[5] After 1998, the show aired on Vividh Bharati and was on for half an hour on Monday nights.
The songs were initially ranked by a combination of the number of records sold in India and listener votes.
Each week, the shrota-sanghs would send the radio station their list of popular songs.
[8] On 12 December 1977, Binaca Geetmala celebrated its 25-year anniversary in a social gathering organized in Bombay.
[citation needed] The top songs from 1953 to 1977 were compiled and released in a two record volume set.