92.7 on 92.7--The RJ Dheena's Triumph!

There have been many Records broken n many new set but this one seems exceptional-A one of its kind! A true Radio lover sets a new Record an on-air stunt , a 92.7 hr non-stop marathon of entertaining the Chennai crowd by RJ Dheena of Big 92.7FM.

An ecstatic RJ Dheena had tears in his eyes as he completed the 92.7 hour marathon that he set out to achieve on August 20th , 2007at 3.00 pm, which ended at 11:07 am on August 24, 2007. The on-air stunt has created history and BIG 92.7 FM, is overjoyed and is now taking forward the papers with the LIMCA book of records.


BIG 92.7 FM had ensured all arrangements required like medical assistance, food, energy drinks, string of well wishers to ensure Dheena is in high spirits and also a well chalked out programming plan to ensure the successful completion of the marathon. Friends, family, school kids, fans thronged the BIG 92.7 FM office throughout his 92.7 hour stunt, of course not to forget his co-jocks who kept encouraging him and connecting him to people across different parts of the city. There were also celebrities like Sruthi Hasan, Aishwarya Dhanush Rajnikanth, Naresh Iyer, Priya Mani, Swarnamalya, Venkat Prabhu, Vijay Adhiraj, actress Priyanka and Mumtaz who came forward to encourage Dheena and ensure he was in high spirits. In fact they were quite amazed at his enthusiasm since he was livelier than others. People coming in to meet him, brought coffee – to help keep him awake and fresh, food - some of his favorite food that was specially prepared by the listeners who brought them to the office for him.

Speaking about his attempt, RJ Speed Dheena said in a very emotional mood,

“I am very excited at having completed the marathon, but this experience made me actually realize the love that the people of Chennai have for me. People, across ages came over to meet me, called me and helped me through this feat. Am glad I could realize the dream of my Radio Station BIG 92.7 FM. These experience has taught me a lot, patience, focus, how to concentrate with almost no sleep (laughs) and of course how much people love me. I thank everyone for their support.”

When asked about what he is looking forward to doing, he shyly says, “Just some sleep right now…”…

Extracted from indiaprwire