From arti at trfindia.org Tue Mar 3 21:34:04 2009 From: arti at trfindia.org (Arti Jaiman) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:04:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [cr-india] Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana signs GOPA Message-ID: <382931.14786.qm@web1105.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com> http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=48175 Community Radio Station in Chaudhary Devilal University, Sirsa, Haryana 11:55 IST Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) at Tagore Bhawan , Chaudhary Devilal University. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. Chaudhary Devi Lal University was established by the Government of Haryana by an Act of Legislature in the year 2003 and was inaugurated on April 5, 2003. The University has been running 16 Academic Departments, which offer 21 Career oriented and specialized courses to the students. The proposed CRS would primarily serve the university community residing in and around the University Campus by inculcating more cohesiveness among its members through their active involvement in its programming. The rural community living in the coverage area of the proposed CRS would be another major group to be served by it. 82.6% of the population comes under the radius of this Community Radio Station is rural. Only 5.8% belongs to the urban area. The Ministry encourages setting up the CRS as it promises to provide an opportunity to the local communities to express themselves, share their views and particularly empower the women, youth and the marginalized groups to take part in local self governance and overall socio-economic and cultural development of the area. It will also better inform the society about the developmental initiatives of Government and promote transparency in the implementation of the scheme. ***** Arti Jaiman Project Manager: TRF Radio | arti at trfindia.org | www.trfindia.org | www.jaiman.org | www.pitara.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090303/4a611eec/attachment.html From venniyoor at gmail.com Wed Mar 4 19:20:02 2009 From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:20:02 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] "Radio Bundelkhand hosts training sessions for CR stations" Message-ID: <5479ae440903040550g735af590pcf56f34b4f5dbea9@mail.gmail.com> Radio Bundelkhand hosts training sessions for CR stations 4 March 2009, RadioandMusic.com MUMBAI: Orchha based community radio, Radio Bundelkhand 90.4, an initiative by Development Alternatives, has organised a three day training programme from 3 to 5 March 2009 for CR stations. A tool to empower communities, it has been hosted by Radio Bundelkhand in technical cooperation with UNESCO and its partner organization, Maraa - A Media Collective. The current training course, which is expected to equip participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to develop a community radio station, will be imparted by experienced staff from Maraa. The course aims to clarify the concepts related to community radio, explaining the government policies and providing a tool to develop basic production and post-production skills. About 20 participants have registered for the paid workshop including development professionals from NGOs, officers from central and state governments, representatives of academic institutions and international development organizations, as well as individuals who want to set up their own community radio stations or to support existing community radios. The participants will be provided with training material accompanied by the following Unesco publications - How to do community radio: a primer for community radio operators, Community radio in India, CR (Community radio): a user's guide to the technology; a guide to the technology and technical parameters of community radio in India, and Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers. The initiative is a step to make Radio Bundelkhand as a permanent training centre for community radio orientation programmes in India. Radio Bundelkhand is amongst the first three community radio stations approved and licensed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, under its new Community Radio Policy. Apart from the funding from Delhi based NGO Development Alternatives, UNESCO supported the station with equipment and training. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090304/5fd4086c/attachment.html From radioforever at gmail.com Thu Mar 5 18:25:40 2009 From: radioforever at gmail.com (jean parker) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:25:40 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] radio eyeway Message-ID: <003301c99d91$b50719d0$ac00a8c0@DELL600M> All: I am posting this on behalf of the Score Foundation in Delhi. For more information about airing the show on your stations, please contact them directly. Jean In the true tradition of project Eyeway, our radio show titled Eyeway Yeh Hai Roshni Ka Karawan is about informing, inspiring & empowering people with visual impairment. It's a two and half year old magazine show in hindi language which also connects people to Eyeway - the one-stop knowledge resource for blind & low vision people. The show is aired from 30 stations of Vividh bharati channel of All India Radio and can also be heard online at www.eyeway.org/include/radio/radio.php. In February 2008, the inaugural Radio Duniya Awards selected our show as one of the three in the Best Social Responsibility Initiative category among the nominations received from across the country. To reach deeper in the country, we would be happy to share our programmes with community radio broadcasters. Interested people can write to us at radio at eyeway.org and/or scorefoundation at eyeway.org. thanks and regards, Pranay Gadodia | Programme Manager Project Eyeway - A comprehensive information helpdesk on eye & blindness C/o Score Foundation, Y-70, Lower Ground floor, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016. INDIA. Website: www.eyeway.org Helpdesk:+91-11-460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 11am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 2685 2559/ 2685 2581 Mobile: +91 98917 91089 From media at web.net Sat Mar 7 13:09:04 2009 From: media at web.net (George Lessard) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 02:39:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: [cr-india] Community Media Sustainability Guide - The Business of Changing Lives Message-ID: <37727.216.108.22.182.1236411544.squirrel@flymail.web.net> Community Media Sustainability Guide - The Business of Changing Lives by Jean Fairbairn Publisher Internews http://www.internews.org/prs/2009/20090225_mediaguide.shtm Publication date Feb 26 2009 http://www.comminit.com/node/287179/ads Launched by Internews, this guide addresses the challenge of how to make community media financially sustainable in countries around the world. The Community Media Sustainability Guide: The Business of Changing Lives covers topics such as incorporating new online platforms and using alternative energy to power radio stations, all with an eye to sustainability. Case studies of community media outlets and networks featured here include creative solutions to the problem of finding enough funding to stay in business. For instance, the Coffee Lifeline project in Rwanda relies on partnerships with international groups to supply agricultural news to coffee farmers, and Desi Radio, serving London's Punjabi community, thrives on a mixed business model that includes selling advertising, conducting media trainings, and hiring out volunteers to dance at weddings. The guide is designed for community media practitioners and activists, trainers, and the donors and development agencies that support them. It provides different perspectives on sustainability, practical approaches to achieving it, and a comprehensive list of resources for practitioners and activists. The publication was funded by a grant to Internews Network from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) via a subgrant from Pact. Click here to freely access the guide in PDF format. http://www.internews.org/pubs/pdfs/InternewsCommunityMediaGuide2009.pdf Internews Network is an international media development organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard. Founded in 1982, the organization has worked in over 70 countries and trained over 70,000 media professionals worldwide. Contact Anamika Nelson Senior Program Associate, New Initiatives Internews Network 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 7th Floor Washington DC 20036 United States Tel: 202 833 5740 ext. 305 Fax: 202 833 5745 Internews website http://www.internews.org anelson at internews.org From venniyoor at gmail.com Tue Mar 10 10:39:18 2009 From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:39:18 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] Regional Consultations for Community Radio Awareness, March 2009 Message-ID: <5479ae440903092209g3e6523d9s81059e19729f3f87@mail.gmail.com> I understand that a Regional Consultation on CR Awareness is being held in Himachal Pradesh on 13-14 March and another one in Raipur (Chattisgarh) on 24-25 March 2009. While participation in these awareness workshops may be by invitation only, we'd appreciate it if members of this list who are aware of such events would share their information with the rest of us. I believe that's why this list was set up. Sajan Venniyoor List Moderator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090310/e748f63a/attachment-0001.html From rvemraju at col.org Tue Mar 10 12:40:45 2009 From: rvemraju at col.org (Rukmini Vemraju) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:10:45 -0700 Subject: [cr-india] Regional Consultations for Community Radio Awareness, March 2009 References: <5479ae440903092209g3e6523d9s81059e19729f3f87@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: CEMCA, supported by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ahs been holding Regional Consultations across the country to spread awareness about community radio and the licensing processes, technical requirements across. The forth coming RC's are: March 13-14, Solan, Himachal Pradesh March 24-25, Raipur , Chattisgarh Interested persons may visit our website http://www.cemca.org and register themselves. Details of these, and reports of earlier consultations are also available on our website. 