking about the same programme?! Esp. I fondly recall 3 programmes presented by; PB Sreenivas, C. Narayanareddy, and some anon (on the eve of his death anniv., it was). I remember PBS singing his own composition on G, and its thru CNR's programme that I first came to know that: inkaa telavaaradEmi was the first song sung by G&SPB together. The programme on his death anniv. was probably the best I ever heard. It contained some RARE gems (which are seldom - or almost never - played); like: prabhoo! nee chirunaamaa yEmi?, hRdayamaa sagipommaa! bhaava vEgaana saagipommaa, naavikaa! echaTikOyi nee payanam, etc... > I would like to know if some one has recorded this programme. (though I > fear it would have taken many cassettes to do so) In the past 1-2 years I have again become a big optimist, as far as availability of old songs is concerned. At one time, I believed that all old film prints, disks have been melted -extracting Silver out of them - and used for some decorative purposes, respectively. There are still people around with real interest in preservation of vintage music and big appetite for music. One just needs the right contacts and some patience. So, I won't be surprised, if some one has recorded ALL the episodes of the radio programme you are refering to. Infact, the probability is quite high, I would say :-)). Regards, Sreenivas