From k_raja123123 at yahoo.co.in  Tue Apr  1 18:11:20 2008
From: k_raja123123 at yahoo.co.in (raja raja)
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:41:20 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [cr-india] SLBC TAMIL ASIA SERVICE-TIME CHANGE
Message-ID: <899464.78046.qm@web8712.mail.in.yahoo.com>

  FROM TODAY ( 01.04.2008 ) ONWARDS SRILANKA RADIO
ASIA (TAMIL LANGUAGE) SERVICE CHANGED THEIR
BROADCASTING TIME.
NEW TIME
10.30 UTC - 12.30 UTC


K.RAJA
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From phuntsok at tcv.org.in  Fri Apr  4 15:44:06 2008
From: phuntsok at tcv.org.in (Phuntsok Dorjee)
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:44:06 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Letter of Intent !!
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Hi All,

Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala had received the LoI from 
the Government of India today 4th April, 2008.

Thank you all.

Phuntsok Dorjee

From ashim_jain at yahoo.com  Sat Apr  5 10:09:08 2008
From: ashim_jain at yahoo.com (Ashim Jain)
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [cr-india] Letter of Intent !!
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Message-ID: <68508.60378.qm@web65707.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

Awesome!  I hope these children would air their mind on China's repression of the Tibetian freedom struggle!!  ... even better if Chinese authorities can listen in. :-)

Phuntsok Dorjee <phuntsok at tcv.org.in> wrote: 
Hi All,

Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala had received the LoI from 
the Government of India today 4th April, 2008.

Thank you all.

Phuntsok Dorjee

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From media at web.net  Sat Apr  5 22:01:27 2008
From: media at web.net (George Lessard)
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:31:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [cr-india] Afghanistan : arson attack on radio station near Kabul
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Afghanistan : arson attack on radio station near Kabul
Reporters without borders (press release) - France
Created four years ago, the station is a member of the Salam Watandar
network and receives assistance from the Internews organisation. ...
<http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=26444>


From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 04:07:31 2008
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:07:31 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Kalpakkam to get community radio station
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http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2008/newsfullstory.php?id=1205217058

Kalpakkam to get community radio station
Tuesday - Mar 11, 2008
Televisionpoint.com Correspondent | Chennai
Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu), which is all set to emerge as the energy hub
of South India, will soon get a community radio station. This was
announced by Dr Baldev Raj, Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research (IGCAR).

Raj said that with government of India easing the norms for community
radio stations, the population in Kalpakkam, which houses the Madras
Atomic Power Station (MAPS), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
(IGCAR) and Fast Breeder Reactor, will be served by the local radio
station.

This radio station, according to Dr Raj would help the community,
consisting of thousands of scientists, engineers and technicians and
related professionals, to interact between each other and strengthen
their relationship, apart from being using it during natural
calamities.

Later, addressing the engineers, scientists and their families, Dr Raj
said that the GSO had been facilitating the provision of uninterrupted
power supply and water throughout the year, which was a commendable
job.

Sathyabhama University chancellor Dr Jeppiaar, the chief guest of the
function, said that there were three revolutions in the country, the
green revolution, the white revolution and the science and technology
revolution. ''The Department of Atomic Energy and GSO are now bringing
about the third revolution, which the country is much in need of. So
we need to praise them for this and cooperate with them in continuing
it forever,'' he said.

Founder and chairman of Exnora International M. B. Nirmal urged the
residents of Anupuram, the township of the Kalpakkam facility, to make
their campus more greener by segregating non degradable and degradable
waste. ''Everybody should think at it is their responsibility to save
the environment for the future generations,'' he said.
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From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 04:09:52 2008
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:09:52 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] 20:20 of radio has arrived
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http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=131056

20:20 of radio has arrived
Nehul Jagdish Kumar, 17 March 2008, Monday

Mumbai University Students Transmission (MUST) Radio is said to be one
of the best community radio in the country. Speaking to merinews.com,
Pankaj Athawle, transmission executive said, "20:20 of radio has just
arrived and we are here to grow."

Be a Citizen Journalist

AFTER FANFARE inauguration of Mumbai University Students Transmission
(MUST) Radio on February 29 by the President of India, Pratibha Patil,
Mumbai University's radio is said to be one of the best campus
community radio in our country.

Speaking to merinews.com, Pankaj Athawle, transmission executive said,
"20:20 of radio has just arrived and we are here to grow, I feel we
have our space in the FM radio. Our radio has the package, which
includes important content other than music.

Asking who will listen to the community radio, which lack a bit in
music and other entertainments content, Pankaj said, "We all watch
Discovery and National Geographic channels, do they have music or
entertainment, no. I am confident of giving my listeners the same in
MUST radio. The team is dedicated and I wish from four hours of daily
operation we will soon increase it to six hours daily."

Currently, the radio operates 07:00 hrs to 09:00 hrs in the morning
and 19:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs in the evening.

The programmes will include, interviews, features, career counselling,
university exam schedule and all relevant details regarding Mumbai
University.

The community radio plans to become an infotainment radio station,
which will be the trendsetter in community radio operation history.
The radio covers distance of five kilometres to seven kilometres each
direction, sometimes it is heard more than 12 to 15 kilometres away
depending upon the weather conditions.

The aim is to bridge the gap between students and academicians, so
that this radio can act as a platform to interact, as this is a
community radio, people and students from all folds have to be
involved in the success.

The team member includes, Yogesh Gawade, Dhiren Rawat, Rajesh Kanojiya
(editors), Blessy, Sohail Sahani (Radio Jockey).
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From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 04:11:57 2008
From: fred at bytesforall.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Frederick_Noronha?= =?UTF-8?Q?_[=E0=A5=9E=E0=A4=B0?=
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:11:57 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] [OFFTOPIC] Akali Dal angry with Pakistan Radio programme
Message-ID: <8ea78e010804061541t56be1235r104a939e73e87b50@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEP20080402081549&Page=P&Title=Nation&Topic=0

Akali Dal angry with Pakistan Radio programme
Thursday April 3 2008 00:00 IST

ANI

CHANDIGARH: The ruling-Akali Dal has come down heavily on 'Punjabi
Durbar' programme of Pakistan Radio and has warned that the
neighbouring country must stop playing foul games against India.

In an attempt to infuse hatred against the government, Pakistan Radio
has accused that the Prakash Singh Badal Government and Central
Government are working in tandem with controversial religious leaders.

Lahore based Pakistan Radio has alleged that Dera Sacha Sauda chief
Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, Bhindarewala and founder of the Divya Jyoti
Jagrati Sansthan (DJJS) Baba Ashutosh had directly interfered into
Sikh religious matters in connivance with the Central and State
Governments.

"The State Government is not having any relation with any religious
faction. We are doing what we are supposed to do as a government,"
said Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.

Commenting on the allegation that the Punjab Government, who is having
an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, is ignoring Sikhs, Badal
said: "All Punjabis in the state whether they are Hindus or Sikhs know
that our government is secular. Every section is equally treated. Sikh
community has faith in Akali Dal that has fought for Sikhs. We don't
need to give any certificate of secularism to Pakistan."

According to strategic analysts, Pakistan is doing all this to deviate
the attention of Pakistanis from its own affairs.

This is not the first time that this programme has received such a
harsh response. In the past too it had tried to infuse some sort of
separatist ideas, but received hard-hitting replies.

Pakistan Radio's 'Punjabi Darbar' exhortations have had little or no
impact on Sikhs.

The radio programmes only indicate that Pakistan cannot see a
prosperous and developed Punjab.

People in Punjab laugh at the propaganda which claims that Sikhs in
India, and especially in Punjab, face a grim future.

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From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 04:20:46 2008
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:20:46 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Farmer's Voice ... in Baramati
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http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Farmers-Voice/282300/

Farmer's Voice
Pranav Kulkarni
Posted online: Monday , March 10, 2008 at 11:14:49

When the Union Budget waived off farmer loans worth Rs 60,000 crore,
the largely rural Baramati was privileged to have immediate reactions
to the significance of this decision. And all thanks to
Vasundhara-krishi wahini, the community radio for farmers that touches
households in the area as few other means of communication do.

So even as the country remained glued tobudget-related interviews and
panel discussions on their television sets, for Baramati it was this
radio that became the channel for all debates and opinions. ``Since
farmers know that we have such an effective communication medium in
our village, they themselves came and expressed their views about the
union budget on air," says Anil Sawale, announcer for Vasundhara.

But the union budget is just one aspect of it.

Four hours in the morning and four hours in the evening, farmers in
this area can listen to a number of programs like talk shows, cookery
shows, Vachal tar vachal- a show on importance of education. " We even
try to involve local people in our programs. There are so many farmers
who through a number of experiments increase the productivity of their
soil. We call such farmers to tour our studio and give them a chance
to narrate their success stories," says Sawale.

"The main source of income in this area is agriculture and agro-based
industries. This radio channel is transmitted in the radius of five
kilometers so that farmers in the area can benefit from this," says
Deepali Jadhav, in charge of Vasundhara.

Though the radio station is designed keeping in mind the agriculture
community, the agro-based businesses have also benefited from this. "
We also give them a chance to advertise their product with us. With
the rates as low as Rs 1.25, the small scale businessmen also market
their products for the local market," says Jadhav.

"With the help of krishiwahini and cooperative ministry of
agriculture, we had recently organized a model-training course for
farmers in this area. Due to the recognition that we got because of
this course, Vasundhara became the first community radio in India that
works only for farmers. Newspapers concentrate on important news and
it's not always possible for them to take up farmers' issues in
detail. This radio channel reaches out to remote areas and with its
programmes focussed on the pulse of the rural community. The farmers
have small problems related to their animals, their illnesses and it
is very important to address these issues. It is this initiative that
won the community radio, Vidyawahini, the radio duniya prize last
month," adds Jadhav.

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From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 04:28:43 2008
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:28:43 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] [OFFTOPIC] FICCI Frames 2008: Listen to the future!
Message-ID: <8ea78e010804061558p73f79c14wff51d9bd83500ab3@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/newfullstory.asp?section_id=32&news_id=30283&tag=25191&pict=5

FICCI Frames 2008:  Listen to the future!
March 27, 08
Pallavi Goorha

The brainstorming session titled Radio Rocks, at the second day of
Ficci-Frames 2008, had the speakers labouring about listing down the
advantages of this medium over television or any other media
platforms.

While Indiantelevision.com CEO Anil Wanwari was the moderator, the
speakers were David Astley, Secretary-General of Asia-Pacific
Broadcasting Union; Anil Srivatsa, Chief Operating Officer, Radio
Today Broadcasting Ltd; Prashant Panday, CEO, Radio Mirchi; Pankaj
Sethi, Head of VAS and Enterprise Market at Tata TeleServices; Asit
Kukian, National Sales Head at Radio City; and Abraham Thomas, CEO,
Red FM.

Opening the session, Radio Mirchi's Panday said, "There are many
things that are good about radio. First of all, it is a sexy medium
and secondly radio, which is like a terrestrial television channel,
gives advertisers better message delivery primarily because, unlike
the electronic media, it can give more targeted local content. Another
advantage is that it offers this delivery at a fraction of the cost of
getting the same message delivered on the electronic media."

Listing out some industry figures and consumption trends, he said,
despite being an urban phenomenon, its reach over the past one year
alone had been stupendous. The number of cities with private FM
stations went up to 70 last year from 20 in the previous year. In
revenue terms, this industry grew by 55 per cent. When it comes to
radio consumption habits, according to RAM, as many as seven million
people in Mumbai listen to radio for two hours while travelling.

Panday further said that the best of radio was yet to come and
expressed the hope that this may happen in a year or two. "The next
five years will see much faster growth, which I feel will be much
faster than what the FICCI-PwC report projects. One way to further
speed up the growth momentum is to make radio available in all the 600
districts of the country. Another crucial growth driver will be
allowing news on private FM channels," he added.

Listing out the issues and challenges in this industry, he pointed out
that the biggest threat to the viability of this industry came from
the music industry, which had exorbitantly increased the royalty
amount for the radio industry. Music being the largest property on
radio, this had given a body-blow to this budding industry, lamented
Panday. The music industry, which has massively hiked the royalty
rates, has shattered the financial viability of radio stations.

David Astley of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union said, "With more
and more private FM stations coming up, the audience on the state-run
All India Radio will get fragmented. AIR would no longer be able to
reach out to target audiences with educational and social development
programmes."

Commenting on the advantages of this medium, he said, "Radio deliveres
content to attract masses as well as advertisers. Since FM stations
utilise a public resource that is the spectrum, they should devote
some resources to produce effective and creative public service
announcements like setting up more community radio stations. It is the
tangible way of supporting a community social development."

Red FM's Thomas said, "Radio is simple to access and hence, the
sexiness of this medium depends on the instrument you use to access
this medium."

Speaking about the changing consumption behaviour and citing RAM data,
he said that as many as 49 per cent of the listeners listened to music
on their mobile handsets. Since radio was perceived to be an active
media format, Thomas said, he was trying to make it an embedded
medium.

Speaking about generating more revenue streams, he said that this
medium could be better monetised on television, and cited the example
of how his station used television to popularise the Bajate Raho
Awards. Stating that marketers weren't using radio the way they
should, Thomas said that they could use this medium more productively
by building radio blogs, which he felt, would help them better
monetise their money spent on this medium.

Pankaj Sethi of Tata Tele said, "Mobile has a key role to play in the
growth of radio. Radio is sexy and will only get sexier in the days to
come. Around 60 per cent of the mobile handsets sold in this country
have FM features, and going by this trend, I feel that in a year or
two, over 75 per cent of mobile handsets will have FM features."

Commenting on the consumption trends, he pointed out that as many as
85 per cent of radio listenership happened at homes, and expressed the
hope that this would change in the time to come.

Talking about monetisation measures, Sethi said that the industry
needed to make some lateral thinking. For instance, popularising
health campaigns through SMSes and IVRs was an effective tool to
monetise this media.

Anil Srivatsa of Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd said that the future of
was radio and radio should collaborate with television. Kukian of
Radio City making a short speech noted that the success of this medium
depended on two things – by engaging consumers more and more on the
one hand, and secondly, offering news and current affairs through this
medium, for which the Government needed to change the existing rules.

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From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 04:34:17 2008
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:34:17 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Content Code: MIB places self-regulation guidelines
	before Court
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http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/mar/mar256.php

Indiantelevision.com's News Room Headlines  	
		
  	Content Code: MIB places self-regulation guidelines before Court 	
		
	By SUJIT CHAKRABORTY
Indiantelevision.com Team 	
	(24 March 2008 7:00 pm) 	
	
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting today placed
before the Delhi High Court a Self Regulatory Guidelines for the
Broadcasting Sector (2008) that proposes a two-tier regulatory set-up
to be run entirely by broadcasters, with the key being adherence to
the Certification Rules of the Cable Television Network (Regulation)
Act, 1995.

The contentious issue of Content Auditor has been dealt with
extensively in the Guidelines, giving the industry the powers they
wanted, by removing the clause in the earlier Code that said that the
Auditors would have to report issues of non-compliance to the
government.

Now, the Auditors would report violations to the Chief Editor and it
would be his responsibility finally on what goes on air.

The Guideline says that only cases in which the Broadcast Regulatory
Authority of India (BRAI) would take action - suo moto or on receiving
a complaint - would be violations of the Certification Rules that have
repercussions on the security or integrity of the country or
contravene restrictions under the Theme 6 (Regulation & Community) or
Theme 9 (General Restrictions) of the Certification Rules.

Also, segment-wise Broadcast Consumer Complaint Committees would have
to be set up, which would include separate committees for MSOs
(multi-system operators), LCOs (local cable operators), the Indian
Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), News Broadcasters Association (NBA),
Association for Radio Organisations of India, Community Radio Forum
and the Prasar Bharati.

The BCCCs would have wide-ranging powers, including directions to
channels not to telecast programmes or advertisement, "pending
discussion"; to edit the advertisement or programme, and order any
punitive action "in accordance with the constitution of the BCCC of
the relevant segments of the industry".

While the First Tier would ensure self-regulation at the BSP level,
the Second Tier would be the domain of the industry as a whole.The
BCCCs would play their role there, again a new concept ushered in by
the Guidelines.

"At both the tiers, it will be the industry that would regulate
itself, which was their demand and so what more can one ask for?" said
an MIB official, without wanting to be identified.

A copy of the Guidelines is exclusively with indiantelevision.com.

The first tier would be at the Broadcast Service Provider (BSP) level,
where each such BSP would have to have its "own internal mechanism to
comply with the Rules, for which it may appoint one or more Content
Auditor of requisite qualification and experience".

Each channel would have to provide details of its Content Auditor/s on
its website and channel for information of the public, and the
information would have to be notified to the MIB.

It says: "For the purpose of ensuring compliance, each BSP may develop
its own internal guidelines and procedures. However, each BSP shall
consult its Content Auditor/s for assigning appropriate categorisation
as per the Rules in respect of each programme / advertisement.

"The Chief Editor of the channel, by whatever designation he is known
in the channel shall be responsible for the final decision to accept
or modify the guidance given by the Content Auditor", and shall be
"finally responsible for self-regulation and ensure compliance with
the Rules".

Another new aspect in the Guidelines is to deal with Live and
interactive programmes.

In these, the government felt, that participants' words or ideas or
gestures cannot be edited out, so the Chief Editor would have to
satisfy himself that adequate briefing have been given to the
participants about the certification norms and indemnify the BSP
against any deliberate violations by them.

An important new aspect that had been a demand of the industry,
especially the news channels, has been taken care of, wherein the
Guidelines says that while the Content Auditor would bring to the
notice of the Chief Editor any violation of the Rules, "The ultimate
decision of such a matter shall be the responsibility of the Chief
Editor."

The second tier would be at the Industry Level, at which the "Central
Government or the Broadcast Regulatory Authority of India would
appoint industry-segment level organisations to set up their
respective Broadcast Consumers Complaint Committees, who would have to
deal with and respond to complaints within specific time limits."

It is here that the MSOs and LCOs have been empowered for the first
time to set up their own BCCCs to deal with programme content
complaints from subscribers.

The list of other industry-segments that would have to set up their
own BCCCs include the IBF, NBA, Association of Radio Operators of
India, Community Radio Forum and Prasar Bharati.

The Introduction to the Guidelines says: "These Guidelines set out
principles… and ethical practices which shall guide the BSPs on
offering programming services…" and also says that "These Guidelines
have been drafted to introduce greater specificity …and minimse scope
for subjective decision by the regulatory authorities or the BSPs."

