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Do you have a golden voice that can mesmerise and charm radio listeners across Bahrain?
If so, 104.2 Voice FM, the kingdom's only Asian radio station, is now offering a chance to all undiscovered Ameen Sayani's and Krazy Kev's in the kingdom to dazzle on the airwaves.
The quest to find a new talented radio disc-jockey is being staged through the 'RJ Khoj' programme which is aired several times a day.
And listeners to the station are playing a vital role in deciding who gets chosen by voting for their favourites. A minute-long introduction by hopefuls is currently being aired by the station at various times during the day and listeners are encouraged to SMS in their choices.
Through five rounds station executives hope to uncover a voice that will relate to the radio station's ethos and win over the hearts of its listeners.
Sushma Athilat, marketing manager, said: "Ideally the RJ has to be somebody who offers something different and can establish his identity among his listeners. They have to be entertaining with a good music sense and be spontaneous.
"They should keep themselves updated and always have their eyes and ears open. Most importantly the RJ has to be fluent in the language he is hosting the show. Before the last three sessions some training will be provided to the chosen candidates.
"RJs have to be careful of the sensitive mike. Even the smallest of noises gets carried over. Technically they should know about cueing music and advertisements.
"At Voice FM we are known to connect with our people. Through their messages, requests and dedications we have been able to form a relationship with them. There have been instances when two youngsters have come to know each other through the station, met, fallen in love and are now happily married."
The quarter-finals will have 12 voices from whom only half will go on into the semi-finals. They will be given an hour to host a show and in the final round three finalists will fight it out for the coveted prize of a three-month professional contract with the station.
104.2 Voice FM relays various programmes in Indian languages - Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and Urdu - from seven in the morning until midnight.
The last date for taking part in the competition, open to 15 to 45-year-olds who speak good Hindi and are legal residents of Bahrain, is June 25. For more information on the Radio Khoj programme contact SPAC WLL at 17270710.
Music to your ears
1906 - Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first audio radio broadcast in history also playing the first record, a contralto singing Handel's Largo from Xerxes.
1909 - Ray Newby of Stockton California became the world's first radio disc jockey at the age of 16. Newby began playing records on a small spark transmitter while a student in San Jose, California, under the authority of radio pioneer, Charles "Doc" Herrold.
1910 - Regular radio broadcasting began, using "live" as well as pre-recorded sound. In the early radio age, content typically included comedy, drama, news, music, and sports reporting.
1920s - "Juke-joints" became popular as a place for dancing and drinking to recorded jukebox music.
1927 - Christopher Stone became the first radio announcer and programmer in the United Kingdom, on the BBC radio station.
1932 - Martin Block, the first announcer to become a star. While his audience was awaiting developments in the Lindbergh kidnapping, Block played records and created the illusion that he was broadcasting from a ballroom. The show, which he called Make Believe Ballroom, was an instant hit.
1935 - American commentator Walter Winchell coined the term "disc jockey" (the combination of "disc", referring to the disc records, and "jockey", which is an operator of a machine) as a description of radio announcer.