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Learning for Development In consonance with the mission of Commonwealth of Learning, The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, New Delhi, promotes the meaningful, relevant, and appropriate use of information and communication technologies to serve the educational and training needs of Commonwealth Member States of Asia ________________________________ From: cr-india-bounces at sarai.net on behalf of sajan venniyoor Sent: Tue 3/10/2009 10:39 AM To: CR India Subject: [cr-india] Regional Consultations for Community Radio Awareness,March 2009 I understand that a Regional Consultation on CR Awareness is being held in Himachal Pradesh on 13-14 March and another one in Raipur (Chattisgarh) on 24-25 March 2009. While participation in these awareness workshops may be by invitation only, we'd appreciate it if members of this list who are aware of such events would share their information with the rest of us. I believe that's why this list was set up. Sajan Venniyoor List Moderator From venniyoor at gmail.com Tue Mar 10 19:22:22 2009 From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:22:22 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story, Media Guardian (9 March 2009) In-Reply-To: <5479ae440903100651i461d7f94s650488d857c3ea75@mail.gmail.com> References: <49B63F33.7040508@communitymedia.eu> <5479ae440903100648r694b3ca6ld8c224082291f7de@mail.gmail.com> <5479ae440903100651i461d7f94s650488d857c3ea75@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5479ae440903100652s1b2aa18bv308bd4b9d50ef836@mail.gmail.com> The United Kingdom got its CR policy (the Community Radio Order 2004) two years after India got its first CR policy in 2002. They now have 130 CR stations, with 50 waiting to launch. This, in a country smaller than Andhra Pradesh, smaller than Maharashtra, smaller than Madhya Pradesh, smaller than Rajasthan; on an island where there's scarcely a frequency left on their crowded FM dial. Seven years and two CR policies later, we have 41 CR stations, with 170 waiting without much hope for something to happen. Maybe India isn't ready for 'Gaydio' (!) or Christian hip-hop yet, but our CR stations should also note that their British counterparts deliver on average 81 hours of "original and distinctive output" every week, have 74 volunteers per station and are generally meeting their costs. And to think it's the same perfidious Albion which gave us the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and sc**wed us over for 124 years... Sajan -------- [From creative-radio: thanks to Salvatore Scifo for the link] COMMUNITY RADIO - A Rare Success Story John Plunkett, Guardian.co.uk (blog), 9 Mar 2009 Community radio was today hailed as a triumph by the media regulator, Ofcom, but is the new breed of volunteer-run stations filling the void in local programming that commercial radio has left? There are now more than 130 community radio stations across the UK, with another 50 preparing to launch. Although, given current economic conditions, it remains to be seen how many of those will actually take to the air. But with commercial radio in the doldrums, any radio success story outside the BBC is to be celebrated. The not-for-profit stations are required by Ofcom to deliver "social gain to one or more communities" in their local area, with stations catering for urban music fans (New Style in Birmingham), experimental music aficionados ( London's Resonance FM), the armed forces (Garrison FM in Edinburgh) and religious communities (Cross Rhythms in Stoke on Trent). Ofcom says the community stations are "generally meeting their costs", with the average station costing £101,000 to run, with average station income also at £101,000. Well, they are supposed to be not for profit. But it is worth noting, as Ofcom does, that the figures for the median station are somewhat lower, with operating costs of £64,500 and income of £65,500, suggesting that a small number of stations earn - and cost - significantly more than the majority. Community radio relies on a huge band of volunteers - an average of 74 a station, according to Ofcom - delivering a total of more than 100,000 volunteer hours a month. In return, some of them get training and qualifications that they would not receive elsewhere in the sector. But how much can community radio provide the "local factor" that will inevitably go missing from the big commercial radio stations as they turn their back on locally produced content and heritage station names in favour of syndicated programming and national brands? Announcing Ofcom's first annual report of community radio today, Peter Davies, Ofcom's director of radio policy, said community radio was a "real success story". "It delivers rich and varied content to listeners and provides additional benefits through community involvement and training. "In just over three years, 130 stations have sprung up across the length and breadth of the UK ... We are delighted that interest from those wishing to run such stations for their own communities remains high." Each community radio station provides 81 hours of "original and distinctive output", according to Ofcom, with most of it locally produced. To protect the revenue of existing commercial stations, community broadcasters are barred from raising more than 50% of their income from on-air advertising and sponsorship - it currently stands at 18% - with the majority of their backing coming from public sources such as local authorities. Less than 15% of the UK population - around 6.5 million adults - are able to receive a community radio station aimed broadly at them, says Ofcom. The shortage of FM frequency availability hasn't helped this, although the process of "digital migration" - you probably shouldn't hold your breath - may one day free up extra spectrum. My earliest experience of community radio was more than a decade ago, when I covered the launch of the Rochester-based Medway FM in north Kent. One of the joys was hearing about local news and events, which were never covered by BBC Radio Kent, even though it was based just down the road. But it didn't have the newsgathering resources of the local newspaper - I admit it, I was working for it - and the amateurish presentation quickly moved on from endearing to irritating. Still, Medway FM has moved on since then - its office is now a wine bar and the newsroom a ladies' loo - and so has community radio, with the current band first licensed in 2004. Do you work in community radio? Do you listen to it? Is it in danger of being left behind by digital radio - or are the current stresses and strains of the commercial sector community radio's biggest opportunity yet? Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/mar/09/community-radio-ofcom-plunkett-blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090310/2cf3eb82/attachment.html From naimur.rahman at oneworld.net Tue Mar 10 20:39:14 2009 From: naimur.rahman at oneworld.net (Naimur Rahman) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:39:14 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story, Media Guardian(9 March 2009) In-Reply-To: <5479ae440903100652s1b2aa18bv308bd4b9d50ef836@mail.gmail.com> References: <49B63F33.7040508@communitymedia.eu> <"5479ae440903100648r694b3ca6 ld8c224082291f7de"@mail.gmail.com> <"5479ae440903100651i461d7f94s650488d857c3e a75"@mail.gmail.com> <5479ae440903100652s1b2aa18bv308bd4b9d50ef836@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <439CBBAD8B8E4AE28ECAF4916DE145F4@NaimurRahmanPC> Sajan, We do excel in finding another shoulder to carry our cross! We must remember that almost half of these 124 years, we are a free independent nation – but did not find time to reform an archaic colonial legislation. And we still are not ready to give real ‘voice’ to community. I have failed to understand why most of the ‘functional’ CR stations still struggle for content – and we the civil society interlocutor spend precious time discussing (arguing?) who should source/vet content for CR stations. Would be interesting to know the average no. of volunteers in a CR stations, and how stiff is the difference with our British counterpart. Naimur ---- Naimur Rahman Director, OneWorld South Asia & GKP Regional Coordinator for South Asia New Delhi - 110016 INDIA Tel: 91 11 41689009 _____ From: cr-india-bounces at sarai.net [mailto:cr-india-bounces at sarai.net] On Behalf Of sajan venniyoor Sent: 10 March 2009 19:22 To: CR India Subject: [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story,Media Guardian (9 March 2009) The United Kingdom got its CR policy (the Community Radio Order 2004) two years after India got its first CR policy in 2002. They now have 130 CR stations, with 50 waiting to launch. This, in a country smaller than Andhra Pradesh, smaller than Maharashtra, smaller than Madhya Pradesh, smaller than Rajasthan; on an island where there's scarcely a frequency left on their crowded FM dial. Seven years and two CR policies later, we have 41 CR stations, with 170 waiting without much hope for something to happen. Maybe India isn't ready for 'Gaydio' (!) or Christian hip-hop yet, but our CR stations should also note that their British counterparts deliver on average 81 hours of "original and distinctive output" every week, have 74 volunteers per station and are generally meeting their costs. And to think it's the same perfidious Albion which gave us the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and sc**wed us over for 124 years... Sajan -------- [From creative-radio: thanks to Salvatore Scifo for the link] COMMUNITY RADIO - A Rare Success Story John Plunkett, Guardian.co.uk (blog), 9 Mar 2009 Community radio was today hailed as a triumph by the media regulator, Ofcom, but is the new breed of volunteer-run stations filling the void in local programming that commercial radio has left? There are now more than 130 community radio stations across the UK, with another 50 preparing to launch. Although, given current economic conditions, it remains to be seen how many of those will actually take to the air. But with commercial radio in the doldrums, any radio success story outside the BBC is to be celebrated. The not-for-profit stations are required by Ofcom to deliver "social gain to one or more communities" in their local area, with stations catering for urban music fans (New Style in Birmingham), experimental music aficionados (London's Resonance FM), the armed forces (Garrison FM in Edinburgh) and religious communities (Cross Rhythms in Stoke on Trent). Ofcom says the community stations are "generally meeting their costs", with the average station costing £101,000 to run, with average station income also at £101,000. Well, they are supposed to be not for profit. But it is worth noting, as Ofcom does, that the figures for the median station are somewhat lower, with operating costs of £64,500 and income of £65,500, suggesting that a small number of stations earn - and cost - significantly more than the majority. Community radio relies on a huge band of volunteers - an average of 74 a station, according to Ofcom - delivering a total of more than 100,000 volunteer hours a month. In return, some of them get training and qualifications that they would not receive elsewhere in the sector. But how much can community radio provide the "local factor" that will inevitably go missing from the big commercial radio stations as they turn their back on locally produced content and heritage station names in favour of syndicated programming and national brands? Announcing Ofcom's first annual report of community radio today, Peter Davies, Ofcom's director of radio policy, said community radio was a "real success story". "It delivers rich and varied content to listeners and provides additional benefits through community involvement and training. "In just over three years, 130 stations have sprung up across the length and breadth of the UK ... We are delighted that interest from those wishing to run such stations for their own communities remains high." Each community radio station provides 81 hours of "original and distinctive output", according to Ofcom, with most of it locally produced. To protect the revenue of existing commercial stations, community broadcasters are barred from raising more than 50% of their income from on-air advertising and sponsorship - it currently stands at 18% - with the majority of their backing coming from public sources such as local authorities. Less than 15% of the UK population - around 6.5 million adults - are able to receive a community radio station aimed broadly at them, says Ofcom. The shortage of FM frequency availability hasn't helped this, although the process of "digital migration" - you probably shouldn't hold your breath - may one day free up extra spectrum. My earliest experience of community radio was more than a decade ago, when I covered the launch of the Rochester-based Medway FM in north Kent. One of the joys was hearing about local news and events, which were never covered by BBC Radio Kent, even though it was based just down the road. But it didn't have the newsgathering resources of the local newspaper - I admit it, I was working for it - and the amateurish presentation quickly moved on from endearing to irritating. Still, Medway FM has moved on since then - its office is now a wine bar and the newsroom a ladies' loo - and so has community radio, with the current band first licensed in 2004. Do you work in community radio? Do you listen to it? Is it in danger of being left behind by digital radio - or are the current stresses and strains of the commercial sector community radio's biggest opportunity yet? Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/mar/09/community-radio-ofc om-plunkett-blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090310/98115ffa/attachment-0001.html From salvatore.scifo at communitymedia.eu Tue Mar 10 22:11:30 2009 From: salvatore.scifo at communitymedia.eu (Salvatore Scifo) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:41:30 +0200 Subject: [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story, Media Guardian(9 March 2009) In-Reply-To: <439CBBAD8B8E4AE28ECAF4916DE145F4@NaimurRahmanPC> References: <49B63F33.7040508@communitymedia.eu> <"5479ae440903100648r694b3ca6 ld8c224082291f7de"@mail.gmail.com> <"5479ae440903100651i461d7f94s650488d857c3e a75"@mail.gmail.com> <5479ae440903100652s1b2aa18bv308bd4b9d50ef836@mail.gmail.com> <439CBBAD8B8E4AE28ECAF4916DE145F4@NaimurRahmanPC> Message-ID: <49B6983A.6070707@communitymedia.eu> Dear Naimur, to answer your question (from the UK stations) about average number of volunteers, you can find on page 20 of the Ofcom CR report (link: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/cr_annualrpt/ or http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/cr_annualrpt/cr_annualrpt.pdf for the reprort) The Executive summary says > 1.11 On average each community radio station has 74 volunteers who > give a combined total of around 214 hours volunteer time a week per > station (just under 3 hours for each volunteer a week). Speech forms > around 33% of daytime output, and each station broadcasts around 81 > hours of original output a week, most of this output is live and the > vast majority is locally produced. Probably your question was about the average no. volunteers in India, but thought this might be of help :) Best Wishes, Salvo Naimur Rahman wrote: > > Sajan, > > We do excel in finding another shoulder to carry our cross! We must > remember that almost half of these 124 years, we are a free > independent nation – but did not find time to reform an archaic > colonial legislation. And we still are not ready to give real ‘voice’ > to community. I have failed to understand why most of the ‘functional’ > CR stations still struggle for content – and we the civil society > interlocutor spend precious time discussing (arguing?) who should > source/vet content for CR stations. Would be interesting to know the > average no. of volunteers in a CR stations, and how stiff is the > difference with our British counterpart. > > Naimur > > ---- > > Naimur Rahman > > Director, OneWorld South Asia & > > GKP Regional Coordinator for South Asia > > _New Delhi__ - 110016 INDIA_ > > Tel: 91 11 41689009 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* cr-india-bounces at sarai.net [mailto:cr-india-bounces at sarai.net] > *On Behalf Of *sajan venniyoor > *Sent:* 10 March 2009 19:22 > *To:* CR India > *Subject:* [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story,Media > Guardian (9 March 2009) > > The United Kingdom got its CR policy (the Community Radio Order 2004) > two years /after /India got its first CR policy in 2002. They now have > 130 CR stations, with 50 waiting to launch. This, in a country smaller > than Andhra Pradesh, smaller than Maharashtra, smaller than Madhya > Pradesh, smaller than Rajasthan; on an