Since the Guidelines are self-regulatory, which has been a consistent
industry demand, the onus, the government says, would be on the BSP
when forming a view on the acceptability of any programme.

The industry demand for watershed timing has been accepted and made
progressive, from 8 pm onwards, under the assumption that from that
time of the day "parents are expected to share the responsibility of
what their children are permitted to watch on TV".
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From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 04:46:36 2008
From: fred at bytesforall.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Frederick_Noronha?= =?UTF-8?Q?_[=E0=A5=9E=E0=A4=B0?=
	=?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A5=87=E0=A4=A6=E0=A4=B0=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=95?=
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:46:36 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Community radio stations... and equipment options
	(Katherine Wagner)
Message-ID: <8ea78e010804061616k13350a60p27586e1ccba87abf@mail.gmail.com>

http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:58B4cZNuh1AJ:www.tv4d.org/assets/pdfs/4.pdf+India+community+radio+acquiring+equipment&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&client=firefox

Setting up Community Radio Stations
Community Radio Satellite (ComRadSat)
(http://www.cbaa.org.au/content.php/207.html) is a service for community radio
stations - allowing you to access a wide range of national programming to
complement your own local programs.
To receive this service the equipment needed is:
1. A solid dish (costs between $400-$800 depending on size and quality).
2. An LNB (a down converter at the focal point of the dish, costing
between $100-
$400)
3. A digital receiver (around $1,000).
4. Smart card ($100)
5. Balancing equipment (around $300)
6. Installation (between nothing and $500)
7. A device for recording your program onto - many use a VHS recorder, but you
could use a computer, mini-disc or another system.
Some stations have lost money trying to use other cheaper satellite reception
equipment which does not work satisfactorily.
Weaver Street Market
PTFP (Public Telecommunications Facilities Program) provides matching grants
for equipment purchases for public radio and TV stations. Weaver Street Market
community radio (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
8&q=TV+Broadcasting+equipment+costs&spell=1) requested a grant for 75% of
the cost of the needed equipment, or about $33,000. The PTFP will provide 75
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percent of the roughly $44,000 in equipment costs to build a low-power radio
station in Carrboro, said Ruffin Slater, the group's president and general
manager of Weaver Street Market.
Chapel Hill Herald April 10, 2003
KFOK 95.1 FM - Community Radio, GEORGETOWN
According to http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
8&q=TV+Broadcasting+equipment+costs&spell=1 , the capital cost for putting
together the equipment for the station was estimated to be between $18,000 and
$20,000, however, thanks to the efforts of everyone involved we have managed
to get on air by acquiring used and donated equipment on a budget of only
$7,000. There are many needed equipment upgrades and the yearly cost to run
the station is estimated at $8,000 which includes rent, utilities,
insurance, office
supplies and BMI and ASCAP licenses.
The micro-power radio movement
According to http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/gallup/, since 1978 the FCC
(Federal Communications Commission) no longer offers licences for stations
under 100 watts ("micro-power" or "low-power" fm ) so that all such licensed
stations disappeared by the mid-1980s. This left the regulation of
unlicensed low-
power stations up to the decentralised responsibility of the local stations
themselves.
Micro-power Broadcasting
The Micro-power Broadcasting, Free Radio Movement
(http://www.radio4all.org/how-to.html) has shown that an FM broadcast station
does not have to consist of rooms full of equipment costing tens of thousands of
dollars.
Micro-power broadcasting uses FM transmitters whose power output is in the
range of 1/2 to 40 watts. These transmitters combined with other equipment
including inexpensive audio mixers, consumer audio gear, a power supply, filter
and antenna enable any community to put its own voice on the air at an average
cost of $1000-$1500. This is far more affordable than the tens or hundreds of
thousands required by the current FCC regulatory structure.
The main argument the FCC uses against micro-power broadcasting is the issue
of interference with other broadcast services. Interference is a valid
concern. By
using equipment that is frequency stable and properly fitted with harmonic
suppression filters along with good operating procedures and standards, the
FCC's argument can be effectively neutralised.
The technical aspects of micro-power broadcasting require some basic
knowledge in the areas of electronics and broadcast practices. It is
hoped that as
this movement grows a network of people with the required technical
skills will be
formed to assist in the process of empowering every community with its own
voice.
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This website also gives information on setting up a community radio station.
Setting up Community Radio in the UK
A document (How To Set Up A Community WLAN) has been prepared to provide
a guide to setting up a community based not-for-profit Broadband Wireless Local
Area Network in the U.K.
The community self-help co-operative alternative as a new concept originated in
the U.K. and has been promoted since 1998 via the World Wide amateur radio
community and the original website: - www.wlan.org.uk.
In its simplest manifestation a Community WLAN starts with a "HUB" - a single
strategically placed, shared wireless "Access Point" (AP) connected to an omni-
directional community antenna located at some common vantage point. This
allows at any one time up to 128 computer users with "wireless LAN
transceivers" at any "line-of-sight" visible distance of over 10 miles, to
interconnect free of charge to an 11Mb/sec local area network "hub".
All facilities normally available to users of a "wired" network and especially
broadband internet gateways to the outside world; neighbouring community
networks, multiple video conferencing nodes, independent community TV &
Radio webcasting and file servers may be added in due course on an ad hoc and
possibly commercial sponsored or subscription paying basis from ANY point on a
newly created alternative network.
A Community Wireless Local Area Network differs from commercial alternatives,
in its primacy of core consumer values. Traditional Co-operative structures
preserve a neighbourly community sharing ethos, fair disposal of
collective profits
and long-term strategic benefits.
Adaption to Digital Radio Transmitters
NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration)
(http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/ptfp/Application/equipcost_Radio.html)
anticipates funding digital-compatible transmitters to replace analog
transmitters,
if requested by applicants and justified as urgent replacement. Recipients may
add HD Radio (IBOC) exciters to PTFP-funded digital-compatible transmitters or
use grant funds awarded for an analog or digital-compatible radio transmitter
towards the purchase of a transmitter with an IBOC exciter.
This website includes a list of pricings, according to different power levels of
transmission.
International Amateur Radio Union
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The International Amateur Radio Union (http://www.iaru.org/iaru-soc.html) puts
forward the view that Amateur Radio must organise nationally and
internationally.
This is to achieve better mutual use of the radio spectrum among radio amateurs
throughout the world, to develop Amateur Radio worldwide, and to successfully
interact with the agencies responsible for regulating and allocating radio
frequencies.
The website also includes addresses for unions worldwide.

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From fred at bytesforall.org  Mon Apr  7 05:04:49 2008
From: fred at bytesforall.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Frederick_Noronha?= =?UTF-8?Q?_[=E0=A5=9E=E0=A4=B0?=
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 05:04:49 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] SITEWATCH: http://www.radioactive.org.uk/
Message-ID: <8ea78e010804061634p298264a0ua502fc283eeca67d@mail.gmail.com>

*What does RadioActive do?
*
We provide low-cost equipment solutions, complete technical services and
training to communities and NGOs to help them establish and run their own
local *community radio stations*.


*RadioActive Project Map*



*Low-Cost Equipment
Solutions*<http://www.radioactive.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=39>

It does not have to cost a fortune to set up your radio station and start
broadcasting. Our technical team can help you decide what equipment will
suit your needs.  We provide standard
packages<http://www.radioactive.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=39>and
tailor-made solutions.

 *Technical Services<http://www.radioactive.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=40>
*
Our experienced engineers offer complete technical services for setting up
radio stations, including: feasibility studies and technical planning,
studio design and construction, installation of studio and transmission
equipment, design and installation of alternative energy solutions,
installation of IT networks, internet radio setup and website design and
construction.

 *Training*<http://www.radioactive.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=41>

There are many skills involved in establishing and running a successful
community radio station. We have professional trainers who will train
station staff in radio engineering, radio production and station management.

 *Partnerships for Community Radio Station
Development*<http://www.radioactive.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=66>
In addition to our other services, we can provide long-term partnerships
with NGOs to start and develop community radio stations.

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From jebbeh at gmail.com  Mon Apr  7 09:57:18 2008
From: jebbeh at gmail.com (Jebbeh)
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:27:18 -0400
Subject: [cr-india] Letter of Intent !! (Phuntsok Dorjee)
Message-ID: <de3c010f0804062127u10c1c1dm99e8f55dea809671@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Phuntsok,
	This is great news, thank you for sharing it with the list!  Your
dedication and enthusiasm were so clear when we were together in
Dharmsala -- I'm glad your application was successful.  Let us know
how the process goes now that you have Letter of Intent.
Warmly,
Debbi

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www.DWins10.net
+1 202 882 5656
~ empowering citizen voices in community radio for 19 years ~

From arulselvans at yahoo.com  Mon Apr  7 10:21:23 2008
From: arulselvans at yahoo.com (Arulselvan Senthivel)
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 05:51:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [cr-india] Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture -
	Community Radio
In-Reply-To: <mailman.10144.1207523163.1419.cr-india@sarai.net>
Message-ID: <662950.48785.qm@web54102.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Apologies for cross-posting
   
  The new issue of Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture is just published, with a focus on Community Radio. Don't miss the book  review on the recently published Indian book on Community Radio. The complete  text of all the published articles can be accessed  at:
   
  http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-1842
   

  Volume 5 Number 1 - March 2008  
COMMUNITY RADIO   
            Salvatore Scifo
Editorial   
      Kerrie Foxwell, Jacqui Ewart, Susan Forde and Michael Meadows
Sounds like a whisper:
Australian Community Broadcasting hosts a quiet revolution    
      Stefania Milan
What makes you happy?
Insights into feelings and muses of community radio practitioners
  

      Dickie Wallace  Reinventing the Wheel vs. Grinding the Same Old Axe:
  An Ethnographic View of the Students and Community Members at a Massachusetts College Radio Station
   
            Jan PinselerThe Politics of Talk on German Free Radio Stations

  

      Özden Cankaya, H.Serhat Güney and M.Emre Köksalan
Turkish Radio broadcasts in The Netherlands:
Community Communication or Ethnic Market?           
  Book reviews
    Lawrie Hallett
The Alternative Media Handbook and Understanding Alternative Media

Fredrik Stiernstedt
Other Voices. The Struggle for Community Radio in India

  Regards,
  Arulselvan


S ARULSELVAN Ph D Deputy DirectorElectronic Media Production and Research CentreTamil Nadu Open UniversityGuindy, Chennai 600 025Mobile : [00 91] 9443954850
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From ashishmukherjee at hotmail.com  Mon Apr  7 12:23:47 2008
From: ashishmukherjee at hotmail.com (ashish mukherjee)
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:53:47 +0000
Subject: [cr-india] Letter of Intent !!
In-Reply-To: <68508.60378.qm@web65707.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
References: <47F5FF6E.6070907@tcv.org.in>
	<68508.60378.qm@web65707.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BLU135-W106C176BABC9595B2E160BA1F30@phx.gbl>


Many congratulations to the Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala. Will tune in when i visit Dharamsala the next time! Ashish+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Zinda-bad zinda-good, all have something to say, they all have something to say


Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:39:08 -0700From: ashim_jain at yahoo.comTo: phuntsok at tcv.org.inCC: cr-india at sarai.netSubject: Re: [cr-india] Letter of Intent !!Awesome!  I hope these children would air their mind on China's repression of the Tibetian freedom struggle!!  ... even better if Chinese authorities can listen in. :-)Phuntsok Dorjee <phuntsok at tcv.org.in> wrote: 
Hi All,Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala had received the LoI from the Government of India today 4th April, 2008.Thank you all.Phuntsok DorjeeYOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKShttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building)http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help)http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy)http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options)_______________________________________________cr-india mailing listcr-india at sarai.nethttps://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
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From fred at bytesforall.org  Wed Apr  9 01:56:55 2008
From: fred at bytesforall.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Frederick_Noronha?= =?UTF-8?Q?_[=E0=A5=9E=E0=A4=B0?=
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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 01:56:55 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] CR technology...
In-Reply-To: <8ea78e010804081325w1c834a13l491f511ca0b63c26@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8ea78e010804081325w1c834a13l491f511ca0b63c26@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8ea78e010804081326k2ef728dcndd9f2c2b0df4e5ad@mail.gmail.com>

A user-guide to the technology of community radio (coming out of India):
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001561/156197E.pdf

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From surs at vsnl.com  Wed Apr  9 23:52:09 2008
From: surs at vsnl.com (surs at vsnl.com)
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:22:09 +0500
Subject: [cr-india] How to become member of CRF
Message-ID: <e3cdca80e981.47fd4fa1@vsnl.com>

Hi,
I am sorry for my delayed response to become a member of the CRF. I could not get back to you earlier. Sorry for that once again. Can anyone help me by telling me the procedure of obtaining a membership of CRF. I'm a broadcast Journalist with Doordarshan and a Media Trainer in Broadcast Journalism in various Universities and I'm trying in my humble way to propagate the idea of CR in West Bengal and already participated in some seminars/ workshops on CR. Regds, =Snehasis Sur
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From go4pranayg at yahoo.co.in  Fri Apr 11 21:28:30 2008
From: go4pranayg at yahoo.co.in (Pranay Gadodia)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:28:30 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Episode 50 of our online radio show
Message-ID: <008601c89bec$ee3c1040$0201a8c0@pg>

Hi all,
Episode 50 of Eyeway Yeh Hai Roshni Ka Karawan has been uploaded on our website. To listen to it online visit www.eyeway.org/include/radio/radio.php. Here navigate down to the heading of Internet Broadcasting and click on the link of the Episode #.

 

You can hear it online till 17th April 2008 Thursday morning, when it would be replaced by the next episode.

 

Our guest in episode 50 is Kishore Gohil, an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry. Kishore not only organises music shows and has released albums of his group, he also is a good anchor in such shows. He  is also a good comedian and mimicry artist. Meet this well spoken gentleman from Mumbai, who says blindness has actually helped him to improve his speaking and do lot more in life. 

 

Though usually we feature foreigners in the Profile section, but today's personality is from India. He now works in the most popular internet search engine company - Google, in the US. He is none other than T V Raman. Bollywood actress Kajol is here again with us to tell us more about Mr.T V Raman. 

 

One area of work which is not much explored for blind people is that of a voice artist. With the growth in the media industry, opportunities in voicing has also risen proportionately. We strongly believe that one's blindness would not be a barrier if one has the potential. In this advice section, we bring you a feature on how voicing can be a good career option for a person with visual impairment as well.

 

So enjoy listening the radio show, and also help us in spreading the word about it. The show is also aired in 29 cities of India on vividh bharti every wednesday 9pm.

 

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From venniyoor at gmail.com  Sun Apr 13 13:31:35 2008
From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor)
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:31:35 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Letters of Intent issued in April 2008
Message-ID: <5479ae440804130101q2ad5075fi50fa9ac3f447207d@mail.gmail.com>

In addition to the 36 Letters of Intent issued until Feb 2008 (list
available on the I&B Ministry website), the following institutions /
organizations have been issued LoIs:


*NGO / Civil Society Organizations*



   1. Snehi Lokotthan Sansthan, C/o Kausalya Medical Hall, Hospital Road,
   Distt. Siwan, Bihar
   2. Sai Jyoti Gramodhyog Samaj Seva Samiti, Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh



*Educational Institutions *



   1. KS Rangaswamy Educational Institutions, Tiruchengode, Namakkal
   District, Tamil Nadu
   2. Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala Cantt., Himachal
   Pradesh
   3. Institute of Management Studies, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
   4. Department of Journalism & Mass Communications, University of
   Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
   5. EMRC Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
   6. Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtiya Hindi Vishvavidyalaya, Wardha
   7. Asian School of Media Studies, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
   8. St. Aloysious College, Mangalore
   9. MS Panwar Instt. Of Communication,  Solan, Himachal Pradesh
   10. Sacred Heart College, Tiruputtur, Vellore
   11. Institute of Tourism & Future Management Trends, Chandigarh
   12. Rajkiya Uchcha Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Mangal Talab, Patna,Bihar
   13. Ram Babu High School, Hilsa Nalanda, Bihar
   14. Rajkiyakett High School, Hilsa Nalanda, Bihar
   15. Bapu High School, Chandi, Nalanda, Bihar
   16. High School, Fatwah, Patna, Bihar
   17. Baleshwar Singh High School, Patasand, Bihar
   18. R.B. (+2) Inter School, Nalanda, Bihar
   19. Sri Ganesh High  School, Bakhtiyar Pur, Patna, Bihar
   20. R.D. H+2 School, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar
   21. Sri Sukdeo Academy, Ekangasrari, Nalanda, Bihar
   22. Nalanda Collegiate Intermediate School, Nalanda, Bihar
   23. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh



*Krishi Vigyan Kendras / SAU*



   1. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bharsar, Pauri, Uttarakhand
   2. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gwaldham.Chamoli, Uttarakhand
   3. Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
   4. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chiniyalisaur, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
   5. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jyolikot, Distt-Nainital, Uttarakhand
   6. Krishi  Vigyan   Kendra,  Lohaghat.   P.O.Galchoura,  Distt-Champawat,
   Uttarakhand
   7. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jakhdhar, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
   8. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
   9. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Harbatpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
   10. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dhanausi, Haridwar, Uttarakhand
   11. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ranikhet, Almora, Uttarakhand
   12. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reddipalli, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
   13. CCS Haryana Agricultural University,  Hissar, Haryana
   14. Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izatnagar-Bareilly, Uttar
   Pradesh
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From geeta.malhotra16 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 13 16:22:14 2008
From: geeta.malhotra16 at gmail.com (Geeta Malhotra)
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:22:14 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Letters of Intent issued in April 2008
In-Reply-To: <5479ae440804130101q2ad5075fi50fa9ac3f447207d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5479ae440804130101q2ad5075fi50fa9ac3f447207d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <814bfe740804130352k6c6c6440yb46df47dfae1d9ef@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Sajan

I wish to inform that the two organisations who applied after our regional
workshop in Dharamshala have been given the LoI. No doubt, both are
educational institutions, but they started practicing CR with communities
itself.

We know both the organisations very well. Again, with MSPICM, it will fall
under Campus Radio as they are having their Mass Communications Institute,
but the reality is that they started practicing Community Radio while
implementing a CR programme while I was in OWSA and the programme was so
designed that one student and two volunteers from the Community made a team
to promote and use radio as a tool for good governance. The impact study was
done. During Himachal Regional Workshop, Dr Panwar promised to create a
network of NGOs and provide support for training and using the studio by
local NGOs which he established in his premises.

You also know TCVS, Dharamshala and one can develop linkages with the local
NGOs.

