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{{Infobox radio station
| name = Ishq FM
| logo = ISHQ Logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| logo_alt = ISHQ FM logo
| caption =
| city = [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]]
| country = IN
| frequency = {{Frequency|104.8|MHz}}
| translator =
| repeater =
| airdate = {{Start date|2007|05|30|df=yes}}<ref name="ex4">{{cite web |title=Radio Today launches Meow 104.8 FM, India's first radio station for women |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-radio/radio-today-launches-meow-1048-fm-indias-first-radio-station-for-women_26287.html |website=exchange4media.com |accessdate=19 July 2018 |date=31 May 2007}}</ref>
| last_airdate = 
| format = Pop/adult contemporary
| language = [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| erp =
| haat =
| class =
| coordinates = 
| callsign_meaning = Hindi word for love
| former_names = MEOW, OYE
| former_frequencies =
| affiliations =
| operator = Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd<ref name="ex4"/>
| owner = [[India Today Group]]
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [https://radioly.app/radio/ishq-fm/ Listen Live]
| website = {{URL|ishq.com}}
}}

'''Ishq FM''' (104.8 MHz) is a romantic music<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kolkata-gets-its-first-romantic-radio-fm-station-116112201564_1.html|title=Kolkata gets its first romantic radio FM station|date=22 November 2016|website=[[Business Standard]]|publisher=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref> radio station broadcasting in [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], and [[Kolkata]], India.

It was initially launched by [[India Today Group]] on 30 May 2007 as Meow FM, which was a talk-based station and served [[Delhi]], [[Indore]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Kolkata]].<ref>[http://www.radioduniya.in/news/news-details.asp?News=Meow-FM-officially-launched-in-Kolkata&NewsID=11509&NewsCategeory=stations%20launched "Meow FM officially launched in Kolkata"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004210946/http://www.radioduniya.in/news/news-details.asp?News=Meow-FM-officially-launched-in-Kolkata&NewsID=11509&NewsCategeory=stations%20launched |date=4 October 2011 }}, 8 October 2007.</ref> Directed at a female audience, the station had its own social network, "Meri Meow".<ref>[http://www.radioduniya.in/news/news-details.asp?News=Meow-launches-social-networking-platform&NewsID=14415&NewsCategeory=mobile/internet%20radio "Meow launches social networking platform"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004211033/http://www.radioduniya.in/news/news-details.asp?News=Meow-launches-social-networking-platform&NewsID=14415&NewsCategeory=mobile/internet%20radio |date=4 October 2011 }}, 28 July 2008.</ref>

In September 2010, the station changed its name to Oye FM and its programming to a [[Filmi]] format. In December 2016, it was rebranded as Ishq FM, from the Hindi word for "love", broadcasting romantic music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/radio/private-fm-stations/160908-oye-fm-turns-ishq-fm|title=Oye FM turns 'Ishq FM'|date=8 September 2016|work=radioandmusic.com|access-date=2018-07-19|publisher=Indiantelevision Dot Com Pvt. Ltd.|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[FM broadcasting in India]]
*[[List of FM radio stations in India]]
*[[India Today Group]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official|ISHQ Official Website}}
*{{cite web |title=Meow FM's pussy talk station scratches new format ideas |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/meow-fm%E2%80%99s-pussy-talk-station-scratches-new-format-ideas |website=radioinfo.com.au |accessdate=19 July 2018 |language=en |date=14 June 2007 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143020/https://radioinfo.com.au/news/meow-fm%E2%80%99s-pussy-talk-station-scratches-new-format-ideas |url-status=dead }}

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