island where there's scarcely a > frequency left on their crowded FM dial. > > Seven years and two CR policies later, we have 41 CR stations, with > 170 waiting without much hope for something to happen. > > Maybe India isn't ready for 'Gaydio' (!) or Christian hip-hop yet, but > our CR stations should also note that their British counterparts > deliver on average 81 hours of "original and distinctive output" every > week, have 74 volunteers per station and are generally meeting their > costs. > > And to think it's the same perfidious Albion which gave us the Indian > Telegraph Act 1885 and sc**wed us over for 124 years... > > Sajan > > -------- > > [From creative-radio: thanks to Salvatore Scifo for the link] > > COMMUNITY RADIO - A Rare Success Story > > John Plunkett, Guardian.co.uk (blog), 9 Mar 2009 > > Community radio was today hailed as a triumph by the media regulator, > Ofcom, but is the new breed of volunteer-run stations filling the void > in local programming that commercial radio has left? > > There are now more than 130 community radio stations across the UK, > with another 50 preparing to launch. Although, given current economic > conditions, it remains to be seen how many of those will actually take > to the air. > > But with commercial radio in the doldrums, any radio success story > outside the BBC is to be celebrated. > > The not-for-profit stations are required by Ofcom to deliver "social > gain to one or more communities" in their local area, with stations > catering for urban music fans (New Style in Birmingham), experimental > music aficionados (London's Resonance FM), the armed forces (Garrison > FM in Edinburgh) and religious communities (Cross Rhythms in Stoke on > Trent). > > Ofcom says the community stations are "generally meeting their costs", > with the average station costing £101,000 to run, with average station > income also at £101,000. Well, they are supposed to be not for profit. > > But it is worth noting, as Ofcom does, that the figures for the median > station are somewhat lower, with operating costs of £64,500 and income > of £65,500, suggesting that a small number of stations earn - and cost > - significantly more than the majority. > > Community radio relies on a huge band of volunteers - an average of 74 > a station, according to Ofcom - delivering a total of more than > 100,000 volunteer hours a month. In return, some of them get training > and qualifications that they would not receive elsewhere in the sector. > > But how much can community radio provide the "local factor" that will > inevitably go missing from the big commercial radio stations as they > turn their back on locally produced content and heritage station names > in favour of syndicated programming and national brands? > > Announcing Ofcom's first annual report of community radio today, Peter > Davies, Ofcom's director of radio policy, said community radio was a > "real success story". > > "It delivers rich and varied content to listeners and provides > additional benefits through community involvement and training. > > "In just over three years, 130 stations have sprung up across the > length and breadth of the UK ... We are delighted that interest from > those wishing to run such stations for their own communities remains > high." > > Each community radio station provides 81 hours of "original and > distinctive output", according to Ofcom, with most of it locally produced. > > To protect the revenue of existing commercial stations, community > broadcasters are barred from raising more than 50% of their income > from on-air advertising and sponsorship - it currently stands at 18% - > with the majority of their backing coming from public sources such as > local authorities. > > Less than 15% of the UK population - around 6.5 million adults - are > able to receive a community radio station aimed broadly at them, says > Ofcom. The shortage of FM frequency availability hasn't helped this, > although the process of "digital migration" - you probably shouldn't > hold your breath - may one day free up extra spectrum. > > My earliest experience of community radio was more than a decade ago, > when I covered the launch of the Rochester-based Medway FM in north > Kent. One of the joys was hearing about local news and events, which > were never covered by BBC Radio Kent, even though it was based just > down the road. > > But it didn't have the newsgathering resources of the local newspaper > - I admit it, I was working for it - and the amateurish presentation > quickly moved on from endearing to irritating. > > Still, Medway FM has moved on since then - its office is now a wine > bar and the newsroom a ladies' loo - and so has community radio, with > the current band first licensed in 2004. > > Do you work in community radio? Do you listen to it? Is it in danger > of being left behind by digital radio - or are the current stresses > and strains of the commercial sector community radio's biggest > opportunity yet? > > Source: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/mar/09/community-radio-ofcom-plunkett-blog > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > cr-india at sarai.net > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india From v1clist at yahoo.co.uk Wed Mar 11 17:26:15 2009 From: v1clist at yahoo.co.uk (Vickram Crishna) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:56:15 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story, Media Guardian(9 March 2009) References: <49B63F33.7040508@communitymedia.eu> <"5479ae440903100648r694b3ca6 ld8c224082291f7de"@mail.gmail.com> <"5479ae440903100651i461d7f94s650488d857c3e a75"@mail.gmail.com> <5479ae440903100652s1b2aa18bv308bd4b9d50ef836@mail.gmail.com> <439CBBAD8B8E4AE28ECAF4916DE145F4@NaimurRahmanPC> <49B6983A.6070707@communitymedia.eu> Message-ID: <438606.21048.qm@web26607.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> While on the face of it we appear to have enough people who could devote time slices to creating content for local radio, I rather think that factors such as poverty do inhibit spontaneous volunteering. Not that people will not help once, it is just that helping regularly involves a different dynamic, and for people living on the edge, that isn't very viable. How many of those 74 average volunteers would turn up selflessly week after week, if they didn't know where the next square meal was coming from? Also, to a limited extent, years (decades, centuries) of rigidly hierarchical living (which is more or less standard in one form or the other in practically every corner of the country) have made it hard to volunteer for activities that get the forbidding stamp of Someone Else's (with some of the conditions imposed on the newbie stations just to qualify for the precious license, exclusivity comes almost guaranteed as an unwelcome attachment). Note that Ofcom also recognises other forms of community radio, such as the one-off three day license that allows radio to be used to locally (in-stadia) broadcast a football or cricket match, or hold a radio art event. These things go a long way in demystifying radio and bringing it into common usage. I was going to end it here, but the previous sentence makes me muse that with the continuing and crass lack of radio awareness pulsating within the Corridors of Power, the target for demsystification lies in more cloistered environs than our villages (and educational institutions, who have actually hogged most of those precious 41 - isn't it 42, though? - boons). Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: Salvatore Scifo To: CR India Sent: Tuesday, 10 March, 2009 22:11:30 Subject: Re: [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story, Media Guardian(9 March 2009) Dear Naimur, to answer your question (from the UK stations) about average number of volunteers, you can find on page 20 of the Ofcom CR report (link: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/cr_annualrpt/ or http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/cr_annualrpt/cr_annualrpt.pdf for the reprort) The Executive summary says > 1.11 On average each community radio station has 74 volunteers who > give a combined total of around 214 hours volunteer time a week per > station (just under 3 hours for each volunteer a week). Speech forms > around 33% of daytime output, and each station broadcasts around 81 > hours of original output a week, most of this output is live and the > vast majority is locally produced. Probably your question was about the average no. volunteers in India, but thought this might be of help :) Best Wishes, Salvo Naimur Rahman wrote: > > Sajan, > > We do excel in finding another shoulder to carry our cross! We must > remember that almost half of these 124 years, we are a free > independent nation – but did not find time to reform an archaic > colonial legislation. And we still are not ready to give real ‘voice’ > to community. I have failed to understand why most of the ‘functional’ > CR stations still struggle for content – and we the civil society > interlocutor spend precious time discussing (arguing?) who should > source/vet content for CR