Best regards

Geeta Malhotra

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 1:31 PM, sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In addition to the 36 Letters of Intent issued until Feb 2008 (list
> available on the I&B Ministry website), the following institutions /
> organizations have been issued LoIs:
>
>
> *NGO / Civil Society Organizations*
>
>
>
>   1. Snehi Lokotthan Sansthan, C/o Kausalya Medical Hall, Hospital Road,
>   Distt. Siwan, Bihar
>   2. Sai Jyoti Gramodhyog Samaj Seva Samiti, Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh
>
>
>
> *Educational Institutions *
>
>
>
>   1. KS Rangaswamy Educational Institutions, Tiruchengode, Namakkal
>   District, Tamil Nadu
>   2. Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala Cantt., Himachal
>   Pradesh
>   3. Institute of Management Studies, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
>   4. Department of Journalism & Mass Communications, University of
>   Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
>   5. EMRC Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
>   6. Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtiya Hindi Vishvavidyalaya, Wardha
>   7. Asian School of Media Studies, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
>   8. St. Aloysious College, Mangalore
>   9. MS Panwar Instt. Of Communication,  Solan, Himachal Pradesh
>   10. Sacred Heart College, Tiruputtur, Vellore
>   11. Institute of Tourism & Future Management Trends, Chandigarh
>   12. Rajkiya Uchcha Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Mangal Talab, Patna,Bihar
>   13. Ram Babu High School, Hilsa Nalanda, Bihar
>   14. Rajkiyakett High School, Hilsa Nalanda, Bihar
>   15. Bapu High School, Chandi, Nalanda, Bihar
>   16. High School, Fatwah, Patna, Bihar
>   17. Baleshwar Singh High School, Patasand, Bihar
>   18. R.B. (+2) Inter School, Nalanda, Bihar
>   19. Sri Ganesh High  School, Bakhtiyar Pur, Patna, Bihar
>   20. R.D. H+2 School, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar
>   21. Sri Sukdeo Academy, Ekangasrari, Nalanda, Bihar
>   22. Nalanda Collegiate Intermediate School, Nalanda, Bihar
>   23. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
>
>
>
> *Krishi Vigyan Kendras / SAU*
>
>
>
>   1. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bharsar, Pauri, Uttarakhand
>   2. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gwaldham.Chamoli, Uttarakhand
>   3. Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
>   4. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chiniyalisaur, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
>   5. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jyolikot, Distt-Nainital, Uttarakhand
>   6. Krishi  Vigyan   Kendra,  Lohaghat.   P.O.Galchoura,
>  Distt-Champawat,
>   Uttarakhand
>   7. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jakhdhar, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
>   8. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
>   9. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Harbatpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
>   10. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dhanausi, Haridwar, Uttarakhand
>   11. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ranikhet, Almora, Uttarakhand
>   12. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reddipalli, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
>   13. CCS Haryana Agricultural University,  Hissar, Haryana
>   14. Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izatnagar-Bareilly, Uttar
>   Pradesh
>
>
> YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN
> ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness  (Awareness building)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options)
>
> _______________________________________________
> cr-india mailing list
> cr-india at sarai.net
> https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
>
>


-- 
Geeta Malhotra
Director-Projects and Strategic Alliance
Digital Empowerment Foundation
12/17, Sarvapriya Vihar
New Delhi-110017
(0) 91-11-26532786-87
www.defindia.net
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From info at maraa.in  Mon Apr 14 15:47:04 2008
From: info at maraa.in (maraa)
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:17:04 -0700
Subject: [cr-india] second call for CR workshop in Dahanu
Message-ID: <634494cd0804140317h51f33eeevb9ad4ba277a51889@mail.gmail.com>

Interested in making your own transmitter?
Want to interact new people from the CR community?
Want to learn about free softwares?
Want to tune into to your own radio programme?

Register now!
Mail michelle at nomadindia.net or info at maraa.in. Call on + 91-9860030000
When: *April 25th -27th, 2008
*Where:* **Demonstration studio in Dahanu, Maharastra*
What: *****Technical and Content Training Workshop on Community Radio.*
Why: The second in a series of workshops planned, the aim is to *demystify
technology and provide hands on experience* of both the
technical and programming aspects of a CRS. While the first training held in
September 2007 focussed largely on the technology and basics
of transmission equipment, this workshop includes a significant component on
content development and programming.
Who: *Nomad** India* is a network of communication technology activists
committed to developing affordable technologies for the access and
benefit of communities. Nomad has been working on RF technology and has
developed a low cost transmission system to be used by Community
Radio Stations. It's Demonstration studio at Dahanu, Maharashtra is
frequently used as a space for hands on training by CR activists.
*Maraa *stands for a unique approach to media and the creative arts. We
believe that media should be owned, managed and run by communities. We
believe in networking with people who have different skills to facilitate
low cost community based media systems. We also are interesting in
exploring how creative arts can be expressed, and further explored and
shaped through community media.Maraa is a meda collective based in
Bangalore.

Please note : The workshop is not supported by any external agency and the
contribution is Rs. 900 for the three day workshop per participant.

Regards

Nomad and Maraa

DRAFT AGENDA

* April 25th, Friday*

Introductory Sessions

11 am           Arrival at the Farm, Dahanu

11. 30 – 12.30  Introduction to Training Workshop, Introduction of
Participants

12.30– 1.30   Community Radio Movement in India (Ram Bhat, Maraa)

1.30-2.30       Lunch

Technical Training

2.30- 4        Setting up a Community Radio Station (Hemant Babu, NomadIndia)
                  (Demystification of Technical Requirements, how to  set up
a low cost CRS with demonstration of  Transmission and Audio  equipment at
Nomad's studio).

4 - 4.30                Tea

4.30 – 6                Electronics for Dummies (Amarjeet Kalsi, NomadIndia)
                       (A session that simplifies and explains concepts of
electricity, frequency, alternating and direct current, the workings of a
transmitter and antenna in order to enable participants to assemble a low
powered transmitter)

6-7                     Game/Film/Interactive/Open session

* April 26th, Saturday*

8.30                    Breakfast

Technical Session
 9.30-11.30             Assembling a 1 watt trasnsmitter
                       (Participants will be given electronic kits to
assemble a low powered
transmitter)

Content and Programming Sessions
11.30-1         Introduction to Content and Progamming (Jean Parker)
                 (What is a good programme, tools/gadgets for recording.
styles, etc. Session to include playing back of an assorted range of
programmes
                 (interviews,  chat shows, both Indian and international).

1-2                        Lunch

2-3.30              Programming for a CRS

3.30-4.30        Mainstream Radio Jockeying Experiences
                       (Jaggu from Jaggu and Taranha Show on Radio One to
share his experiences with Private FM)

4.30 – 5                Tea

5-7                     Make your own programme
                  (Particpants to be divided into groups and given some
recording equipment to record a programme. Participants speaking Marathi can
also visit Sogve village and take community interviews).

* April 27th Sunday*

8.30                    Breakfast

9.30-11         Participant groups to edit their programmes
               (Editing will be done on both open source software as well as
Windows. Editing can also be done on previous evening and early morning)

11 -11.30               Airing of Programmes

11.30- 1                Feedback and Discussion on Content and Programming

1-2                     Lunch

2-3                     Wrap Up Session on Technical and Content Requirement
for a  CRS

                       OPEN SESSION

Departure either Sunday evening or early Monday morning.

Logistics
Dahanu is located 120 kms north of Mumbai. It is best accessible from
Mumbai for groups coming from the South, Central, Eastern parts of India.
It takes approximately 3 hours from Mumbai to Dahanu. There are several
trains heading to Gujarat that stop at Dahanu. There are also shuttles
from Virar(Mumbai) to Dahanu.

For groups coming from areas like Gujarat or Rajashtan, you can take
trains that stop at Vapi, Gujarat and then get a connection from Vapi to
Dahanu. It takes an hour from Vapi to Dahanu.

>From Dahanu station, the workshop is at a distance of 6 kms at Sogve
village. Details on how to get here from Dahanu stations will be sent a
few days prior to the workshop.
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From satheeshperiyapatna at yahoo.com  Tue Apr 15 13:42:00 2008
From: satheeshperiyapatna at yahoo.com (periyapatna satheesh)
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:12:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [cr-india] Letters of Intent issued in April 2008
In-Reply-To: <5479ae440804130101q2ad5075fi50fa9ac3f447207d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <55112.38277.qm@web94707.mail.in2.yahoo.com>

This is extremely serious. This has morphed from a Campus Radio to a School radio now, it appears.

We must think of a coordinated effort to combat this. Otherewise the GOI with its enormous capacity to subvert good issues and intentions, might totally take the soul out of the CR.

satheesh

sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com> wrote: In addition to the 36 Letters of Intent issued until Feb 2008 (list
available on the I&B Ministry website), the following institutions /
organizations have been issued LoIs:


*NGO / Civil Society Organizations*



   1. Snehi Lokotthan Sansthan, C/o Kausalya Medical Hall, Hospital Road,
   Distt. Siwan, Bihar
   2. Sai Jyoti Gramodhyog Samaj Seva Samiti, Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh



*Educational Institutions *



   1. KS Rangaswamy Educational Institutions, Tiruchengode, Namakkal
   District, Tamil Nadu
   2. Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala Cantt., Himachal
   Pradesh
   3. Institute of Management Studies, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
   4. Department of Journalism & Mass Communications, University of
   Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
   5. EMRC Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
   6. Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtiya Hindi Vishvavidyalaya, Wardha
   7. Asian School of Media Studies, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
   8. St. Aloysious College, Mangalore
   9. MS Panwar Instt. Of Communication,  Solan, Himachal Pradesh
   10. Sacred Heart College, Tiruputtur, Vellore
   11. Institute of Tourism & Future Management Trends, Chandigarh
   12. Rajkiya Uchcha Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Mangal Talab, Patna,Bihar
   13. Ram Babu High School, Hilsa Nalanda, Bihar
   14. Rajkiyakett High School, Hilsa Nalanda, Bihar
   15. Bapu High School, Chandi, Nalanda, Bihar
   16. High School, Fatwah, Patna, Bihar
   17. Baleshwar Singh High School, Patasand, Bihar
   18. R.B. (+2) Inter School, Nalanda, Bihar
   19. Sri Ganesh High  School, Bakhtiyar Pur, Patna, Bihar
   20. R.D. H+2 School, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar
   21. Sri Sukdeo Academy, Ekangasrari, Nalanda, Bihar
   22. Nalanda Collegiate Intermediate School, Nalanda, Bihar
   23. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh



*Krishi Vigyan Kendras / SAU*



   1. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bharsar, Pauri, Uttarakhand
   2. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gwaldham.Chamoli, Uttarakhand
   3. Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
   4. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chiniyalisaur, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
   5. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jyolikot, Distt-Nainital, Uttarakhand
   6. Krishi  Vigyan   Kendra,  Lohaghat.   P.O.Galchoura,  Distt-Champawat,
   Uttarakhand
   7. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jakhdhar, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
   8. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
   9. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Harbatpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
   10. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dhanausi, Haridwar, Uttarakhand
   11. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ranikhet, Almora, Uttarakhand
   12. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reddipalli, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
   13. CCS Haryana Agricultural University,  Hissar, Haryana
   14. Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izatnagar-Bareilly, Uttar
   Pradesh

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness  (Awareness building)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options)

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From media at web.net  Wed Apr 16 18:22:04 2008
From: media at web.net (George Lessard)
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:52:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [cr-india] Radio Without Boundaries conference Toronto
Message-ID: <49677.216.108.22.182.1208350324.squirrel@flymail.web.net>



---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [ncra] Radio Without Boundaries conference Toronto
From:    "New Adventures in Sound Art" <naisa at naisa.ca>
Date:    Sat, April 12, 2008 11:47
To:      "NCRA General List" <ncra at ncra.ca>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thought some of you would be interested in this conference which
includes a great mix of artists and producers as well as a lot of
opportunities to create both radio productions and radio art.

Nadene

apologies for x-postings

NEW ADVENTURES IN SOUND ART presents

the 6th annual RADIO WITHOUT BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS
MAY 30 - June 1, 2008 @ Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street,
Toronto, ON

as part of the 7th annual month-long DEEP WIRELESS FESTIVAL of RADIO
& TRANSMISSION ART
www.deepwireless.ca
www.naisa.ca/RWB

Register online, space is limited
http://www.community-media.com/RWB08_Registration.html
$150/$130 (price includes conference sessions, workshops, lunches, &
performances)
$85/$75 day rate

Early bird discount available until April 30th, 2008.
Register on-line <http://www.community-media.com/
RWB08_Registration.html>

The sixth annual Radio Without Boundaries conference makes Deep
Wireless an internationally sought after destination for those with a
general interest in radio and transmission art and/or those who just
want something more from radio.

We are very excited to be brining both Tetsuo Kogawa (Japan), and
Chris Brookes (Nfld, Can) as thw RWB 2008 keynote speakers.  Also
included are Jared Weissbrot (SoundPrint in USA), TradeMark G (USA),
Chantal Dumas (Can), Anna Friz (Can), Andreas Kahre (Can), Peter
Courtemanche (Can), Damiano Pietropaolo & Neil Sandell (Can) play
many more.  Conference workshops include "Making Rain" by Chris
Brookes, "DIY Wired Coils" Peter Couremanche, "Build a Micro-Radio
Transmitter" Tetsuo Kogawa, "How to Pitch" by Jared Weissbrot & Neil
Sandell, "Integrating Text and Sound" by Andreas Kahre and "Listening
& Recording" workshop by Darren Copeland will be offered during the
conference weekend for those attending the conference.

For full session description go to <http://www.naisa.ca/RWB/
sessions.html>

Your conference registration also gets you into all Deep Wireless
performances and Radio Without Boundaries workshops.

The Deep Wireless 2008 festival is partially funded by the government
of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada
Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts
Council, Associates of Independents in Radio (AIR) and the SOCAN
Foundation.  Thanks also to Third Coast Festival, CKLN radio and the
Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) for its support of Deep
Wireless 2008.

New Adventures in Sound Art is a non-profit organization that
produces performances and installations spanning the entire spectrum
of electroacoustic and experimental sound art.  Included in its
Toronto productions are: Deep Wireless, Sound Travels, Arts Birthday
and SOUNDplay.

Media inquiries & general information (including ticket info):

Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director
416-516-7413
naisa at naisa.ca

Festival information
www.deepwireless.ca


Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director
New Adventures in Sound Art

http://www.naisa.ca





Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director
New Adventures in Sound Art

http://www.naisa.ca



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From fredericknoronha at gmail.com  Fri Apr 18 14:26:09 2008
From: fredericknoronha at gmail.com (fredericknoronha at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:56:09 +0000
Subject: [cr-india] Community Radio in HP
In-Reply-To: <aff3a1180804180055h4221627dn39a20dc195bd3f76@mail.gmail.com>
References: <aff3a1180804180055h4221627dn39a20dc195bd3f76@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1486174517-1208508877-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1445505644-@bxe013.bisx.produk.on.blackberry>

Hi Farah, yes am still very much committed to the issue, but increasingly caught up in others.

What I suggest is you talk to the cr-india network, specially to people like K Stalin, Sajan, Voices of Bangalore and the rest of the network. You'll find a lot of ideas there. Please search for the list via sarai.net

Best of luck with your venture. FN

--
Sent via BlackBerry® while on the road...
http://fn.goa-india.org

-----Original Message-----
From: "Farhad Vania" <farhadvania at gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:25:56 
To:fred at bytesforall.org
Subject: Community Radio in HP


Dear Fredrick

Just touching base to check if you're still active on the community radio scene?! Am based in Himachal Pradesh and looking to jump into the deep end by getting a local community radio station on air... proposed launch October '08.
 
Would look forward to your advice and experience.

Regards

Farhad

-- 
____________________

FARHAD VANIA
Shimla
Himachal Pradesh 

farhadvania at gmail.com <mailto:farhadvania at gmail.com> 
 ____________________ 

From venniyoor at gmail.com  Wed Apr 23 22:04:44 2008
From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor)
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:04:44 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] 'Bulk of applications for CR yet to get nod'
Message-ID: <5479ae440804230934w3f77be09y15bb0295a690cff7@mail.gmail.com>

The story below says that 18 CR applications from NGOs has been cleared so
far. As usual, they are being somewhat economical with the truth.

Not one - not a single solitary one - of the 114 applications received from
not-profit organizations has been 'cleared' for broadcast. Not one. Sure, 18
of them have received Letters of Intent, but that's a long, long way from
permission to broadcast. As a matter of fact, it was stated in Parliament on
18 March 2008 that 16 NGOs "have been given permission to operate Community
Radio Stations". Really? If they have permission to operate CR stations, why
aren't they on air yet, instead of running about desperately seeking SACFA
clearances (not to mention WoL, GOPA and other ominous acronyms)?

"Of the total number of 34 community radio stations reported to be
functioning in the country at present", all 34 are campus radio stations.

I'd also like to know exactly where this "number of consultations and
workshops at regional and national level" were held by the government
(though I must admit that 'two' is also a number). However, I do remember
the CR Forum and its partners holding at least 12 workshops around the
country last year.

Sajan

Thanks, Chhavi, for the link.
http://www.radioandmusic.com/headlines/y2k8/apr/23apr/radio.php

*Bulk of applications for community radio yet to get nod
*23 April 2008

NEW DELHI: Only 18 of the 114 applications received from non-profit
organizations for setting up community radio stations have been cleared so
far.

Of the total number of 34 community radio stations reported to be
functioning in the country at present, the highest number of eight is in
Tamil Nadu.

In 13 states and union territories for which details are available, Delhi
has five such stations and Uttar Pradesh has four. Maharashtra and Rajasthan
have three each. There are two stations each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and
Karnataka, and one each in Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh and Puducherry
(Pondicherry).

Information and Broadcasting minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi told Parliament
that the government had taken steps to sensitize the scheme by arranging a
number of consultations and workshops at regional and national level
throughout the country, where prospective organizations from rural and
backward areas were invited.

Letters had also been sent to chief secretaries of all the States and Union
Territories to give sufficient publicity to the scheme in the print as well
as audio-visual media.
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From media at web.net  Mon Apr 21 03:01:06 2008
From: media at web.net (George Lessard)
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:31:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [cr-india] Bangladesh: Community Radio Seminar on Peoples Voices &
 Peoples Participation
Message-ID: <55403.216.108.22.182.1208727066.squirrel@flymail.web.net>



---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [ZESTMedia] Fwd: Bangladesh: Seminar on Peoples Voices, Peoples
Participation and Community Radio
From:    "Siddhartha Kumar" <mailsiddhartha.k at gmail.com>
Date:    Sat, April 19, 2008 12:48
To:      zestmedia at yahoogroups.com
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Seminar on Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio
Posted by: "BNNRC" ceo at bnnrc.net

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
Promoting Communication Technology for a Fairer World


Seminar on Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio
04 May, 2008

We would like to appreciate that the present non-political Care
Taker Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
recently formulated Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and
Operation Policy – 2008 and then asked for applications from
interested initiators to install Community Radio in the country.
In order to facilitate the application and registration process
of the organizations for Community Radio, Bangladesh NGOs Network
for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) immediately opened a national
help desk in its secretariat in Dhaka. As a result, BNNRC is
receiving huge response from the interested development
organizations for technical support in this regard.

