Show Name Sangeet Sarobar
Day / Time Daily, 21:15 - 22:45
Producer Deepak Raj Pandey
Presenter Deepak Raj Pandey
In Sangeet Sarobar we incounter an endless spring of music from Nepal. Nepali oldies, both know and unknown and popular literature make up the content of this popular show. Deepak Raj Pandey hosts Sangeet Sarobar every night offering his loyal listeners music, commentary, interviews with Nepali musicians and writers as well as the creations of the very inspired listeners.
     Sangeet Sarobar attempts to serve as a platform to unknown Nepali creators, composers, singers and writers. It gives priority to mature authors most of whom are over 60 years of age, and who have not has the oppertunity to showcase their work in the media before. The show attempts to bring to light unknown or disappearing songs and literary creations and archiving this material. By doing so, it is helping to preserve popular Nepali culture. The show has a great following among the young and in this way is helping to bridge the generational gap between the young and the older.
     Aside form music, poetry reading and commentary, Sangeet Sarobar has the following weekly features: Saturdays - Live interaction with creators; Tuesdays - Book review; Wednesdays - Interview; Thursdays and Fridays - Live reading of listener's letters.
     
Careful selection of songs and presentation of unique material collected by the producer has contributed to the popularity of the show. However, documentation is virtually non-existent and the producer relies mostly on interviews with the ccreators themselves. Since most of the composers, singers and writers tend to be older people, mobility or acquiesce to interviews has been a challenge. Some of the authors featured at Sangeet Sarobar have never been interviewed before and there lies the beauty of the show.
     Sangeet Sarobar has become so popular that other commercial radios have been encouraged to produce similar shows, which has resulted in an increase of Nepali popular culture content in their broadcasts.