stations. Would be interesting to know the > average no. of volunteers in a CR stations, and how stiff is the > difference with our British counterpart. > > Naimur > > ---- > > Naimur Rahman > > Director, OneWorld South Asia & > > GKP Regional Coordinator for South Asia > > _New Delhi__ - 110016 INDIA_ > > Tel: 91 11 41689009 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* cr-india-bounces at sarai.net [mailto:cr-india-bounces at sarai.net] > *On Behalf Of *sajan venniyoor > *Sent:* 10 March 2009 19:22 > *To:* CR India > *Subject:* [cr-india] Community radio - a rare success story,Media > Guardian (9 March 2009) > > The United Kingdom got its CR policy (the Community Radio Order 2004) > two years /after /India got its first CR policy in 2002. They now have > 130 CR stations, with 50 waiting to launch. This, in a country smaller > than Andhra Pradesh, smaller than Maharashtra, smaller than Madhya > Pradesh, smaller than Rajasthan; on an island where there's scarcely a > frequency left on their crowded FM dial. > > Seven years and two CR policies later, we have 41 CR stations, with > 170 waiting without much hope for something to happen. > > Maybe India isn't ready for 'Gaydio' (!) or Christian hip-hop yet, but > our CR stations should also note that their British counterparts > deliver on average 81 hours of "original and distinctive output" every > week, have 74 volunteers per station and are generally meeting their > costs. > > And to think it's the same perfidious Albion which gave us the Indian > Telegraph Act 1885 and sc**wed us over for 124 years... > > Sajan > > -------- > > [From creative-radio: thanks to Salvatore Scifo for the link] > > COMMUNITY RADIO - A Rare Success Story > > John Plunkett, Guardian.co.uk (blog), 9 Mar 2009 > > Community radio was today hailed as a triumph by the media regulator, > Ofcom, but is the new breed of volunteer-run stations filling the void > in local programming that commercial radio has left? > > There are now more than 130 community radio stations across the UK, > with another 50 preparing to launch. Although, given current economic > conditions, it remains to be seen how many of those will actually take > to the air. > > But with commercial radio in the doldrums, any radio success story > outside the BBC is to be celebrated. > > The not-for-profit stations are required by Ofcom to deliver "social > gain to one or more communities" in their local area, with stations > catering for urban music fans (New Style in Birmingham), experimental > music aficionados (London's Resonance FM), the armed forces (Garrison > FM in Edinburgh) and religious communities (Cross Rhythms in Stoke on > Trent). > > Ofcom says the community stations are "generally meeting their costs", > with the average station costing £101,000 to run, with average station > income also at £101,000. Well, they are supposed to be not for profit. > > But it is worth noting, as Ofcom does, that the figures for the median > station are somewhat lower, with operating costs of £64,500 and income > of £65,500, suggesting that a small number of stations earn - and cost > - significantly more than the majority. > > Community radio relies on a huge band of volunteers - an average of 74 > a station, according to Ofcom - delivering a total of more than > 100,000 volunteer hours a month. In return, some of them get training > and qualifications that they would not receive elsewhere in the sector. > > But how much can community radio provide the "local factor" that will > inevitably go missing from the big commercial radio stations as they > turn their back on locally produced content and heritage station names > in favour of syndicated programming and national brands? > > Announcing Ofcom's first annual report of community radio today, Peter > Davies, Ofcom's director of radio policy, said community radio was a > "real success story". > > "It delivers rich and varied content to listeners and provides > additional benefits through community involvement and training. > > "In just over three years, 130 stations have sprung up across the > length and breadth of the UK ... We are delighted that interest from > those wishing to run such stations for their own communities remains > high." > > Each community radio station provides 81 hours of "original and > distinctive output", according to Ofcom, with most of it locally produced. > > To protect the revenue of existing commercial stations, community > broadcasters are barred from raising more than 50% of their income > from on-air advertising and sponsorship - it currently stands at 18% - > with the majority of their backing coming from public sources such as > local authorities. > > Less than 15% of the UK population - around 6.5 million adults - are > able to receive a community radio station aimed broadly at them, says > Ofcom. The shortage of FM frequency availability hasn't helped this, > although the process of "digital migration" - you probably shouldn't > hold your breath - may one day free up extra spectrum. > > My earliest experience of community radio was more than a decade ago, > when I covered the launch of the Rochester-based Medway FM in north > Kent. One of the joys was hearing about local news and events, which > were never covered by BBC Radio Kent, even though it was based just > down the road. > > But it didn't have the newsgathering resources of the local newspaper > - I admit it, I was working for it - and the amateurish presentation > quickly moved on from endearing to irritating. > > Still, Medway FM has moved on since then - its office is now a wine > bar and the newsroom a ladies' loo - and so has community radio, with > the current band first licensed in 2004. > > Do you work in community radio? Do you listen to it? Is it in danger > of being left behind by digital radio - or are the current stresses > and strains of the commercial sector community radio's biggest > opportunity yet? > > Source: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/mar/09/community-radio-ofcom-plunkett-blog > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > cr-india at sarai.net > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list cr-india at sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: base.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 63906 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090311/20336b03/attachment-0001.pdf From venniyoor at gmail.com Thu Mar 12 09:01:26 2009 From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:01:26 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines Message-ID: <5479ae440903112031x3508b5b2m7ab789c47121811@mail.gmail.com> [Thanks to Uday Godbole for this alert] The I&B Ministry has revised its guidelines for "Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station" - http://mib.nic.in/CRS/base.pdf (The full text of the ministry Order dated 6 March 2009 is given below). 1. CR applicants can now submit the Survey Report after receiving the Letter of Intent, but before signing the GOPA. However, they must submit a 'vision document' along with the Application, to demonstrate their familiarity with the community to be served. 2. The Survey Questionnaire currently posted on the ministry's website is 'under revision'. Before it is replaced with something equally surreal and inadequate, I request the CR Forum to offer a better one. While I appreciate the ongoing debate on the relevance of quantitative surveys, unless the the CR licensing process is radically changed, the survey is here to stay. The best we can do now is to limit the damage. To quote a recent interview with the Secretary (I&B): Qn: There are also reports that it is mandatory for licensees to conduct a survey among respondents before a license is given to them?** *Ans: "*Yes. The basic principles of the CR Guidelines do specify clearly that: “The CRS to be operated by an organisation should be designed to serve a specific well-defined local community and the programmes for broadcast should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community”. Unless a demographic survey is conducted by an organisation, it will be difficult to assess the requirement of the target community of the CRS. The Survey Questionnaire is being revised to make it more purposeful." 3. The ministry has published a list of 39 CR applications that were rejected, no reasons given: http://mib.nic.in/CRS/rejected.htm In certain cases, like the Zila Panchayat Chhatarpur (category - Zila Panchayat) and Office of the District Organizer, Tribal Welfare Dept., Govt of MP (category - District Collector), the rejections are probably self-explanatory. Sajan No.803/105/2009-CRS Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Broadcasting Wing 6th March 2009 ORDER Subject: Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - for information to all applicants It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry that the applicants were finding it very difficult to furnish the Base Line Survey Report as per the Survey Questionnaire given by the Ministry on its website at the time of submission of application for setting up a Community Radio Staiton. 