To accelerate the Community Radio Policy 2008, we are going to
organize a national seminar on Peoples Voices, Peoples
Participation and Community Radio at 09:30 AM -5:00 PM on Sunday,
04 May, 2008 at UNB Auditorium (7th Floor), Cosmos Centre, 69/1,
New Circular Road, Malibagh, Dhaka-1212.where resource persons
from Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh will present
their respective papers.

The seminar is jointly organized by Asian Media Information
Communication Center(AMIC), United News of Bangladesh (UNB) and
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC).

Taking this opportunity, we would like to brief about Asian Media
Information Communication Centre (AMIC). AMIC is a
charity-registered organization established in 1971 with the
support of the Government of Singapore and
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) of Germany. It aims to spearhead
the development of media and communication expertise in the
Asia-Pacific to foster socio-economic progress in the region. Its
mission is to nurture and promote Media and Communication
research, capacity building, knowledge management and dialogue
among academia, industry, government and civil society.
www.amic.org.sg <http://www.amic..org.sg>

For nearly two decades United News of Bangladesh (UNB) a private
sector news agency, has recognized the supreme importance of
quality and objectivity in reporting and disseminating
information. UNB is recognized as the nation's most dependable
and credible source of news and information, serving some 20
million readers, listeners and viewers in Bangladesh everyday.
UNB's sophisticated communications system process the equivalent
of a quarter million words a day gathered from its own network of
correspondents and the dispatches from its international
partners. www.cosmosgroup.net <http://www.cosmosgroup.net/> ,
www.unbnews.org

<http://www.unbnews.org/> Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC) is a national networking body working for
building a democratic society based on the principles of free
flow of information, equitable and affordable access to
Information & Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) of
remote and marginalized population. BNNRC now strives for core
interventions to achieve Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Action Plan and
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). www.bnnrc.net

<http://www.bnnrc.net/> Distinguished policy–makers and
representatives from Government, Media, Academia, NGOs,
Practitioners and private sectors are expected to join the
seminar.


Bazlu

--------------------
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
&
Member, Strategy Council
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)

House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh

Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105

E-mail: ceo at bnnrc.net, bnnrc at bd.drik.net,
www.bnnrc.net
<http://www.bnnrc.net/>



From media at web.net  Tue Apr 22 19:46:02 2008
From: media at web.net (George Lessard)
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:16:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [cr-india] JOB: Resident Radio Technical Advisor (Afghanistan)
Message-ID: <49420.216.108.22.182.1208873762.squirrel@flymail.web.net>

Resident Technical Advisor
Internews Network
Location: Afghanistan
Last Date: May 9, 2008
Email: 876-in at internews.org (Reference: DevNetJobs.org)

http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_45314.shtml

Background:
Internews® Network is an international non-profit organization based in
Arcata, CA and Washington, D.C. with a mandate to support open media
worldwide. The organization fosters independent media in emerging
democracies, produces innovative television and radio programming as well
as print and Internet content, and uses the media to reduce conflict
within and between countries. Internews programs are based on the
conviction that vigorous and diverse mass media form an essential
cornerstone of a free and open society.

General Function:
This is an exciting opportunity to join an International NGO working to
develop media in Afghanistan. Since 2003 Internews Afghanistan has built
28 community radio stations across Afghanistan, and is in the process of
building and renovating 12 more. Under the supervision of the Country
Director, the Resident Technical Advisor provides training, professional
advice and guidance in media infrastructure planning and installation,
with expertise in provincial radio station establishment and technical
repairs. In addition the RTA will plan and manage Internews Information
Technology infrastructure.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Manage all technical aspects of set up of new radio stations, including
technical design, procurement and installation.
• Manage and build capacity of national technical and IT staff
• Advise on curriculum development in all areas technical.
• Oversee production of technical handbook
• Support technical development and maintenance of Salam Watandar National
radio satellite service.
• Oversee design and implementation of professional IT infrastructure,
management an policies.
• Assist with review of local stations for equipment grant awards and
liaison with donors.
• Prepare and assemble materials for monthly and quarterly reports, in
compliance with donor guidelines.
• Report to and strategize with Country Director on new directions to help
independent media in region.

Qualifications:
• Masters degree in engineering and/or Information Technology
• Bachelors degree in electronics and/or communications engineering
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology
• Previous experience in design or installation of AM or FM radio stations
• Previous experience in technical project management
• Previous experience in project budget management
• Previous experience developing and/or delivering technical and
production training in a development context
• Experience designing and managing Information Technology systems and
infrastructure
• Experience working with community or independent radio stations
• Experience living and working in a hostile environment an advantage
• Ability to handle multi-faceted programs
• Ability to adjust to shifting political circumstances and re-design
technical and implementation activities accordingly.
• Sensitivity to cross-cultural dynamics in the work place.

To Apply:
Interested candidates meeting the qualifications should forward a cover
letter and resume to 876-in (at) internews (dot) org (re-write in standard
format), placing “Resident Technical Advisor - AF - dnj” in the subject
line. EOE M/F/D/V


From media at web.net  Tue Apr 22 19:50:49 2008
From: media at web.net (George Lessard)
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:20:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [cr-india] JOB: Chief of Project, IRIN Afghanistan Radio
Message-ID: <49436.216.108.22.182.1208874049.squirrel@flymail.web.net>

Chief of Project, IRIN Afghanistan Radio
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Last Date: May 17, 2008
Email:  (Reference: DevNetJobs.org)


http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_45542.shtml


OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
INTEGRATED REGIONAL INFORMATION NETWORKS (IRIN)

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Chief of Project, IRIN Afghanistan Radio
GRADE: L-3
DUTY STATION: Kabul, Afghanistan
DURATION: 12 months
SUPERVISOR: IRIN Radio Coordinator, Nairobi, Kenya


I. Background

Part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) is an editorially
independent humanitarian news and analysis service reporting on more than
70 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Middle East. IRIN aims to
provide comprehensive and impartial coverage of humanitarian and related
issues in the regions where it operates. Intended for the benefit of a
global readership, an emphasis is made on assisting governments and aid
organizations to implement their humanitarian and post-disaster recovery
work in developing countries.
Over the years, IRIN has built a reputation for providing relevant, timely
information to the humanitarian community. However, experience pointed to
a need to provide vital information to the victims of crisis as well. In
most parts of the developing world, grassroots communities get little
access to media because of poverty, illiteracy and a lack of basic
infrastructure. The one exception is radio, which reaches a mass audience
in many countries. Responding to this need, in 2001 IRIN began a radio
initiative, which has developed unique expertise in using radio as a tool
for promoting humanitarian priorities and action, as well as bringing
communities closer to each other and to the outside world.

II. General Responsibilities

Based in Kabul, Afghanistan and under the general supervision of the
Nairobi-based IRIN Radio Coordinator, the Chief of the Project supervises
the IRIN-Afghanistan Radio project, overseeing the radio and online
production of the office, overseeing and managing the training and
capacity building of staff, stringers and local partners, liaising with
national and international partners and contributing to formulating
strategies for the future development of IRIN Radio in the country. Under
guidance from IRIN headquarters, the Chief will support the identification
of funding to sustain the existing project and will provide timely
reporting to donors.

III. Specific Duties

He/she is responsible specifically for the following duties:

1. In conjunction with the Radio Coordinator, develop a clearly defined
work plan and implementation strategy for the IRIN radio project in
Afghanistan, and contribute to the development of future plans for the
project.

2. Coordinate and supervise the implementation of the IRIN Radio project
in Afghanistan, in accordance with the work plan approved by the Radio
Coordinator, and ensure the efficient and cost effective use of project
funds, assets and personnel in accordance with UN rules and regulations.

3. Report regularly to the Radio Coordinator on activities and progress
made in relation to the work plan.

4. Initiate ideas, plan and produce original multimedia products on
humanitarian issues for the target audiences, including radio programming
in local languages for Afghanistan, and online products for a local and/or
wider international audience.

5. Set in place procedures to ensure editorial standards are met and
maintain control over the quality of the project’s output.

6. Liaise with IRIN’s Kabul-based text reporters, and consult regularly
with IRIN’s Dubai-based senior editor, to ensure maximum coordination and
collaboration between text and radio, and to seek creative synergies where
possible.

7. Supervise the work of local IRIN radio producers, consultants and
freelance radio journalists including setting goals, appraisals and
mentoring. Provide editorial and technical support as necessary,

8. Build relations with local and international broadcasters to ensure
dissemination of the project’s programming and products, and ensure that
all audio is uploaded to the IRIN website in a timely manner.

9. Develop and implement a programme of training aimed at enhancing the
capacity of local radio journalists and radio reporters.

10. Liaise closely with other UN agencies, NGOs, information partner
organizations, the media, government authorities and other relevant
entities to enhance information gathering and dissemination.

11. Contribute to plans for the further development of the project,
preparing in consultation with the Head of Office, IRIN Middle East and
IRIN management, project proposals for submission and follow-up with
prospective donors.

12. In collaboration with the Radio Coordinator, prepare and submit
progress reports to donors and OCHA HQ.

13. Travel when required to the field to undertake information gathering
and training initiatives. Attend meetings, conferences etc outside the
country when required.

14. Any other duties as requested by the Radio Coordinator, IRIN.

IV. Competencies

Professionalism – Advanced knowledge of the use of information management
to improve the delivery of humanitarian assistance; ability to analyze and
articulate the information management requirements of complex situations
requiring a coordinated UN response; demonstrated problem-solving skills
and ability to use sound judgment to ensure the effective and timely
completion of complex tasks; ability to work under extreme pressure, on
occasion in a highly stressful environment (e.g. civil strife, natural
disasters and human misery); very good knowledge of institutional
mandates, policies and guidelines pertaining to humanitarian affairs and
sound knowledge of the institutions of the UN system; Excellent
inter-personal and supervisory skills; Excellent analytical and
organizational skills.


Empowering others – Delegates responsibility, clarifies expectations and
gives staff autonomy in important areas of their work; Encourages others
to set challenging goals; Holds others accountable for achieving results
related to their area of responsibility.

Client orientation – Considers all those to whom services are provided to
be 'clients' and seeks to see things from clients' point of view;
Establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining
their trust and respect; Identifies clients' needs and matches them to
appropriate solutions; Monitors ongoing developments inside and outside
the clients; environments to keep informed and anticipate problems; Meets
timeline for delivery of products or services to clients.

Commitment to continuous learning – Willingness to keep abreast of new
developments in the field.

Communications – Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills,
including the ability to convey complex concepts and recommendations to
staff at senior levels, both orally and in writing, in a clear, concise
style.

Planning & organizing – Ability to coordinate the work of others, work to
tight deadlines and handle multiple concurrent projects/activities.

Technology awareness – Fully proficient computer skills and use of
relevant software and other applications, e.g. word processing,
spreadsheets, internal databases, Internet, etc.

Teamwork – Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to operate
effectively across organizational boundaries; ability to establish and
maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural,
multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

V. Qualifications:

a) Education:
• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in
journalism, international relations, development studies or another
relevant subject. A first university degree with a relevant combination of
academic qualifications and experience is accepted in lieu of the advanced
university degree.

b) Work Experience:
• At least five years experience in media.
• Proven experience in project management.
• Familiarity with the developmental and humanitarian situation in
Afghanistan and/or the Asia region.
• Familiarity with humanitarian issues and organizations, including the
United Nations.
c) Languages:
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Knowledge of Dari, Pashto and/or
Arabic would be an advantage.

d) Other Desirable Skills:
• Proficient in computer and information management systems

http://www.irinnews.org


From v1clist at yahoo.co.uk  Thu Apr 24 08:02:49 2008
From: v1clist at yahoo.co.uk (Vickram Crishna)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:32:49 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [cr-india] 'Bulk of applications for CR yet to get nod'
Message-ID: <685779.91259.qm@web26603.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

One is almost tempted to point to the Hon'ble Minister's lengthy track record on dissembling, but recall that after all, he is merely echoing the performance of his immediate predecessors in this post, of all hues. In fact, so uncannily, that I, for one, am left thinking it is either force of habit, or something more ministerial, the way it was in 'Yes, Minister'. Moreso since this level of wool-pulling needs hefty coordination between several ministries, something for which ministers are not known to excel.

As Willie said, "A pox on both [all] your houses!"
 
Vickram
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com

----- Original Message ----
From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Sent: Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 10:04:44 PM
Subject: [cr-india] 'Bulk of applications for CR yet to get nod'

The story below says that 18 CR applications from NGOs has been cleared so
far. As usual, they are being somewhat economical with the truth.

Not one - not a single solitary one - of the 114 applications received from
not-profit organizations has been 'cleared' for broadcast. Not one. Sure, 18
of them have received Letters of Intent, but that's a long, long way from
permission to broadcast. As a matter of fact, it was stated in Parliament on
18 March 2008 that 16 NGOs "have been given permission to operate Community
Radio Stations". Really? If they have permission to operate CR stations, why
aren't they on air yet, instead of running about desperately seeking SACFA
clearances (not to mention WoL, GOPA and other ominous acronyms)?

"Of the total number of 34 community radio stations reported to be
functioning in the country at present", all 34 are campus radio stations.

I'd also like to know exactly where this "number of consultations and
workshops at regional and national level" were held by the government
(though I must admit that 'two' is also a number). However, I do remember
the CR Forum and its partners holding at least 12 workshops around the
country last year.

Sajan

Thanks, Chhavi, for the link.
http://www.radioandmusic.com/headlines/y2k8/apr/23apr/radio.php

*Bulk of applications for community radio yet to get nod
*23 April 2008

NEW DELHI: Only 18 of the 114 applications received from non-profit
organizations for setting up community radio stations have been cleared so
far.

Of the total number of 34 community radio stations reported to be
functioning in the country at present, the highest number of eight is in
Tamil Nadu.

In 13 states and union territories for which details are available, Delhi
has five such stations and Uttar Pradesh has four. Maharashtra and Rajasthan
have three each. There are two stations each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and
Karnataka, and one each in Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh and Puducherry
(Pondicherry).

Information and Broadcasting minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi told Parliament
that the government had taken steps to sensitize the scheme by arranging a
number of consultations and workshops at regional and national level
throughout the country, where prospective organizations from rural and
backward areas were invited.

Letters had also been sent to chief secretaries of all the States and Union
Territories to give sufficient publicity to the scheme in the print as well
as audio-visual media.






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From venniyoor at gmail.com  Thu Apr 24 10:56:29 2008
From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:56:29 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] ban on news on pvt. radio - parliament question
Message-ID: <5479ae440804232226r6bca225fo1042260ee754e34f@mail.gmail.com>

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA : MINISTRY OF  INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING : RAJYA
SABHA
QUESTION NO  356, ANSWERED ON  16.04.2008
BROADCAST OF NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS BY FM RADIO  - SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state :-

(a) whether Government has been disallowing news and current affairs content
on private FM radio till now, despite persistent demand from the industry;

(b) whether a midway solution could be found, if a proposal from the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India is accepted:

(c) whether in a significant suggestion in a consultation paper on the
proposed next phase of expansion of private FM radio broadcasting TRAI has
said that broadcasters could be considered for certain freedom and allowed
to broadcast exactly same news & current affairs contents already aired by
AIR and Doordarshan; and
(d) whether any final decision has been taken in this regard?

ANSWER
 THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI P.R. DASMUNSI)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO. 356 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.04.2008.

(a): As per the Policy on expansion of FM Radio Broadcasting Services
through Private Agencies (Phase-II), the private FM broadcasters are not
permitted to carry news and current affairs.

(b) & (c): Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has submitted their
recommendations on issues relating to phase III of expansion of FM Radio
Broadcasting to the Government on 22.02.2008. The Authority while giving
recommendations on various issues also recommended that FM Radio
Broadcasters may be permitted to broadcast news taking content from All
India Radio, Doordarshan, authorized T.V. News channels, United News of
India, Press Trust of India and any other authorized news agency without any
substantive change in the content.

(d): The recommendations of TRAI are being examined by the Government.
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From chhavi at newsradioindia.com  Thu Apr 24 21:38:15 2008
From: chhavi at newsradioindia.com (Chhavi Sachdev)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:38:15 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] R&M.com: FM station want their own news
Message-ID: <4810B06F.2000909@newsradioindia.com>

http://www.radioandmusic.com/headlines/y2k8/apr/24apr/air_report.php

*"We would rather use our own local news" - FM players*

*By Anita Iyer *
Radioandmusic.com
(Posted on 24 April 2008 5:30 pm)

*/I/*/t's news, but not good news to the FM radio industry in the 
country. I and B minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi's statement in the Rajya 
Sabha that the ministry is evaluating TRAI's recommendation that FM be 
allowed to air news handed out by Doordarshan and All India Radio in 
phase III has not gone down too well with the players. /

TRAI's recommendation that news be allowed to air on private FM channels 
comes with the clause requiring the stations to take content from AIR, 
Doordarshan, authorised television channels and authorised news 
agencies, without substantive changes. Radioandmusic.com, which spoke to 
various players across the country, found that while the industry 
welcomes the move as a positive step forward, they think otherwise when 
it comes to refraining from using their own content.

*In- house content available*

One of the main reasons stations would not like to rely on the 
pubcaster's news bulletins is that most are offshoots of other media 
ventures and would like to use home grown news content. “The whole idea 
of hosting news on the private FM stations differs from station to 
station and it becomes more important for people who want news at any 
cost,” believes Kerala based Radio Mango programme director Ravi Nair. 
“Almost all the radio stations have their own editorial board and would 
loathe the idea of using AIR and agency content.”

*Anurradha Prasad*

B.A.G Films managing director Anurradha Prasad avers that her company 
has the license to broadcast news and this move by the government places 
doubts on the authenticity of its content. Prasad adds, “News is always 
welcome, but by not permitting us to air our own news, the government is 
putting restrictions on us. BAG group holds a license to telecast news 
and we own a news channel- News 24 and would like to use our in-house 
content instead of the outsourced content.”


*Monica Nayyar Patnaik*

Adds Oriya station Radio Choklate's director Monica Nayyar Patnaik, 
“Allowing news content would be a good move for the FM stations, but 
again, there are clauses attached to it which makes it less feasible. 
Radio Choklate group has its own daily newspaper Sambad and we would 
like to pull content from there and plug in our radio channels rather 
than using the content by these agencies. It would help us grab the 
section of listeners who are interested in listening to news and news 
related talk shows and debates.”

*Tarun Katial*

Big FM COO Tarun Katial adds, “Permitting news is a first step towards 
liberalisation of content and will add value to the content of radio. 
However, regarding the source of the news, things have to be worked up 
between the radio industry and the government and an effective solution 
has to be derived.”


As far as Kerala is concerned, there is a huge population interested in 
news. "If we view the private FM listenership pattern, it dips when AIR 
has news on its frequency. So, including news on FM stations will help 
prevent listeners from shifting to AIR", says Nair.

*Neeraj Chaturvedi*

Adds the Delhi station head of Fever FM, Neeraj Chaturvedi, “It is a 
favourable move for the private FM stations as when news is concerned, 
radio channels seem to be media dark. This is the fist step and 
eventually the next step should be the government allowing the radio 
stations to air their own news content. With permission to air self 
content, there would be most exclusivity and news might become the USP 
of the radio stations. It would be an added service to the already 
existing listeners and will also help grab additional listeners.”

Viplove Gupte who heads programming at My FM, part of the Bhaskar group 
with stations in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, has a slightly different 
take. "The government is stressing on the use of content by AIR and 
agencies mainly because it is difficult to monitor all the radio 
stations at the moment but gradually they would permit the radio 
channels to push in their news content.”

*Local content*

The other pertinent issue that needs to be addressed is the local news 
that FM will feed on. As Patnaik puts it, “With the news to be permitted 
only sent by AIR and agencies, it would lack local flavour and local 
issues cannot be addressed. Local FM stations have the capacity to reach 
out to the small pockets where national news holds no importance.”

Prasad supports the thought saying, “The main role of radio is to reach 
out the interiors of places and address local issues there. There is an 
ambiguity when it comes to source of news as the news sent by AIR and 
agencies would lack local news.”


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News Radio India
big stories, small world

chhavi at newsradioindia.com
http://www.newsradioindia.com
Mumbai: +91.98.33.646.717
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From newsletter at radioduniya.in  Thu Apr 24 11:58:09 2008
From: newsletter at radioduniya.in (Radio Duniya)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:28:09 +0500
Subject: [cr-india] Radio Duniya Monthly Newsletter, April 2008
Message-ID: <20080424055625.E1FB713900BD@mailbox-us-s-7b.mailhostingserver.com>

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Communication is the key to better understanding and relationship building. Radio Duniya believes in bringing together the industry and the policy makers, to discuss issues and formulate ideas effectively, in order to propel the growth of radio in the country. 

FM radio broadcasting due to its versatility is considered as the main medium to provide entertainment, information and education. There is a pressing need for expanding FM broadcasting keeping in view the size of the country. In addition, subjects relating to FDI, permitting News and current affairs, networking in FM broadcasting, and reduction in license fee in certain identified areas also need to be addressed. 

It is with this objective that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting sought recommendations from TRAI on issue of policy for FM radio broadcast. The authority has in-turn sought suggestions from all the stakeholders. To facilitate this process and in line with our aim to be the voice of the industry, we bring forth the views of the industry players on these issues. Our attempt is to present the industry opinion, in the best possible manner, to the policy makers. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Industry Opines on TRAI recommendations
TRAI released its recommendations, so as to incorporate modifications, if any, in the new framework for FM radio broadcasting Phase III. This story is an attempt to bring forth the industry views and opinions on these recommendations. We hope that this attempt, will be helpful in bridging the gap between the industry and the Government so that it will be beneficial for the future of FM radio broadcasting in India. 

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India has sought recommendations of TRAI on issues of allowing news and current affairs, multiple ownership, tradability of licenses, increase in FDI in FM radio, networking and multiple channel ownership in a city, etc. so as to incorporate modifications, if any, in the new framework for FM radio broadcasting Phase III as broadcasting is a telecommunication service under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. They have also forwarded the report of the Broadcasting Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) and a representation from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) regarding augmentation of private FM broadcasting to TRAI along with references. read more. The Ultimate Music Experience
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Nishant Mittal is probably is one of the the youngest radio CEO's in the country today, leading from the front at Radio Misty. A postgraduate in marketing from Manchester Business School, Nishant began his career with the PCM Group and is currently heading its FM division. He has made Radio Misty 94.3 FM a household name within a few months of its launch in North Bengal and Sikkim. read more. 'Speed Dheena'
Speed Dheena is already every Chennaite?s favourite. Hailed as one of the most popular RJs amongst Tamil radio listeners, he is well known for his ability to find humour in various situations. Approachable, friendly and a person who can easily have the audiences singing his tunes, Speed Dheena can jump from one topic to another at lightning speed. He takes entertainment a bit too seriously, but only because he seriously wants to keep his audience entertained! read more. Radio Host Should Sound Genuine
A livewire on air, Kaushi connects with Chennai every morning through her show ?Eepeeko 106.4?. According to her, offering something different to listeners is vital. She loves travelling, is adventurous and believes in the mantra ?Be happy and keep others happy too?.
read more. Radio Industry Updates ? Close-Up signs up with BIG 92.7 FM for the ?Punjabi Please? - 5 City Concert ? Radio Misty brings BBC to FM in North Bengal and Sikkim ? The Hottest mix of dance music on Indigo ? Ahmedabad forgoes sleep for 94.3 MY FM?s Cricket?s Mahasangram! ? BIG 92.7 FM, breaks music of Aramane on AIR ? Naved Abbasi wins ?City Ki Chaka Chak Bike? contest ? MY FM ties up with CNBC TV 18 for ?Emerging India Awards 2008? 
Campaigns ? Meow 104.8 FM presents The Golden Ovary Award ? Aahaa FM Chennai, Celebrated womenhood in Aahaa Styles ? Lucknow?s Radio City 91.1FM organises ?Healthy Me Walkathon? ? Aahaa FM observes World Health Day 
Station Launched ? Akola tunes in to Radio City Advertising and the growing Radio Buzz
With its fast spreading reach, increasing advertising revenue and growing accountability, radio in India is finally coming of age. According to a recent report, the Indian radio industry can experience at least one year of 100 per cent growth, either in fiscal 2009 or in fiscal 2010. Always considered as the poor cousin of television and a secondary source of communication by advertisers, radio in India is finally coming of age. With its fast spreading reach, increasing advertising revenue and growing accountability, radio is now whipping up an aural revolution across the country, adding a new dimension to the media spectrum. read more.

Radio-enabled mobile phones spell success for Radio
Music applications are the fastest growing services on mobiles today, a report from TNS Global Technology has found. The survey has found that music via mobile is leading the way to a wave of new customers for mobile operators. The TNS Global Telecoms Insight study, which interviewed 16,000 respondents across 29 countries, found in the last year that the use of MP3 players on mobile phones has risen by 78% and the use of radio via mobile by a massive 140%. read more. Radio with a Difference: Jamia FM 90.4 
Radio Jamia FM 90.4 started broadcast on 6th March 2005 for one hour duration. At present it broadcasts live for three hours in the evening, with repeat broadcasts the next morning. Radio Jamia caters to all sections of the society through its programmes, while involoving the student community in all activities. It also trains students for programme presentation and gives them technical knowledge. read more

Community Radio: Voice of Rural People 
For the first time in Bangladesh, a national workshop on Community Radio Awareness was held from 2nd to 4th March 2008 at the Bangladesh Open University (BOU) campus. The workshop was jointly organised by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) and Development Research Network (D.Net) in collaboration with CEMCA of Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Bangladesh Open University (BOU). read more  Send your Feedback, Contribution and Suggestions to talk2us at radioduniya.in
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From venniyoor at gmail.com  Sat Apr 26 19:08:14 2008
From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor)
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:08:14 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...
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This story<http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr262008/she2008042564634.asp>on
the campus radio at MOP Vaishav College for Women
*(see below) *highlights pretty much all that's wrong with campus-based
'community radio' in India.

The reporter is apparently thrilled that the sophisticated young ladies of
MOP Vaishnav College are able to 'mimic' the slum women of Chennai with such
flair, presenting outlandish characters like 'Idly Kadai' Muniamma in proper
'slum' Tamil. The college students (who - we are told - are in the age group
of 16 to 22 years) "bring alive characters who could be residents of the
neighbouring slums" and with whom 'real women' in the slums can identify.
The possibility that slum residents might identify better with real slum
women taking part in community radio programmes is lost on the reporter, but
irony is obviously not her strong point.

One is almost persuaded that the real women of the slums, who presumably
speak proper 'slum' Tamil as well, would be a bit too much for the college
management to invite into their Rs.25 lakh studio in their aesthetically
designed building in the heart of the city, but heck no, ''at times, the
broadcasters also rope in real slum residents ... to share their homespun
expertise," Good golly.

The reporter, who seems to have researched her story on the telephone, is
amazed that the young women of MOP actually venture out "in the scorching
heat of Chennai" to talk to NGOs and "Incredible as it may seem,' she
gushes, "most students, at some point of time, do go on air." What would be
truly incredible, one suspects, is the community, at some point
of time, getting to decide what goes on air.

The story is peppered with inaccuracies and prejudices, and serves no other
purpose than to convince us - if we need convincing - that 'community radio'
in India has become little more than an expensive toy for the children of
our urban elite to play at engaging with the 'real India', sometimes by
venturing out among a city's poor with a tape recorder, but more often by
faking 'real' slum accents in comfort of an airconditioned studio.

Sajan

**
*Sparking change through radio*
Deccan Herald,  April 26, 2008 [Women's Feature Service]

*Lady, you should know, insist a group of creative college girls who have
caught the attention of women slum dwellers in Chennai with their innovative
programming on a FM community radio. Hema Vijay tunes in
*
When Meenakshi, 28, tuned in to the radio, it was only to lighten her daily
drudgery of washing dishes and clothes. However, just by accident, the young
housewife heard the strains of 107.8 MHz. "It was the dialect that caught my
attention. The voice on air sounded different. The woman on the radio was
speaking 'slum' Tamil, unlike the anglicised Tamil common on the FM
channel," she recounts. Meenakshi lives with her husband and three children
in a one-room shanty in Chennai's Teynampet slum.

The female voice on the radio reminded listeners about the polio vaccination
drive being conducted in the city that day and of the deformities that a
polio attack can lead to. "I wound up the washing and dragged my children to
locate a polio camp," admits Meenakshi, now a loyal listener of 'Penne Nee
Arivaai' (Lady, You Should Know). 'Penne Nee Arivaai' is a community radio
programme broadcast thrice a day by M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women,
Chennai.

Launched in March 2005, the M.O.P. Vaishnav's community FM is the country's
second community radio station, after Anna FM at Chennai's Anna University.
The service spans out to several schools and colleges, in addition to a few
slums and health centres falling within a radius of four to five kilometres
of the M.O.P. campus. "Community radio works because it addresses specific
communities," observes senior journalist Anjali Sircar.

And the team of college girls at M.O.P. FM perfectly understands its
audience, as proven by the stock of characters the students mimic on air for
'Penne Nee Arivaai' and other programmes. Keeping in mind the target
community — women in the slums around the M.O.P. campus that spans just a
little less than three acres — S Niveetha, a third-year student of BCom
(Bachelors of Commerce) speaks up as 'Mallika' the flower vendor. She is
joined by A Vaidehi who, off air, pursues an electronic media course, but is
known as 'Idly kadai' Muniamma (literally 'Idli Shop Muniamma'!) on the
airwaves. Then there Kuppamma, the vegetable vendor, who outside the
recording studio is first-year economics student, S  Uma.

Interestingly, through their programme, the students — who are in the age
group of 16 to 22 years and include both under-graduates and post-graduates
— bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums
and with whom real women like Meenakshi can identify. But first they
thoroughly research for their shows by speaking to doctors, welfare
organisations and NGOs.

*Empowerment*

And, at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents such as
Saroja(30), D Ramani (42) and Kavitha (36) to share their homespun expertise
on topics such as child rearing and health on air. "Our primary focus has
been to facilitate women's empowerment," says Vijaya Thiruvengadam, former
director, All India Radio, Chennai, who was roped in by the college to shape
its community radio service.
Each M.O.P. broadcast lasts for three hours and there are three broadcasts
every day — between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm, and 5:30 pm
and 8:30 pm. Each programme lasts for 15 minutes.

But it is not just the slum dwellers that these talented girls have been
involving in their daily shows. They have been speaking to NGO
representatives, and even have taken to the streets to monitor and spread
the word on traffic rules despite the scorching heat of Chennai. They
regularly talk about the need to wear helmets and also outline traffic rules
to be followed to ensure safety.

When this writer went visiting M.O.P.'s radio station, P Chandrasekharan,
Secretary, Tamil Nadu Foundation, was in the studio recounting an incident
where the NGO had intervened when a young girl in a rural school failed to
appear for her school final exams. "She had been a good student and so we
went to her house to inquire and we found the girl all dressed up to be
betrothed. Only when the teachers took up the cause and threatened police
action did the family send the girl to write her exams," he said. For the
M.O.P. Vaishnav girls, such interviews are eye-openers and a reminder of the
restrictive environment in which the girls in rural India live. "And when we
talk to the NGOs, we make sure to get the beneficiaries to speak out on air
too," says Thiruvengadam.

*Health concerns*

Concerns like HIV/AIDS are dealt with, too. "Classroom instructions can be
embarrassing. But anonymous radio discussions are effective, especially when
it is a case of the youth talking to the youth," observes Srinidhi Sampath,
a counsellor.

Another popular programme is the educational broadcast for
visually-challenged students, produced by the Dehradun-based National
Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and recorded at Chennai's Rotary
Helen Keller 'Talking Book' Library. "The programme has made a definite
difference to our exam preparations," says K Muniappan, President, Blind
Students' Association in Chennai.

In addition to community interaction, the M.O.P. radio service is also used
as a tool to communicate on campus. Incredible as it may seem, most
students, at some point of time, do go on air. Some like Saranya Easwaran
are regular Radio Jockeys (RJs) and also double up as programme producers.
"I plan to continue after graduation," she smiles. "We have good fun," adds
R Padmapriya, a first-year electronic media student.
The college has invested in a sound-proof recording room, a high-tech
54-channel amplifier, and even expensive Nuendo software used for recording.
The recurring costs amount to about Rs 1,00,000 a year, estimates
Thiruvengadam.

"The college management has been generous with funds. The Department of
Science and Technology has given us a monetary grant of Rs 11,00,000 this
year, towards the use of community radio to promote scientific temper among
women," says Dr K Nirmala Prasad, Principal, M.O.P. Vaishnav. "The community
radio service is actually just an extension of our college's social
initiative policy. Our girls had been going to the slums earlier as well.
Students studying nutrition teach the women of Badrikarai slum to prepare
nutritious low cost meals, while our entrepreneurship cell has helped women
find better employment. For instance, our girls have taught bouquet flower
arrangements to flower vendors there, which has helped them earn better," he
elaborates.

*Touching lives*

Voices on M.O.P. FM have been touching lives. According to a survey
conducted in July last year by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for
Asia (CEMCA), 53 per cent of the 1,000 women surveyed in the slums within
the five kilometre radius of the campus, tuned in to M.O.P. FM, particularly
the 'Penne Nee Arivaai' programme.
As Chandrasekharan puts it, "They are creating small ripples and, at the
very least, the college students are getting to know the real world, discuss
serious issues, and seek answers." They will eventually find solutions, too.

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From pritamsinha2007 at gmail.com  Sat Apr 26 11:12:16 2008
From: pritamsinha2007 at gmail.com (Pritam Sinha)
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:12:16 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6
In-Reply-To: <mailman.6849.1209186320.30634.cr-india@sarai.net>
References: <mailman.6849.1209186320.30634.cr-india@sarai.net>
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Re: FM station want their own news

Dear Members,

With the GoI of India on verge of allowing news on FM stations is a move in
the right direction, the largely local nature of the each FM's unique
listeners make the imposition of national agencies' news feed will make the
move add just another many government mouthpieces to bear between the music
or programming at a particular hour.

If the Govt. has plans to recruit local FM correspondents to add to the
sources it draws news from then it is a different matter altogether. But the
local flavour must be provided in any way to make the news on a particular
FM relevant to the listeners & I am sure the FM stations would make them
enjoyable as they would do with any programming they force on valued
listeners.

But on hopes that this new news medium would gradually settle and more and
more local news somehow or the other would creep into news bulletins. The
onus is on the programming heads to make the format interesting as already
some private media houses are doing.