2. The matter has been consisdered in the Ministry and it has been decided to simplify the survey proforma which is accordingly under revision. 3. The applicants will be required to furnish the detailed Base Line Survey Report after issue of Letter of Intent (LOI) but before signing the Grant of Permission Agreement (GOPA). However, a basic familiarity and knowledge of the community to be served as well as the issues which the CRS will focus on must be reflected in the in the application in the form of a vision statement and may be articulated at the time of presentation before the screening committee. (Signed) Abhilaksh Likhi Director (BD) Tel: 23385016 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, uday godbole wrote: > TO all > > Very Very Good News from MI&b > > Uday Godbole > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090312/e5cb6154/attachment.html From arti at trfindia.org Thu Mar 12 21:53:52 2009 From: arti at trfindia.org (Arti Jaiman) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:23:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO releases manual for community radio managers Message-ID: <646141.98751.qm@web1106.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com> UNESCO releases manual for community radio managers Full story at http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28438&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helping managers of community and FM radio stations, public service broadcasting agencies and any other organizations that deal with audio files create prototype archives of digital audio documents. Free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital inclusion of citizens in developing countries through easy-to-get and socially useful applications. UNESCO’s information processing tools assist many grassroots institutions in disseminating information to local communities. Digital archive of a community radio station can be a knowledge repository containing collective wisdom of indigenous people, as well as of regional communities and institutions. The South Asian sub-region is now at the nascent stage of community radio development, with the introduction of policy frameworks in India, Nepal and other countries. Community radio has a great development potential across the sub-region with ever increasing number of community radio stations. To maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a legal obligation as a self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations are not equipped for doing this. Moreover, community radio stations often need to re-use and re-broadcast many of their archived contents. This new publication is a reliable manual for digital archiving of multimedia contents, with special focus on community radio contents. Its users will find it helpful in their every-day work. The publication has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two events, supported by UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio for Practising and Potential Community Radio Operators in India and National Consultation to Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which community radio station managers stressed the importance of archiving digital audio contents. In line with the needs of the community, the manual guides users in creating their own archives with stable, free software like WINISIS, GenISIS and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL addresses from where this software can be downloaded. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090312/dcf2cea7/attachment.html From alokeshgupta at gmail.com Fri Mar 13 21:34:50 2009 From: alokeshgupta at gmail.com (Alokesh Gupta) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:34:50 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] =?iso-8859-1?q?Himachal=27s_first_community_radio_laun?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ched_at_Solan?= Message-ID: <026f01c9a3f5$7279f500$d033ec7b@alokesh> Himachal's first community radio launched at Solan Himvani Mar 13 SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh's first wireless Community Radio was today launched in Solan, district. Chief Secretary of government of Himachal Pradesh Asha Swaroop inaugurated the community radio at M.S. Panwar Institute of Communication and Management (MSPICM), Solan. The radio MSPICM 90.4 FM community radio would cater to the area within 10 kilometers radius from the main station that has been installed at the institute. "Main Solan ke listeners ka abhinandan karti hoon (I welcome listeners of Solan)", were the first words of Asha Swaroop, to be aired from the community radio. The radio would focus on the developmental aspects of the local area. This community radio service is the first to be launched in the state and the forty third in the country. There are over100 applications pending for sanction of community radio across the country, including the proposal of Dr. Y.S. Parmar Horticulture University Nauni, Solan. In her address Swaroop said, "Each of the 12 districts of Himachal should have at least one community radio to act as an interactive media for the population of specific areas in communicating and getting solutions to their problems". Later, Vice Chancellor of the Horticulture University Dr. Jagmohan said that Himachal has the capacity to accommodate over 100 community radio looking at its applicability in Agriculture and Horticulture that are the largest sector of the state's economy. Director Commonwealth Media Centre for Asia Dr. R. Sreedhar said that community radio has the capability to give solutions to local developmental issues of an area and build community participation in development. He appreciated the endeavour of the M.S. Panwar Institute for coming forward in adopting this mode of communication that is expected to have far reaching effects in the field of development communication. The MSPICM is hosting the two day 7th Regional Consultation for the Community Radio enthusiasts of the North West Zone, covering the states of Himachal Pradesh Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh,begining March 13. http://www.himvani.com/news/2009/03/13/himachals-first-community-radio-launched-at-solan/2418/ ---- Alokesh Gupta New Delhi. From v1clist at yahoo.co.uk Fri Mar 13 11:34:07 2009 From: v1clist at yahoo.co.uk (Vickram Crishna) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:04:07 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines References: <5479ae440903112031x3508b5b2m7ab789c47121811@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <243188.31236.qm@web26604.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> A Vision Document! What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar perceptive visions codified? Can we see some evidence of fulfilment of those visions? If they do, but cannot show how they have got results from their spend of public money (and exclusive access to spectrum), why should the government interfere in how limited societies (registered trusts) spend the money that they have garnered - it seems to me they are neither qualified (wrt CR) nor entitled to any government (ie general public) money, so what is the government's role exactly? Re the rejection of applications: while undoubtedly some rejections may seem prima facie obvious, is there any possible justification for concealing (by not publishing) the problems, so that future applicants can decide before going in to all that effort, whether to do so? Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: sajan venniyoor To: CR India Sent: Thursday, 12 March, 2009 9:01:26 Subject: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines [Thanks to Uday Godbole for this alert] The I&B Ministry has revised its guidelines for "Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station" - http://mib.nic.in/CRS/base.pdf (The full text of the ministry Order dated 6 March 2009 is given below). 1. CR applicants can now submit the Survey Report after receiving the Letter of Intent, but before signing the GOPA. However, they must submit a 'vision document' along with the Application, to demonstrate their familiarity with the community to be served. 2. The Survey Questionnaire currently posted on the ministry's website is 'under revision'. Before it is replaced with something equally surreal and inadequate, I request the CR Forum to offer a better one. While I appreciate the ongoing debate on the relevance of quantitative surveys, unless the the CR licensing process is radically changed, the survey is here to stay. The best we can do now is to limit the damage. To quote a recent interview with the Secretary (I&B): Qn: There are also reports that it is mandatory for licensees to conduct a survey among respondents before a license is given to them? Ans: "Yes. The basic principles of the CR Guidelines do specify clearly that: “The CRS to be operated by an organisation should be designed to serve a specific well-defined local community and the programmes for broadcast should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community”. Unless a demographic survey is conducted by an organisation, it will be difficult to assess the requirement of the target community of the CRS. The Survey Questionnaire is being revised to make it more purposeful." 