All in all, a very good move by the government albeit slightly belated. It
is every citizen's right to know what is happening around them which is of
interest to them. Great news filtering in.

with regards,

Pritam Sinha
Digital Empowerment Foundation
New Delhi


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> *"We would rather use our own local news" - FM players*
>
> *By Anita Iyer *
> Radioandmusic.com
> (Posted on 24 April 2008 5:30 pm)
>
> */I/*/t's news, but not good news to the FM radio industry in the
> country. I and B minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi's statement in the Rajya
> Sabha that the ministry is evaluating TRAI's recommendation that FM be
> allowed to air news handed out by Doordarshan and All India Radio in
> phase III has not gone down too well with the players. /
>
> TRAI's recommendation that news be allowed to air on private FM channels
> comes with the clause requiring the stations to take content from AIR,
> Doordarshan, authorised television channels and authorised news
> agencies, without substantive changes. Radioandmusic.com, which spoke to
> various players across the country, found that while the industry
> welcomes the move as a positive step forward, they think otherwise when
> it comes to refraining from using their own content.
>
> *In- house content available*
>
> One of the main reasons stations would not like to rely on the
> pubcaster's news bulletins is that most are offshoots of other media
> ventures and would like to use home grown news content. "The whole idea
> of hosting news on the private FM stations differs from station to
> station and it becomes more important for people who want news at any
> cost," believes Kerala based Radio Mango programme director Ravi Nair.
> "Almost all the radio stations have their own editorial board and would
> loathe the idea of using AIR and agency content."
>
> *Anurradha Prasad*
>
> B.A.G Films managing director Anurradha Prasad avers that her company
> has the license to broadcast news and this move by the government places
> doubts on the authenticity of its content. Prasad adds, "News is always
> welcome, but by not permitting us to air our own news, the government is
> putting restrictions on us. BAG group holds a license to telecast news
> and we own a news channel- News 24 and would like to use our in-house
> content instead of the outsourced content."
>
>
> *Monica Nayyar Patnaik*
>
> Adds Oriya station Radio Choklate's director Monica Nayyar Patnaik,
> "Allowing news content would be a good move for the FM stations, but
> again, there are clauses attached to it which makes it less feasible.
> Radio Choklate group has its own daily newspaper Sambad and we would
> like to pull content from there and plug in our radio channels rather
> than using the content by these agencies. It would help us grab the
> section of listeners who are interested in listening to news and news
> related talk shows and debates."
>
> *Tarun Katial*
>
> Big FM COO Tarun Katial adds, "Permitting news is a first step towards
> liberalisation of content and will add value to the content of radio.
> However, regarding the source of the news, things have to be worked up
> between the radio industry and the government and an effective solution
> has to be derived."
>
>
> As far as Kerala is concerned, there is a huge population interested in
> news. "If we view the private FM listenership pattern, it dips when AIR
> has news on its frequency. So, including news on FM stations will help
> prevent listeners from shifting to AIR", says Nair.
>
> *Neeraj Chaturvedi*
>
> Adds the Delhi station head of Fever FM, Neeraj Chaturvedi, "It is a
> favourable move for the private FM stations as when news is concerned,
> radio channels seem to be media dark. This is the fist step and
> eventually the next step should be the government allowing the radio
> stations to air their own news content. With permission to air self
> content, there would be most exclusivity and news might become the USP
> of the radio stations. It would be an added service to the already
> existing listeners and will also help grab additional listeners."
>
> Viplove Gupte who heads programming at My FM, part of the Bhaskar group
> with stations in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, has a slightly different
> take. "The government is stressing on the use of content by AIR and
> agencies mainly because it is difficult to monitor all the radio
> stations at the moment but gradually they would permit the radio
> channels to push in their news content."
>
> *Local content*
>
> The other pertinent issue that needs to be addressed is the local news
> that FM will feed on. As Patnaik puts it, "With the news to be permitted
> only sent by AIR and agencies, it would lack local flavour and local
> issues cannot be addressed. Local FM stations have the capacity to reach
> out to the small pockets where national news holds no importance."
>
> Prasad supports the thought saying, "The main role of radio is to reach
> out the interiors of places and address local issues there. There is an
> ambiguity when it comes to source of news as the news sent by AIR and
> agencies would lack local news."
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> Radio Duniya Newsletter April 2008
> Communication is the key to better understanding and relationship building.
> Radio Duniya believes in bringing together the industry and the policy
> makers, to discuss issues and formulate ideas effectively, in order to
> propel the growth of radio in the country.
>
> FM radio broadcasting due to its versatility is considered as the main
> medium to provide entertainment, information and education. There is a
> pressing need for expanding FM broadcasting keeping in view the size of the
> country. In addition, subjects relating to FDI, permitting News and current
> affairs, networking in FM broadcasting, and reduction in license fee in
> certain identified areas also need to be addressed.
>
> It is with this objective that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
> sought recommendations from TRAI on issue of policy for FM radio broadcast.
> The authority has in-turn sought suggestions from all the stakeholders. To
> facilitate this process and in line with our aim to be the voice of the
> industry, we bring forth the views of the industry players on these issues.
> Our attempt is to present the industry opinion, in the best possible manner,
> to the policy makers. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Industry Opines on TRAI
> recommendations
> TRAI released its recommendations, so as to incorporate modifications, if
> any, in the new framework for FM radio broadcasting Phase III. This story is
> an attempt to bring forth the industry views and opinions on these
> recommendations. We hope that this attempt, will be helpful in bridging the
> gap between the industry and the Government so that it will be beneficial
> for the future of FM radio broadcasting in India.
>
> The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India has
> sought recommendations of TRAI on issues of allowing news and current
> affairs, multiple ownership, tradability of licenses, increase in FDI in FM
> radio, networking and multiple channel ownership in a city, etc. so as to
> incorporate modifications, if any, in the new framework for FM radio
> broadcasting Phase III as broadcasting is a telecommunication service under
> the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. They have also
> forwarded the report of the Broadcasting Engineering Consultants India
> Limited (BECIL) and a representation from the Federation of Indian Chambers
> of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) regarding augmentation of private FM
> broadcasting to TRAI along with references. read more. The Ultimate Music
> Experience
> Harshad Jain, Chief Marketing Officer, WorldSpace India Pvt. Ltd has a
> result driven track record of over 14 years in the FMCG Business. He has
> worked across various functions ranging from marketing, sales and sales
> operations to developing and running new business and joint venture
> operations. Harshad thrives on creating and building businesses and is
> leveraging his skills across management functions as WorldSpace builds its
> business in India. read more. Gungunate Raho
> Nishant Mittal is probably is one of the the youngest radio CEO's in the
> country today, leading from the front at Radio Misty. A postgraduate in
> marketing from Manchester Business School, Nishant began his career with the
> PCM Group and is currently heading its FM division. He has made Radio Misty
> 94.3 FM a household name within a few months of its launch in North Bengal
> and Sikkim. read more. 'Speed Dheena'
> Speed Dheena is already every Chennaite?s favourite. Hailed as one of the
> most popular RJs amongst Tamil radio listeners, he is well known for his
> ability to find humour in various situations. Approachable, friendly and a
> person who can easily have the audiences singing his tunes, Speed Dheena can
> jump from one topic to another at lightning speed. He takes entertainment a
> bit too seriously, but only because he seriously wants to keep his audience
> entertained! read more. Radio Host Should Sound Genuine
> A livewire on air, Kaushi connects with Chennai every morning through her
> show ?Eepeeko 106.4?. According to her, offering something different to
> listeners is vital. She loves travelling, is adventurous and believes in the
> mantra ?Be happy and keep others happy too?.
> read more. Radio Industry Updates ? Close-Up signs up with BIG 92.7 FM for
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From rvemraju at col.org  Sun Apr 27 03:39:25 2008
From: rvemraju at col.org (Rukmini Vemraju)
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:09:25 -0700
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...
References: <5479ae440804260638y6ab5a383n938c235c4707e50e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sajan's report of the report........
 
"Ladies (and Gentlemen too) should know better..
 
I do agree, much is not right with community radio in India. In fact, much is not  community radio, I'd say. The  ones who get the community part right, are not radio-yet, and the ones who get the radio going , are not quite  getting the community right yet--its evolutionary and incremental.
 
that said, lets not be  too hasty to condemn, based on our own biases , but more importantly, on insufficient information. lets not transfer a reporter's urban biases, poor understanding and presentation to the CR station,  and throw the baby with the bathwater, as they say!
 
 One of the first tenets of any communication is to speak the language of its audience- so, if the students of MOP college try  to  dramatise and create characters the local community can identify with, speak the colloquial dialect, what is the crime they commit? there's nothing in the report to suggest that  this format  is being used exclusively  as a substitute for getting real community members. 
 
On the contrary,  the report goes not to give specific examples of Saroja(30), D Ramani (42) and Kavitha (36) who go on air.
 
"And Meenakshi, 28, who tunes in.." , a bonafide community member, does not feel slighted, mimicked, mocked at-if anything, she is motivated and take her children to the polio booth... And mind you, it is she who calls it "slum" Tamil, as opposed to an anglicised version patented by FM stations. (Not being served by an Advisory by MIB, Meenakshi probably thinks of the CR  as FM, yet). If we take other parts of the report seriously, we must, this too.
 
And if the students, who work at the community radio station, go out in the scorching hot Chennai sun to  talk to NGOs and other community members, it is commendable . They should be appreciated and  encouraged, mustn't they?
 
Why does the  comment on the report   ignore all other achievements of the  community radio noted in the report like creating awareness about  traffic safety, HIV/AIDS, Audio  Books for the visually impaired and even what sounds like a  stalled  child marriage ?
 
No, irony certainly, is not this  reporters strong point, nor is leg work it would seem -since you say she got the interview on phone. 
 
It surely is yours, Sajan.  How about some  fairness, too?
 
Finally, penne nee arivaa, I believe, means. woman, you are powerful, or empowered--some such .  
 
So I believe, we all need to listen, ladies and gentleman.
 
Cheers!
 
Rukmini Vemraju
Programme Officer
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
8/4, Sarvapriya Vihar, New Delhi 110016
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From: cr-india-bounces at sarai.net on behalf of sajan venniyoor
Sent: Sat 4/26/2008 7:08 PM
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...



This story <http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr262008/she2008042564634.asp>  on the campus radio at MOP Vaishav College for Women (see below) highlights pretty much all that's wrong with campus-based 'community radio' in India. 

 

The reporter is apparently thrilled that the sophisticated young ladies of MOP Vaishnav College are able to 'mimic' the slum women of Chennai with such flair, presenting outlandish characters like 'Idly Kadai' Muniamma in proper 'slum' Tamil. The college students (who - we are told - are in the age group of 16 to 22 years) "bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums" and with whom 'real women' in the slums can identify. The possibility that slum residents might identify better with real slum women taking part in community radio programmes is lost on the reporter, but irony is obviously not her strong point.

 

One is almost persuaded that the real women of the slums, who presumably speak proper 'slum' Tamil as well, would be a bit too much for the college management to invite into their Rs.25 lakh studio in their aesthetically designed building in the heart of the city, but heck no, ''at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents ... to share their homespun expertise," Good golly. 

 

The reporter, who seems to have researched her story on the telephone, is amazed that the young women of MOP actually venture out "in the scorching heat of Chennai" to talk to NGOs and "Incredible as it may seem,' she gushes, "most students, at some point of time, do go on air." What would be truly incredible, one suspects, is the community, at some point of time, getting to decide what goes on air. 

 

The story is peppered with inaccuracies and prejudices, and serves no other purpose than to convince us - if we need convincing - that 'community radio' in India has become little more than an expensive toy for the children of our urban elite to play at engaging with the 'real India', sometimes by venturing out among a city's poor with a tape recorder, but more often by faking 'real' slum accents in comfort of an airconditioned studio.

 

Sajan

 

 

Sparking change through radio 
Deccan Herald,  April 26, 2008 [Women's Feature Service]

Lady, you should know, insist a group of creative college girls who have caught the attention of women slum dwellers in Chennai with their innovative programming on a FM community radio. Hema Vijay tunes in
 
When Meenakshi, 28, tuned in to the radio, it was only to lighten her daily drudgery of washing dishes and clothes. However, just by accident, the young housewife heard the strains of 107.8 MHz. "It was the dialect that caught my attention. The voice on air sounded different. The woman on the radio was speaking 'slum' Tamil, unlike the anglicised Tamil common on the FM channel," she recounts. Meenakshi lives with her husband and three children in a one-room shanty in Chennai's Teynampet slum. 

The female voice on the radio reminded listeners about the polio vaccination drive being conducted in the city that day and of the deformities that a polio attack can lead to. "I wound up the washing and dragged my children to locate a polio camp," admits Meenakshi, now a loyal listener of 'Penne Nee Arivaai' (Lady, You Should Know). 'Penne Nee Arivaai' is a community radio programme broadcast thrice a day by M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. 

Launched in March 2005, the M.O.P. Vaishnav's community FM is the country's second community radio station, after Anna FM at Chennai's Anna University. The service spans out to several schools and colleges, in addition to a few slums and health centres falling within a radius of four to five kilometres of the M.O.P. campus. "Community radio works because it addresses specific communities," observes senior journalist Anjali Sircar. 

And the team of college girls at M.O.P. FM perfectly understands its audience, as proven by the stock of characters the students mimic on air for 'Penne Nee Arivaai' and other programmes. Keeping in mind the target community - women in the slums around the M.O.P. campus that spans just a little less than three acres - S Niveetha, a third-year student of BCom (Bachelors of Commerce) speaks up as 'Mallika' the flower vendor. She is joined by A Vaidehi who, off air, pursues an electronic media course, but is known as 'Idly kadai' Muniamma (literally 'Idli Shop Muniamma'!) on the airwaves. Then there Kuppamma, the vegetable vendor, who outside the recording studio is first-year economics student, S  Uma.

Interestingly, through their programme, the students - who are in the age group of 16 to 22 years and include both under-graduates and post-graduates - bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums and with whom real women like Meenakshi can identify. But first they thoroughly research for their shows by speaking to doctors, welfare organisations and NGOs. 

Empowerment

And, at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents such as Saroja(30), D Ramani (42) and Kavitha (36) to share their homespun expertise on topics such as child rearing and health on air. "Our primary focus has been to facilitate women's empowerment," says Vijaya Thiruvengadam, former director, All India Radio, Chennai, who was roped in by the college to shape its community radio service. 

Each M.O.P. broadcast lasts for three hours and there are three broadcasts every day - between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm, and 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Each programme lasts for 15 minutes.


But it is not just the slum dwellers that these talented girls have been involving in their daily shows. They have been speaking to NGO representatives, and even have taken to the streets to monitor and spread the word on traffic rules despite the scorching heat of Chennai. They regularly talk about the need to wear helmets and also outline traffic rules to be followed to ensure safety. 

When this writer went visiting M.O.P.'s radio station, P Chandrasekharan, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Foundation, was in the studio recounting an incident where the NGO had intervened when a young girl in a rural school failed to appear for her school final exams. "She had been a good student and so we went to her house to inquire and we found the girl all dressed up to be betrothed. Only when the teachers took up the cause and threatened police action did the family send the girl to write her exams," he said. For the M.O.P. Vaishnav girls, such interviews are eye-openers and a reminder of the restrictive environment in which the girls in rural India live. "And when we talk to the NGOs, we make sure to get the beneficiaries to speak out on air too," says Thiruvengadam.  

Health concerns

Concerns like HIV/AIDS are dealt with, too. "Classroom instructions can be embarrassing. But anonymous radio discussions are effective, especially when it is a case of the youth talking to the youth," observes Srinidhi Sampath, a counsellor.

Another popular programme is the educational broadcast for visually-challenged students, produced by the Dehradun-based National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and recorded at Chennai's Rotary Helen Keller 'Talking Book' Library. "The programme has made a definite difference to our exam preparations," says K Muniappan, President, Blind Students' Association in Chennai.

In addition to community interaction, the M.O.P. radio service is also used as a tool to communicate on campus. Incredible as it may seem, most students, at some point of time, do go on air. Some like Saranya Easwaran are regular Radio Jockeys (RJs) and also double up as programme producers. "I plan to continue after graduation," she smiles. "We have good fun," adds R Padmapriya, a first-year electronic media student. 
The college has invested in a sound-proof recording room, a high-tech 54-channel amplifier, and even expensive Nuendo software used for recording. The recurring costs amount to about Rs 1,00,000 a year, estimates Thiruvengadam. 

"The college management has been generous with funds. The Department of Science and Technology has given us a monetary grant of Rs 11,00,000 this year, towards the use of community radio to promote scientific temper among women," says Dr K Nirmala Prasad, Principal, M.O.P. Vaishnav. "The community radio service is actually just an extension of our college's social initiative policy. Our girls had been going to the slums earlier as well. Students studying nutrition teach the women of Badrikarai slum to prepare nutritious low cost meals, while our entrepreneurship cell has helped women find better employment. For instance, our girls have taught bouquet flower arrangements to flower vendors there, which has helped them earn better," he elaborates.

Touching lives

Voices on M.O.P. FM have been touching lives. According to a survey conducted in July last year by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), 53 per cent of the 1,000 women surveyed in the slums within the five kilometre radius of the campus, tuned in to M.O.P. FM, particularly the 'Penne Nee Arivaai' programme. 

As Chandrasekharan puts it, "They are creating small ripples and, at the very least, the college students are getting to know the real world, discuss serious issues, and seek answers." They will eventually find solutions, too.

 

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr262008/she2008042564634.asp


From v1clist at yahoo.co.uk  Sun Apr 27 12:09:56 2008
From: v1clist at yahoo.co.uk (Vickram Crishna)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:39:56 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...
Message-ID: <640146.44381.qm@web26605.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

While agreeing that the students have genuinely been making efforts to get their hands (and voices) into the act, and in that sense Sajan's comments are perhaps a little one-sided, as another post complains, the report to me signifies the complexity enforced on such stations. What community is it serving? Is it the community of students who need to inculcate good journalistic practices within themselves? 

Nothing wrong with that - but then why aren't the other communities mentioned in the article getting a chance to create their own communications for themselves, instead of this hand-me-down scenario? Will - can - it ever happen in this campus station? And even if it can, what exactly is the harm in empowering people to do it for themselves? The entire discussion with the government so far has pussyfooted around this core issue. I have yet to hear one government voice (authorised, official) even address this point, much less answer it squarely.

And, applauding the university's decision to professionalise their setup in terms of technical resources, why did they find inexpensive or free open source solutions so unsuitable? At least that would demonstrate a genuine commitment to open knowledge. A roll call of expensive (not to mention overkill! Nuendo, at Eur1800 - over Rs 1.1 lakhs, for ver4, not yet available, but costing Eur400 to upgrade from ver3, whose price is not listed - per license, looks as though it belongs in an all-purpose sound studio handling major audio projects, not a community radio station) proprietary software is less than impressive. 

Just fyi for those who don't follow pricing, Eur400 will buy you a reasonably fully loaded multimedia PC in India, on which you can run Audacity for free. Nuendo also needs a powerful PC or Mac, plus cannot be installed without a working Internet connection (and one USB socket which will be blocked by the software dongle). 
 
Vickram
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com

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From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Sent: Saturday, 26 April, 2008 7:08:14 PM
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...

This story on the campus radio at MOP Vaishav College for Women (see below) highlights pretty much all that's wrong with campus-based 'community radio' in India. 
   
  The reporter is apparently thrilled that the sophisticated young ladies of MOP Vaishnav College are able to 'mimic' the slum women of Chennai with such flair, presenting outlandish characters like 'Idly Kadai' Muniamma in proper 'slum' Tamil. The college students (who - we are told - are in the age group of 16 to 22 years) "bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums" and with whom 'real women' in the slums can identify. The possibility that slum residents might identify better with real slum women taking part in community radio programmes is lost on the reporter, but irony is obviously not her strong point.
   
  One is almost persuaded that the real women of the slums, who presumably speak proper 'slum' Tamil as well, would be a bit too much for the college management to invite into their Rs.25 lakh studio in their aesthetically designed building in the heart of the city, but heck no, ''at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents ... to share their homespun expertise," Good golly. 
   
  The reporter, who seems to have researched her story on the telephone, is amazed that the young women of MOP actually venture out "in the scorching heat of Chennai" to talk to NGOs and "Incredible as it may seem,' she gushes, "most students, at some point of time, do go on air." What would be truly incredible, one suspects, is the community, at some point of time, getting to decide what goes on air. 
   
  The story is peppered with inaccuracies and prejudices, and serves no other purpose than to convince us - if we need convincing - that 'community radio' in India has become little more than an expensive toy for the children of our urban elite to play at engaging with the 'real India', sometimes by venturing out among a city's poor with a tape recorder, but more often by faking 'real' slum accents in comfort of an airconditioned studio.
   
  Sajan
   
  
 Sparking change through radio 
Deccan Herald,  April 26, 2008 [Women's Feature Service]
  

Lady, you should know, insist a group of creative college girls who have caught the attention of women slum dwellers in Chennai with their innovative programming on a FM community radio. Hema Vijay tunes in
 
When Meenakshi, 28, tuned in to the radio, it was only to lighten her daily drudgery of washing dishes and clothes. However, just by accident, the young housewife heard the strains of 107.8 MHz. "It was the dialect that caught my attention. The voice on air sounded different. The woman on the radio was speaking 'slum' Tamil, unlike the anglicised Tamil common on the FM channel," she recounts. Meenakshi lives with her husband and three children in a one-room shanty in Chennai's Teynampet slum. 
 The female voice on the radio reminded listeners about the polio vaccination drive being conducted in the city that day and of the deformities that a polio attack can lead to. "I wound up the washing and dragged my children to locate a polio camp," admits Meenakshi, now a loyal listener of 'Penne Nee Arivaai' (Lady, You Should Know). 'Penne Nee Arivaai' is a community radio programme broadcast thrice a day by M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. 
Launched in March 2005, the M.O.P. Vaishnav's community FM is the country's second community radio station, after Anna FM at Chennai's Anna University. The service spans out to several schools and colleges, in addition to a few slums and health centres falling within a radius of four to five kilometres of the M.O.P. campus. "Community radio works because it addresses specific communities," observes senior journalist Anjali Sircar. 
And the team of college girls at M.O.P. FM perfectly understands its audience, as proven by the stock of characters the students mimic on air for 'Penne Nee Arivaai' and other programmes. Keeping in mind the target community — women in the slums around the M.O.P. campus that spans just a little less than three acres — S Niveetha, a third-year student of BCom (Bachelors of Commerce) speaks up as 'Mallika' the flower vendor. She is joined by A Vaidehi who, off air, pursues an electronic media course, but is known as 'Idly kadai' Muniamma (literally 'Idli Shop Muniamma'!) on the airwaves. Then there Kuppamma, the vegetable vendor, who outside the recording studio is first-year economics student, S  Uma.
Interestingly, through their programme, the students — who are in the age group of 16 to 22 years and include both under-graduates and post-graduates — bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums and with whom real women like Meenakshi can identify. But first they thoroughly research for their shows by speaking to doctors, welfare organisations and NGOs. 
Empowerment
And, at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents such as Saroja(30), D Ramani (42) and Kavitha (36) to share their homespun expertise on topics such as child rearing and health on air. "Our primary focus has been to facilitate women's empowerment," says Vijaya Thiruvengadam, former director, All India Radio, Chennai, who was roped in by the college to shape its community radio service. 
 Each M.O.P. broadcast lasts for three hours and there are three broadcasts every day — between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm, and 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Each programme lasts for 15 minutes.
 
But it is not just the slum dwellers that these talented girls have been involving in their daily shows. They have been speaking to NGO representatives, and even have taken to the streets to monitor and spread the word on traffic rules despite the scorching heat of Chennai. They regularly talk about the need to wear helmets and also outline traffic rules to be followed to ensure safety. 
 When this writer went visiting M.O.P.'s radio station, P Chandrasekharan, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Foundation, was in the studio recounting an incident where the NGO had intervened when a young girl in a rural school failed to appear for her school final exams. "She had been a good student and so we went to her house to inquire and we found the girl all dressed up to be betrothed. Only when the teachers took up the cause and threatened police action did the family send the girl to write her exams," he said. For the M.O.P. Vaishnav girls, such interviews are eye-openers and a reminder of the restrictive environment in which the girls in rural India live. "And when we talk to the NGOs, we make sure to get the beneficiaries to speak out on air too," says Thiruvengadam.  
Health concerns
Concerns like HIV/AIDS are dealt with, too. "Classroom instructions can be embarrassing. But anonymous radio discussions are effective, especially when it is a case of the youth talking to the youth," observes Srinidhi Sampath, a counsellor.
Another popular programme is the educational broadcast for visually-challenged students, produced by the Dehradun-based National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and recorded at Chennai's Rotary Helen Keller 'Talking Book' Library. "The programme has made a definite difference to our exam preparations," says K Muniappan, President, Blind Students' Association in Chennai.
In addition to community interaction, the M.O.P. radio service is also used as a tool to communicate on campus. Incredible as it may seem, most students, at some point of time, do go on air. Some like Saranya Easwaran are regular Radio Jockeys (RJs) and also double up as programme producers. "I plan to continue after graduation," she smiles. "We have good fun," adds R Padmapriya, a first-year electronic media student. 
The college has invested in a sound-proof recording room, a high-tech 54-channel amplifier, and even expensive Nuendo software used for recording. The recurring costs amount to about Rs 1,00,000 a year, estimates Thiruvengadam. 
"The college management has been generous with funds. The Department of Science and Technology has given us a monetary grant of Rs 11,00,000 this year, towards the use of community radio to promote scientific temper among women," says Dr K Nirmala Prasad, Principal, M.O.P. Vaishnav. "The community radio service is actually just an extension of our college's social initiative policy. Our girls had been going to the slums earlier as well. Students studying nutrition teach the women of Badrikarai slum to prepare nutritious low cost meals, while our entrepreneurship cell has helped women find better employment. For instance, our girls have taught bouquet flower arrangements to flower vendors there, which has helped them earn better," he elaborates.
Touching lives
Voices on M.O.P. FM have been touching lives. According to a survey conducted in July last year by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), 53 per cent of the 1,000 women surveyed in the slums within the five kilometre radius of the campus, tuned in to M.O.P. FM, particularly the 'Penne Nee Arivaai' programme. 
 As Chandrasekharan puts it, "They are creating small ripples and, at the very least, the college students are getting to know the real world, discuss serious issues, and seek answers." They will eventually find solutions, too.
   
 http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr262008/she2008042564634.asp
 





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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:57:39 -0700
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YEAH YEAH RUKMANI
You know whats wrong with all of us. Anytime anyone tries to do something
poisitive we are so quick to attack and demolish.
We want such perfection but perfection comes slowly....on the trail of
imperfections.
Also the studio may have cost twenty five lakhs but the budget for
salary, transport etc will be low. Trust me. I knwo.
So these girls are working on their own energy and idealism.
Besides its better policy to talk to ":slum" people in their own areas
 ( where they feel stronger and empowered) then in alien environments.
however glitzy.
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From: v1clist at yahoo.co.uk (Vickram Crishna)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:23:56 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 53, Issue 8
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I assume Ms Bhatnagar's post is in response to Sajan's, and the exchange that followed.

 
What is the point this correspondent wants to make? That the students are doing their best under difficult circumstances? But has anyone criticised the students? 

It seems to me that the criticisms have been strongly against a demeaning CR policy that encourages such activities, including the moneys wasted by the University(ies) in buying unnecessarily heavy-duty equipment (while not budgeting a decent amount for the station operators, as she has pointed out, see below). 

As for the 'slum' dwellers, please read the posts carefully instead of making wild accusations. No-one is asking for them to be interviewed in airconditioned offices.  What has been asked again and again is for a policy, an open policy, one that recognises the right of anyone, anywhere, to speak her voice. To 'own' her voice, not to lend it to others who have exclusive privileges granted by a sarkari government that knows best what people need, as evidenced by 60 years of 'incredible' development. 

Vickram
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com



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From: vinita Bhatnagar <vinita.dhondiyal at gmail.com>
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Sent: Monday, 28 April, 2008 11:27:39 AM
Subject: Re: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 53, Issue 8



YEAH YEAH RUKMANI
You know whats wrong with all of us. Anytime anyone tries to do something
poisitive we are so quick to attack and demolish.
We want such perfection but perfection comes slowly....on the trail of imperfections.
Also the studio may have cost twenty five lakhs but the budget for
salary, transport etc will be low. Trust me. I knwo.
So these girls are working on their own energy and idealism. 
Besides its better policy to talk to ":slum" people in their own areas
 ( where they feel stronger and empowered) then in alien environments. however glitzy.


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From venniyoor at gmail.com  Mon Apr 28 21:47:26 2008
From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:47:26 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...
In-Reply-To: <330994.79715.qm@web94711.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
References: <5479ae440804260638y6ab5a383n938c235c4707e50e@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <5479ae440804280917k78c65652jc4c30b0bb85a45cf@mail.gmail.com>

If it is only a matter of doing socially relevant programmes on traffic
safety, HIV/AIDS and the like, why not, as Satheesh asks, " go back to the
golden age of AIR?"

Like Vickram, I am somewhat baffled by the reactions we are getting to our
suggestion that, regardless of how sincere and hardworking the students of
the Chennai college are, that still doesn't make MOP 107.8 a community radio
station, any more than it does Anna FM or Loyola College radio.

"Perfection comes slowly....on the trail of imperfections", we are
encouraged by those who now enjoy the rewards of the long struggle for
community radio in India. "Its evolutionary and incremental," we are
informed blithely, no doubt implying that if only the slum women
of Chennai are reasonable, and have the humility to lend their voices
to those who have exclusive privileges at present, they may get to speak
their own voice some day.

This is a most perverse understanding of the situation. In a perfectly
evolutionary and incremental manner, seven licenses and LoI's have been
given away to campus stations in New Delhi, and when genuine community
groups - some representing 'real' slum people - apply for a CR license in
Delhi or Banglaore, they are told that all frequencies in these cities have
been incrementally given away to educational institutions, and the
cupboard's now quite bare. Three campus stations have incrementally come up
in Chennai as well, and Tamil Nadu has the unique distinction of having 22
campus radio stations - nine operational - and not a single community radio.


Gradualism and patience obviously pays off for some.

Like Satheesh, Vickram and many others who have fought for years for the
right of people to voice, I am increasingly convinced that our great
stumbling block is the moderate who "paternalistically believes he can set
the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of
time, and who constantly advises [us] to wait for a "more convenient
season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating
than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."

Sajan


 On 4/28/08, Vickram Crishna <v1clist at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  I assume Ms Bhatnagar's post is in response to Sajan's, and the exchange
> that followed.
>
>
> What is the point this correspondent wants to make? That the students are
> doing their best under difficult circumstances? But has anyone criticised
> the students?
>
> It seems to me that the criticisms have been strongly against a demeaning
> CR policy that encourages such activities, including the moneys wasted by
> the University(ies) in buying unnecessarily heavy-duty equipment (while not
> budgeting a decent amount for the station operators, as she has pointed out,
> see below).
>
> As for the 'slum' dwellers, please read the posts carefully instead of
> making wild accusations. No-one is asking for them to be interviewed in
> airconditioned offices. What has been asked again and again is for a policy,
> an open policy, one that recognises the right of anyone, anywhere, to speak
> her voice. To 'own' her voice, not to lend it to others who have exclusive
> privileges granted by a sarkari government that knows best what people need,
> as evidenced by 60 years of 'incredible' development.
>
> Vickram
> http://communicall.wordpress.com
> http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com
>
>
On 4/28/08, periyapatna satheesh <satheeshperiyapatna at yahoo.com> wrote:


>   Dear Sajan
>
> I am completely with you and every bit with the biting wit that
> accompanies your analysis. The point is not to see how valiantly the
> students of the College try to imitate the slum women. What is a biting
> indictment on the farcical democracy of this country is in the name of
> Community Radio, we have once again reduced Meenakshi to identify herself
> with a cardboard character played out by a, probably well intentioned, but
> certainly a well-heeled student of the Vaishnav College.
>
> that we endorse this identification as a success of the effort is a
> bankruptcy of our understanding of communication by the people. Then why
> cant we go back to the golden days of AIR, where many characters have been
> received great endorsements by the rural people? Why play this charade of
> Community Radio? just make big academics and fat NGOs share the pie which
> was AIR's once upon a time?
>
> This truly is the nadir of People's Radio as the Community Radio should
> be. People who are in our slums, our villages and our forests. That this has
> been snatched away twice over through the Campus Radio is a genocide of
> democratic communication.
>
> And finally the word Arivai, is by no stretch of imagination is
> empowerment. It is simply "KNOW" an order from the priviliged classes of the
> country.
>
> satheesh
>
> --- On *Sat, 26/4/08, sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...
> To: cr-india at sarai.net
> Date: Saturday, 26 April, 2008, 6:38 AM
>
>  This story<http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr262008/she2008042564634.asp>on the campus radio at MOP Vaishav College for Women
> *(see below) *highlights pretty much all that's wrong with campus-based
> 'community radio' in India.
>
>
>
> The reporter is apparently thrilled that the sophisticated young ladies of
> MOP Vaishnav College are able to 'mimic' the slum women of Chennai with such
> flair, presenting outlandish characters like 'Idly Kadai' Muniamma in proper
> 'slum' Tamil. The college students (who - we are told - are in the age group
> of 16 to 22 years) "bring alive characters who could be residents of the
> neighbouring slums" and with whom 'real women' in the slums can identify.
> The possibility that slum residents might identify better with real slum
> women taking part in community radio programmes is lost on the reporter, but
> irony is obviously not her strong point.
>
>
>
> One is almost persuaded that the real women of the slums, who presumably
> speak proper 'slum' Tamil as well, would be a bit too much for the college
> management to invite into their Rs.25 lakh studio in their aesthetically
> designed building in the heart of the city, but heck no, ''at times, the
> broadcasters also rope in real slum residents ... to share their homespun
> expertise," Good golly.
>
>
>
> The reporter, who seems to have researched her story on the telephone, is
> amazed that the young women of MOP actually venture out "in the scorching
> heat of Chennai" to talk to NGOs and "Incredible as it may seem,' she
> gushes, "most students, at some point of time, do go on air." What would be
> truly incredible, one suspects, is the community, at some point
> of time, getting to decide what goes on air.
>
>
>
> The story is peppered with inaccuracies and prejudices, and serves no
> other purpose than to convince us - if we need convincing - that 'community
> radio' in India has become little more than an expensive toy for the
> children of our urban elite to play at engaging with the 'real India',
> sometimes by venturing out among a city's poor with a tape recorder, but
> more often by faking 'real' slum accents in comfort of an airconditioned
> studio.
>
>
>
> Sajan
>
>
>
> **
>
> *Sparking change through radio*
> Deccan Herald,  April 26, 2008 [Women's Feature Service]
>
> *Lady, you should know, insist a group of creative college girls who have
> caught the attention of women slum dwellers in Chennai with their innovative
> programming on a FM community radio. Hema Vijay tunes in
> *
> When Meenakshi, 28, tuned in to the radio, it was only to lighten her
> daily drudgery of washing dishes and clothes. However, just by accident, the
> young housewife heard the strains of 107.8 MHz. "It was the dialect that
> caught my attention. The voice on air sounded different. The woman on the
> radio was speaking 'slum' Tamil, unlike the anglicised Tamil common on the
> FM channel," she recounts. Meenakshi lives with her husband and three
> children in a one-room shanty in Chennai's Teynampet slum.
>
> The female voice on the radio reminded listeners about the polio
> vaccination drive being conducted in the city that day and of the
> deformities that a polio attack can lead to. "I wound up the washing and
> dragged my children to locate a polio camp," admits Meenakshi, now a loyal
> listener of 'Penne Nee Arivaai' (Lady, You Should Know). 'Penne Nee Arivaai'
> is a community radio programme broadcast thrice a day by M.O.P. Vaishnav
> College for Women, Chennai.
>
> Launched in March 2005, the M.O.P. Vaishnav's community FM is the
> country's second community radio station, after Anna FM at Chennai's Anna
> University. The service spans out to several schools and colleges, in
> addition to a few slums and health centres falling within a radius of four
> to five kilometres of the M.O.P. campus. "Community radio works because it
> addresses specific communities," observes senior journalist Anjali Sircar.
>
> And the team of college girls at M.O.P. FM perfectly understands its
> audience, as proven by the stock of characters the students mimic on air for
> 'Penne Nee Arivaai' and other programmes. Keeping in mind the target
> community — women in the slums around the M.O.P. campus that spans just a
> little less than three acres — S Niveetha, a third-year student of BCom
> (Bachelors of Commerce) speaks up as 'Mallika' the flower vendor. She is
> joined by A Vaidehi who, off air, pursues an electronic media course, but is
> known as 'Idly kadai' Muniamma (literally 'Idli Shop Muniamma'!) on the
> airwaves. Then there Kuppamma, the vegetable vendor, who outside the
> recording studio is first-year economics student, S  Uma.
>
> Interestingly, through their programme, the students — who are in the age
> group of 16 to 22 years and include both under-graduates and post-graduates
> — bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums
> and with whom real women like Meenakshi can identify. But first they
> thoroughly research for their shows by speaking to doctors, welfare
> organisations and NGOs.
>
> *Empowerment*
>
> And, at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents such as
> Saroja(30), D Ramani (42) and Kavitha (36) to share their homespun expertise
> on topics such as child rearing and health on air. "Our primary focus has
> been to facilitate women's empowerment," says Vijaya Thiruvengadam, former
> director, All India Radio, Chennai, who was roped in by the college to shape
> its community radio service.
>
> Each M.O.P. broadcast lasts for three hours and there are three broadcasts
> every day — between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm, and 5:30 pm
> and 8:30 pm. Each programme lasts for 15 minutes.
>
>
> But it is not just the slum dwellers that these talented girls have been
> involving in their daily shows. They have been speaking to NGO
> representatives, and even have taken to the streets to monitor and spread
> the word on traffic rules despite the scorching heat of Chennai. They
> regularly talk about the need to wear helmets and also outline traffic rules
> to be followed to ensure safety.
>
> When this writer went visiting M.O.P.'s radio station, P Chandrasekharan,
> Secretary, Tamil Nadu Foundation, was in the studio recounting an incident
> where the NGO had intervened when a young girl in a rural school failed to
> appear for her school final exams. "She had been a good student and so we
> went to her house to inquire and we found the girl all dressed up to be
> betrothed. Only when the teachers took up the cause and threatened police
> action did the family send the girl to write her exams," he said. For the
> M.O.P. Vaishnav girls, such interviews are eye-openers and a reminder of the
> restrictive environment in which the girls in rural India live. "And when we
> talk to the NGOs, we make sure to get the beneficiaries to speak out on air
> too," says Thiruvengadam.
>
> *Health concerns*
>
> Concerns like HIV/AIDS are dealt with, too. "Classroom instructions can be
> embarrassing. But anonymous radio discussions are effective, especially when
> it is a case of the youth talking to the youth," observes Srinidhi Sampath,
> a counsellor.
>
> Another popular programme is the educational broadcast for
> visually-challenged students, produced by the Dehradun-based National
> Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and recorded at Chennai's Rotary
> Helen Keller 'Talking Book' Library. "The programme has made a definite
> difference to our exam preparations," says K Muniappan, President, Blind
> Students' Association in Chennai.
>
> In addition to community interaction, the M.O.P. radio service is also
> used as a tool to communicate on campus. Incredible as it may seem, most
> students, at some point of time, do go on air. Some like Saranya Easwaran
> are regular Radio Jockeys (RJs) and also double up as programme producers.
> "I plan to continue after graduation," she smiles. "We have good fun," adds
> R Padmapriya, a first-year electronic media student.
> The college has invested in a sound-proof recording room, a high-tech
> 54-channel amplifier, and even expensive Nuendo software used for recording.
> The recurring costs amount to about Rs 1,00,000 a year, estimates
> Thiruvengadam.
>
> "The college management has been generous with funds. The Department of
> Science and Technology has given us a monetary grant of Rs 11,00,000 this
> year, towards the use of community radio to promote scientific temper among
> women," says Dr K Nirmala Prasad, Principal, M.O.P. Vaishnav. "The community
> radio service is actually just an extension of our college's social
> initiative policy. Our girls had been going to the slums earlier as well.
> Students studying nutrition teach the women of Badrikarai slum to prepare
> nutritious low cost meals, while our entrepreneurship cell has helped women
> find better employment. For instance, our girls have taught bouquet flower
> arrangements to flower vendors there, which has helped them earn better," he
> elaborates.
>
> *Touching lives*
>
> Voices on M.O.P. FM have been touching lives. According to a survey
> conducted in July last year by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for
> Asia (CEMCA), 53 per cent of the 1,000 women surveyed in the slums within
> the five kilometre radius of the campus, tuned in to M.O.P. FM, particularly
> the 'Penne Nee Arivaai' programme.
>
> As Chandrasekharan puts it, "They are creating small ripples and, at the
> very least, the college students are getting to know the real world, discuss
> serious issues, and seek answers." They will eventually find solutions, too.
>
>
>
> http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr262008/she2008042564634.asp
>
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From cr_4_agriculture at yahoo.com  Tue Apr 29 11:32:29 2008
From: cr_4_agriculture at yahoo.com (MAHESH ACHARYA)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:02:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...
In-Reply-To: <B975773C15E6644F9B646988538553335FC901@exchangevs.col.org>
Message-ID: <897291.25014.qm@web57404.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

Hi Rukmini and all!

I recommend to you or students involved in broadcasting from university owned radio stations to UNLEARN some of the notions that surround the Community Radio in India and communication theory as understood traditionally. To begin with if you de-tag the community from community radio station, you are left with radio station. This opens a whole wide world on how best the radio station can be used in meaningful way...be it for programs for farmers, wo(men), elderly, students and so forth. This is where the one of the basic elements of radio station comes in...OBJECTIVE of the broadcast that is communication.

Community radio is new to India but not to the world. A study of CR stations around the world say for example Farm Radio http://www.farmradio.org/english/partners/voices/v2008mar.asp you will notice that farmers are the focal point and volunteers who are farmers produce and broadcast programs as they best understand farming issues. Similarly if your are talking about issues of women in slum it would be nice to get them involved and encourage to produce program gradually...like ask then to hold the mike and switch on the recorder and then graduate them to editing and broadcasting in due course of time. Have point of contact from the the slum who could be go-between the radio station as well as representative of the radio station. 

 Before I pen off I dare ask this question to all radio stations operating our of academic institutes, What is the core objective of radio station and does the station meet those objectives? If the answer is yes..carry on, if not...decide on an objective, incorporate it into broadcast policy so that new student broadcasters will know what they are doing and more importantly...for whom and is justice being done to meet the objective. 

I am still learning about CR and If someone can educate me if academic institutes currently broadcasting, so they have any objective? What are those?

Oh by the way, I have learnt that country's first (community)  radio station  for  farmers in Dharvad, supported by University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharvad is having multiple issues affecting the objective that was in mind when it went on air with much fanfare. I am curious to visit the Dharvad for first hand account. Anyone from Bangalore, interested?

cheers and good luck!!
mahesh 
9886 303077

Rukmini Vemraju <rvemraju at col.org> wrote: On Sajan's report of the report........
 
"Ladies (and Gentlemen too) should know better..
 
I do agree, much is not right with community radio in India. In fact, much is not  community radio, I'd say. The  ones who get the community part right, are not radio-yet, and the ones who get the radio going , are not quite  getting the community right yet--its evolutionary and incremental.
 
that said, lets not be  too hasty to condemn, based on our own biases , but more importantly, on insufficient information. lets not transfer a reporter's urban biases, poor understanding and presentation to the CR station,  and throw the baby with the bathwater, as they say!
 
 One of the first tenets of any communication is to speak the language of its audience- so, if the students of MOP college try  to  dramatise and create characters the local community can identify with, speak the colloquial dialect, what is the crime they commit? there's nothing in the report to suggest that  this format  is being used exclusively  as a substitute for getting real community members. 
 
On the contrary,  the report goes not to give specific examples of Saroja(30), D Ramani (42) and Kavitha (36) who go on air.
 
"And Meenakshi, 28, who tunes in.." , a bonafide community member, does not feel slighted, mimicked, mocked at-if anything, she is motivated and take her children to the polio booth... And mind you, it is she who calls it "slum" Tamil, as opposed to an anglicised version patented by FM stations. (Not being served by an Advisory by MIB, Meenakshi probably thinks of the CR  as FM, yet). If we take other parts of the report seriously, we must, this too.
 
And if the students, who work at the community radio station, go out in the scorching hot Chennai sun to  talk to NGOs and other community members, it is commendable . They should be appreciated and  encouraged, mustn't they?
 
Why does the  comment on the report   ignore all other achievements of the  community radio noted in the report like creating awareness about  traffic safety, HIV/AIDS, Audio  Books for the visually impaired and even what sounds like a  stalled  child marriage ?
 
No, irony certainly, is not this  reporters strong point, nor is leg work it would seem -since you say she got the interview on phone. 
 
It surely is yours, Sajan.  How about some  fairness, too?
 
Finally, penne nee arivaa, I believe, means. woman, you are powerful, or empowered--some such .  
 
So I believe, we all need to listen, ladies and gentleman.
 
Cheers!
 
Rukmini Vemraju
Programme Officer
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
8/4, Sarvapriya Vihar, New Delhi 110016
Phones:+91-11-26537146; 26537148  Fax: :+91-11-26537147
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From: cr-india-bounces at sarai.net on behalf of sajan venniyoor
Sent: Sat 4/26/2008 7:08 PM
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Subject: [cr-india] Ladies, you should know better...



This story   on the campus radio at MOP Vaishav College for Women (see below) highlights pretty much all that's wrong with campus-based 'community radio' in India. 

 

The reporter is apparently thrilled that the sophisticated young ladies of MOP Vaishnav College are able to 'mimic' the slum women of Chennai with such flair, presenting outlandish characters like 'Idly Kadai' Muniamma in proper 'slum' Tamil. The college students (who - we are told - are in the age group of 16 to 22 years) "bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums" and with whom 'real women' in the slums can identify. The possibility that slum residents might identify better with real slum women taking part in community radio programmes is lost on the reporter, but irony is obviously not her strong point.

 

One is almost persuaded that the real women of the slums, who presumably speak proper 'slum' Tamil as well, would be a bit too much for the college management to invite into their Rs.25 lakh studio in their aesthetically designed building in the heart of the city, but heck no, ''at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents ... to share their homespun expertise," Good golly. 

 

The reporter, who seems to have researched her story on the telephone, is amazed that the young women of MOP actually venture out "in the scorching heat of Chennai" to talk to NGOs and "Incredible as it may seem,' she gushes, "most students, at some point of time, do go on air." What would be truly incredible, one suspects, is the community, at some point of time, getting to decide what goes on air. 

 

The story is peppered with inaccuracies and prejudices, and serves no other purpose than to convince us - if we need convincing - that 'community radio' in India has become little more than an expensive toy for the children of our urban elite to play at engaging with the 'real India', sometimes by venturing out among a city's poor with a tape recorder, but more often by faking 'real' slum accents in comfort of an airconditioned studio.

 

Sajan

 

 

Sparking change through radio 
Deccan Herald,  April 26, 2008 [Women's Feature Service]

Lady, you should know, insist a group of creative college girls who have caught the attention of women slum dwellers in Chennai with their innovative programming on a FM community radio. Hema Vijay tunes in
 
When Meenakshi, 28, tuned in to the radio, it was only to lighten her daily drudgery of washing dishes and clothes. However, just by accident, the young housewife heard the strains of 107.8 MHz. "It was the dialect that caught my attention. The voice on air sounded different. The woman on the radio was speaking 'slum' Tamil, unlike the anglicised Tamil common on the FM channel," she recounts. Meenakshi lives with her husband and three children in a one-room shanty in Chennai's Teynampet slum. 

The female voice on the radio reminded listeners about the polio vaccination drive being conducted in the city that day and of the deformities that a polio attack can lead to. "I wound up the washing and dragged my children to locate a polio camp," admits Meenakshi, now a loyal listener of 'Penne Nee Arivaai' (Lady, You Should Know). 'Penne Nee Arivaai' is a community radio programme broadcast thrice a day by M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. 

Launched in March 2005, the M.O.P. Vaishnav's community FM is the country's second community radio station, after Anna FM at Chennai's Anna University. The service spans out to several schools and colleges, in addition to a few slums and health centres falling within a radius of four to five kilometres of the M.O.P. campus. "Community radio works because it addresses specific communities," observes senior journalist Anjali Sircar. 

And the team of college girls at M.O.P. FM perfectly understands its audience, as proven by the stock of characters the students mimic on air for 'Penne Nee Arivaai' and other programmes. Keeping in mind the target community - women in the slums around the M.O.P. campus that spans just a little less than three acres - S Niveetha, a third-year student of BCom (Bachelors of Commerce) speaks up as 'Mallika' the flower vendor. She is joined by A Vaidehi who, off air, pursues an electronic media course, but is known as 'Idly kadai' Muniamma (literally 'Idli Shop Muniamma'!) on the airwaves. Then there Kuppamma, the vegetable vendor, who outside the recording studio is first-year economics student, S  Uma.

Interestingly, through their programme, the students - who are in the age group of 16 to 22 years and include both under-graduates and post-graduates - bring alive characters who could be residents of the neighbouring slums and with whom real women like Meenakshi can identify. But first they thoroughly research for their shows by speaking to doctors, welfare organisations and NGOs. 

Empowerment

And, at times, the broadcasters also rope in real slum residents such as Saroja(30), D Ramani (42) and Kavitha (36) to share their homespun expertise on topics such as child rearing and health on air. "Our primary focus has been to facilitate women's empowerment," says Vijaya Thiruvengadam, former director, All India Radio, Chennai, who was roped in by the college to shape its community radio service. 

Each M.O.P. broadcast lasts for three hours and there are three broadcasts every day - between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm, and 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Each programme lasts for 15 minutes.


But it is not just the slum dwellers that these talented girls have been involving in their daily shows. They have been speaking to NGO representatives, and even have taken to the streets to monitor and spread the word on traffic rules despite the scorching heat of Chennai. They regularly talk about the need to wear helmets and also outline traffic rules to be followed to ensure safety. 

When this writer went visiting M.O.P.'s radio station, P Chandrasekharan, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Foundation, was in the studio recounting an incident where the NGO had intervened when a young girl in a rural school failed to appear for her school final exams. "She had been a good student and so we went to her house to inquire and we found the girl all dressed up to be betrothed. Only when the teachers took up the cause and threatened police action did the family send the girl to write her exams," he said. For the M.O.P. Vaishnav girls, such interviews are eye-openers and a reminder of the restrictive environment in which the girls in rural India live. "And when we talk to the NGOs, we make sure to get the beneficiaries to speak out on air too," says Thiruvengadam.  

Health concerns

Concerns like HIV/AIDS are dealt with, too. "Classroom instructions can be embarrassing. But anonymous radio discussions are effective, especially when it is a case of the youth talking to the youth," observes Srinidhi Sampath, a counsellor.

Another popular programme is the educational broadcast for visually-challenged students, produced by the Dehradun-based National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and recorded at Chennai's Rotary Helen Keller 'Talking Book' Library. "The programme has made a definite difference to our exam preparations," says K Muniappan, President, Blind Students' Association in Chennai.

In addition to community interaction, the M.O.P. radio service is also used as a tool to communicate on campus. Incredible as it may seem, most students, at some point of time, do go on air. Some like Saranya Easwaran are regular Radio Jockeys (RJs) and also double up as programme producers. "I plan to continue after graduation," she smiles. "We have good fun," adds R Padmapriya, a first-year electronic media student. 
The college has invested in a sound-proof recording room, a high-tech 54-channel amplifier, and even expensive Nuendo software used for recording. The recurring costs amount to about Rs 1,00,000 a year, estimates Thiruvengadam. 

"The college management has been generous with funds. The Department of Science and Technology has given us a monetary grant of Rs 11,00,000 this year, towards the use of community radio to promote scientific temper among women," says Dr K Nirmala Prasad, Principal, M.O.P. Vaishnav. "The community radio service is actually just an extension of our college's social initiative policy. Our girls had been going to the slums earlier as well. Students studying nutrition teach the women of Badrikarai slum to prepare nutritious low cost meals, while our entrepreneurship cell has helped women find better employment. For instance, our girls have taught bouquet flower arrangements to flower vendors there, which has helped them earn better," he elaborates.

Touching lives

Voices on M.O.P. FM have been touching lives. According to a survey conducted in July last year by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), 53 per cent of the 1,000 women surveyed in the slums within the five kilometre radius of the campus, tuned in to M.O.P. FM, particularly the 'Penne Nee Arivaai' programme. 

As Chandrasekharan puts it, "They are creating small ripples and, at the very least, the college students are getting to know the real world, discuss serious issues, and seek answers." They will eventually find solutions, too.

 

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr262008/she2008042564634.asp


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From vinita.dhondiyal at gmail.com  Tue Apr 29 11:58:52 2008
From: vinita.dhondiyal at gmail.com (vinita Bhatnagar)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:28:52 -0700
Subject: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 53, Issue 9
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satheesh,
I take your point.
If community radios have not been given
to some people and libearlly passed out to
others, yes I can see what you are saying.
But at the risk of triggering off another attack, is that the fault of
the colleges that have got the license.
And once they have got them, what are they to do with them.
I am talking employees and student volunteers not the owners.
I have worked in one such radio. i should know.
On one hand is the obsessive concern of the management
that this project is just draining money and not
bringing back revenues.
On the other is the concern of the employees that they
are not being listenened to because they are competing
against commercial stations that offer film music and entertainment.
And them there are those who want to
learn more about the world around them.
So they visit various areas of the city and try to
capture actual concerns of people. Like roads,
safety, schools that are surrounded by
drink shops, hospitals where anaesthesia is not available for
a little girl who undergoes an operation.
Land mafia that evacuates people from land that seems ripe for malls or
cinema halls.
And far froma superior top down approach, these young kids
are struggling too with the shock of what they thought and what
actually now stares them in the face.
I like the way every line I wrote was deconstructed. I am a glutton for
punishment and ready for more.
The question I am asking is this:
What kind of programmes do you think these college students
should be doing.
As Naipaul would say The world is what it is.
Licenses have been given to colleges.
How can those who have them use them more effectively?
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From: satheeshperiyapatna at yahoo.com (periyapatna satheesh)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:04:35 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 53, Issue 9
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From venniyoor at gmail.com  Wed Apr 30 13:10:13 2008
From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor)
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:10:13 +0530
Subject: [cr-india] review of campus radio stations
Message-ID: <5479ae440804300040n1e382bd1se1e368f468d72f13@mail.gmail.com>

On 13 Feb 2008, in a meeting in New Delhi, CEMCA faciliated a
questionnaire-based review of 23 of the reportedly 34 operational campus
radio stations in India. To quote the March '08 CEMCA newsletter: 'With a
view to ensure that the stations deliver the community service they were set
up to, the Ministry of Information called for a monitoring and evaluation
meeting of the functional community radio stations in the country. The
meeting, facilitated by CEMCA, revisited the original goals of the CR and
implemented an important decision by MIB which is that the community radio
stations would refer to themselves as "CR" stations rather than FM,
essentially to underscore the difference in purpose and content from the
commercial FM stations."

The raw data from this campus station review is available on the CEMCA
website - http://cemca.org/scienceforwomen/institutionaldata.pdf. The data
includes basic details of 23 campus radio stations, programme formats,
financial management, organizational structure, audience feedback and
programme planning.

Sajan
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From v1clist at yahoo.co.uk  Wed Apr 30 17:38:58 2008
From: v1clist at yahoo.co.uk (Vickram Crishna)
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:08:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [cr-india] review of campus radio stations
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A rose by any other name! Truly 'lama sabachtani' (forgive them, for they know not what they do)!

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From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Sent: Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 1:10:13 PM
Subject: [cr-india] review of campus radio stations

On 13 Feb 2008, in a meeting in New Delhi, CEMCA faciliated a
questionnaire-based review of 23 of the reportedly 34 operational campus
radio stations in India. To quote the March '08 CEMCA newsletter: 'With a
view to ensure that the stations deliver the community service they were set
up to, the Ministry of Information called for a monitoring and evaluation
meeting of the functional community radio stations in the country. The
meeting, facilitated by CEMCA, revisited the original goals of the CR and
implemented an important decision by MIB which is that the community radio
stations would refer to themselves as "CR" stations rather than FM,
essentially to underscore the difference in purpose and content from the
commercial FM stations."

The raw data from this campus station review is available on the CEMCA
website - http://cemca.org/scienceforwomen/institutionaldata.pdf. The data
includes basic details of 23 campus radio stations, programme formats,
financial management, organizational structure, audience feedback and
programme planning.

Sajan



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From media at web.net  Tue Apr 29 08:52:00 2008
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:22:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [cr-india] ASIAN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM - Admissions Open for 2008 -
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