3. The ministry has published a list of 39 CR applications that were rejected, no reasons given: http://mib.nic.in/CRS/rejected.htm In certain cases, like the Zila Panchayat Chhatarpur (category - Zila Panchayat) and Office of the District Organizer, Tribal Welfare Dept., Govt of MP (category - District Collector), the rejections are probably self-explanatory. Sajan No.803/105/2009-CRS Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Broadcasting Wing 6th March 2009 ORDER Subject: Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - for information to all applicants It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry that the applicants were finding it very difficult to furnish the Base Line Survey Report as per the Survey Questionnaire given by the Ministry on its website at the time of submission of application for setting up a Community Radio Staiton. 2. The matter has been consisdered in the Ministry and it has been decided to simplify the survey proforma which is accordingly under revision. 3. The applicants will be required to furnish the detailed Base Line Survey Report after issue of Letter of Intent (LOI) but before signing the Grant of Permission Agreement (GOPA). However, a basic familiarity and knowledge of the community to be served as well as the issues which the CRS will focus on must be reflected in the in the application in the form of a vision statement and may be articulated at the time of presentation before the screening committee. (Signed) Abhilaksh Likhi Director (BD) Tel: 23385016 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, uday godbole wrote: TO all Very Very Good News from MI&b Uday Godbole -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090313/7ce63853/attachment.html From venniyoor at gmail.com Sat Mar 14 00:35:58 2009 From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:35:58 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines In-Reply-To: <243188.31236.qm@web26604.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <5479ae440903112031x3508b5b2m7ab789c47121811@mail.gmail.com> <243188.31236.qm@web26604.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5479ae440903131205h3b8ebf19qb0ee4ded960b38f@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Vickram Crishna wrote: > A Vision Document! What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar > perceptive visions codified? > Er, yes, AIR does have a vision statement: "Empower people by developing knowledge based societies through broadcasting of the high quality messages to inform, awake & enlighten people freely, truthfully, objectively and with maximum speed & clarity using state of the art broadcast technology." http://www.allindiaradio.org/reviseed-draft-charter.pdf Good grammar doesn't seem to figure in this vision, I'll admit. Sajan On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Vickram Crishna wrote: > A Vision Document! > > What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar perceptive visions > codified? Can we see some evidence of fulfilment of those visions? If they > do, but cannot show how they have got results from their spend of public > money (and exclusive access to spectrum), why should the government > interfere in how limited societies (registered trusts) spend the money that > they have garnered - it seems to me they are neither qualified (wrt CR) nor > entitled to any government (ie general public) money, so what is the > government's role exactly? > > Re the rejection of applications: while undoubtedly some rejections may > seem prima facie obvious, is there any possible justification for concealing > (by not publishing) the problems, so that future applicants can decide > before going in to all that effort, whether to do so? > > Vickram > http://communicall.wordpress.com > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* sajan venniyoor > *To:* CR India > *Sent:* Thursday, 12 March, 2009 9:01:26 > *Subject:* [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up > a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines > > [Thanks to Uday Godbole for this alert] > The I&B Ministry has revised its guidelines for "Submission of Base Line > Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station" - > http://mib.nic.in/CRS/base.pdf (The full text of the ministry Order dated > 6 March 2009 is given below). > > 1. CR applicants can now submit the Survey Report after receiving the > Letter of Intent, but before signing the GOPA. However, they must submit a > 'vision document' along with the Application, to demonstrate their > familiarity with the community to be served. > > 2. The Survey Questionnaire currently > posted on the ministry's website is 'under revision'. Before it is replaced > with something equally surreal and inadequate, I request the CR Forum to > offer a better one. While I appreciate the ongoing debate on the relevance > of quantitative surveys, unless the the CR licensing process is radically > changed, the survey is here to stay. The best we can do now is to limit the > damage. To quote a recent interview with the Secretary (I&B): > > Qn: There are also reports that it is mandatory for licensees to conduct a > survey among respondents before a license is given to them?** > *Ans: "*Yes. The basic principles of the CR Guidelines do specify clearly > that: “The CRS to be operated by an organisation should be designed to serve > a specific well-defined local community and the programmes for broadcast > should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural > needs of the community”. Unless a demographic survey is conducted by an > organisation, it will be difficult to assess the requirement of the target > community of the CRS. The Survey Questionnaire is being revised to make it > more purposeful." > > 3. The ministry has published a list of 39 CR applications that were > rejected, no reasons given: http://mib.nic.in/CRS/rejected.htm > In certain cases, like the Zila Panchayat Chhatarpur (category - Zila > Panchayat) and Office of the District Organizer, Tribal Welfare Dept., Govt > of MP (category - District Collector), the rejections are probably > self-explanatory. > > Sajan > > No.803/105/2009-CRS > Ministry of Information & Broadcasting > Broadcasting Wing > > 6th March 2009 > > ORDER > > Subject: Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community > Radio Station - for information to all applicants > > It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry that the applicants were > finding it very difficult to furnish the Base Line Survey Report as per the > Survey Questionnaire given by the Ministry on its website at the time of > submission of application for setting up a Community Radio Staiton. > > 2. The matter has been consisdered in the Ministry and it has been decided > to simplify the survey proforma which is accordingly under revision. > > 3. The applicants will be required to furnish the detailed Base Line Survey > Report after issue of Letter of Intent (LOI) but before signing the Grant of > Permission Agreement (GOPA). However, a basic familiarity and knowledge of > the community to be served as well as the issues which the CRS will focus on > must be reflected in the in the application in the form of a vision > statement and may be articulated at the time of presentation before the > screening committee. > > (Signed) > Abhilaksh Likhi > Director (BD) > Tel: 23385016 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, uday godbole wrote: > >> TO all >> >> Very Very Good News from MI&b >> >> Uday Godbole >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > cr-india at sarai.net > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090314/e85779a2/attachment-0001.html From v1clist at yahoo.co.uk Sat Mar 14 08:27:45 2009 From: v1clist at yahoo.co.uk (Vickram Crishna) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:57:45 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines References: <5479ae440903112031x3508b5b2m7ab789c47121811@mail.gmail.com> <243188.31236.qm@web26604.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <5479ae440903131205h3b8ebf19qb0ee4ded960b38f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <912183.88545.qm@web26605.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> "broadcasting of the high quality messages" Yes, yes. Undoubtedly, saar. But re the non-furnishing of causes of rejection, how about an RTI? Is it applicable? Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: sajan venniyoor To: CR India Sent: Saturday, 14 March, 2009 0:35:58 Subject: Re: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Vickram Crishna wrote: A Vision Document! What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar perceptive visions codified? Er, yes, AIR does have a vision statement: "Empower people by developing knowledge based societies through broadcasting of the high quality messages to inform, awake & enlighten people freely, truthfully, objectively and with maximum speed & clarity using state of the art broadcast technology." http://www.allindiaradio.org/reviseed-draft-charter.pdf Good grammar doesn't seem to figure in this vision, I'll admit. Sajan On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Vickram Crishna wrote: A Vision Document! What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar perceptive visions codified? Can we see some evidence of fulfilment of those visions? If they do, but cannot show how they have got results from their spend of public money (and exclusive access to spectrum), why should the government interfere in how limited societies (registered trusts) spend the money that they have garnered - it seems to me they are neither qualified (wrt CR) nor entitled to any government (ie general public) money, so what is the government's role exactly? Re the rejection of applications: while undoubtedly some rejections may seem prima facie obvious, is there any possible justification for concealing (by not publishing) the problems, so that future applicants can decide before going in to all that effort, whether to do so? Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: sajan venniyoor To: CR India Sent: Thursday, 12 March, 2009 9:01:26 Subject: [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines [Thanks to Uday Godbole for this alert] The I&B Ministry has revised its guidelines for "Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station" - http://mib.nic.in/CRS/base.pdf (The full text of the ministry Order dated 6 March 2009 is given below). 1. CR applicants can now submit the Survey Report after receiving the Letter of Intent, but before signing the GOPA. However, they must submit a 'vision document' along with the Application, to demonstrate their familiarity with the community to be served. 2. The Survey Questionnaire currently posted on the ministry's website is 'under revision'. Before it is replaced with something equally surreal and inadequate, I request the CR Forum to offer a better one. While I appreciate the ongoing debate on the relevance of quantitative surveys, unless the the CR licensing process is radically changed, the survey is here to stay. The best we can do now is to limit the damage. To quote a recent interview with the Secretary (I&B): Qn: There are also reports that it is mandatory for licensees to conduct a survey among respondents before a license is given to them? Ans: "Yes. The basic principles of the CR Guidelines do specify clearly that: “The CRS to be operated by an organisation should be designed to serve a specific well-defined local community and the programmes for broadcast should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community”. Unless a demographic survey is conducted by an organisation, it will be difficult to assess the requirement of the target community of the CRS. The Survey Questionnaire is being revised to make it more purposeful." 3. The ministry has published a list of 39 CR applications that were rejected, no reasons given: http://mib.nic.in/CRS/rejected.htm In certain cases, like the Zila Panchayat Chhatarpur (category - Zila Panchayat) and Office of the District Organizer, Tribal Welfare Dept., Govt of MP (category - District Collector), the rejections are probably self-explanatory. Sajan No.803/105/2009-CRS Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Broadcasting Wing 6th March 2009 ORDER Subject: Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station - for information to all applicants It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry that the applicants were finding it very difficult to furnish the Base Line Survey Report as per the Survey Questionnaire given by the Ministry on its website at the time of submission of application for setting up a Community Radio Staiton. 2. The matter has been consisdered in the Ministry and it has been decided to simplify the survey proforma which is accordingly under revision. 3. The applicants will be required to furnish the detailed Base Line Survey Report after issue of Letter of Intent (LOI) but before signing the Grant of Permission Agreement (GOPA). However, a basic familiarity and knowledge of the community to be served as well as the issues which the CRS will focus on must be reflected in the in the application in the form of a vision statement and may be articulated at the time of presentation before the screening committee. (Signed) Abhilaksh Likhi Director (BD) Tel: 23385016 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, uday godbole wrote: TO all Very Very Good News from MI&b Uday Godbole _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list cr-india at sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090314/94f98d89/attachment.html From sagnik at dd.nic.in Sat Mar 14 14:52:43 2009 From: sagnik at dd.nic.in (Sagnik Chakravartty) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:52:43 +0530 (IST) Subject: [cr-india] Wanted Expertise of Radio Features Message-ID: <50182.59.176.126.164.1237022563.squirrel@dd.nic.in> Dear friends, Irfan Jami, an independent freelance film-maker is making a radio feature for All India Radio called Martyrs of North East India....He has to submit proposal to AIR latest by Monday.... He needs a CV of a person based in North East India, who has experience in radio as a freelancer in making radio documentaries for various renowned channels.... Please help him....He wants to forward the CV of that person as a director for this feature..... Irfan can be reached at 9810320858 and email is motherbeams at gmail.com Please help him.... Yours Sincerely, Sagnik Chakravartty TV Mediaperson From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Mon Mar 16 15:40:30 2009 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:40:30 +0530 (IST) Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers Message-ID: <533652.12855.qm@web95416.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helping managers of community and FM radio stations, public service broadcasting agencies and any other organizations that deal with audio files create prototype archives of digital audio documents. Free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital inclusion of citizens in developing countries through easy-to-get and socially useful applications. UNESCO's information processing tools assist many grassroots institutions in disseminating information to local communities. Digital archive of a community radio station can be a knowledge repository containing collective wisdom of indigenous people, as well as of regional communities and institutions. The South Asian sub-region is now at the nascent stage of community radio development, with the introduction of policy frameworks in India, Nepal and other countries. Community radio has a great development potential across the sub-region with ever increasing number of community radio stations. To maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a legal obligation as a self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations are not equipped for doing this.. Moreover, community radio stations often need to re-use and re-broadcast many of their archived contents. This new publication is a reliable manual for digital archiving of multimedia contents, with special focus on community radio contents. Its users will find it helpful in their every-day work. The publication has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two events, supported by UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio for Practising and Potential Community Radio Operators in India and National Consultation to Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which community radio station managers stressed the importance of archiving digital audio contents. In line with the needs of the community, the manual guides users in creating their own archives with stable, free software like WINISIS, GenISIS and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL addresses from where this software can be downloaded. The manual can be downloaded here: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28434/12367893463digital_archiving_en.pdf/digital_archiving_en.pdf http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28434&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28438&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html If you want a print copy of this book, please send a request letter to Ms. Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 along with a self-addressed A4 size envelope. With Best Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get yourname at rocketmail.com. Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address From media at web.net Mon Mar 16 03:06:36 2009 From: media at web.net (George Lessard) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:36:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [cr-india] Pakistan's airwaves: On militant turf, Radio Khyber "The Voice of Khyber." Message-ID: <48603.216.108.22.182.1237152996.squirrel@flymail.web.net> Pakistan's airwaves: On militant turf, Radio Khyber offers a ... "Until Radio Khyber started news reporting, the FM mullahs were winning the dial wars," says Aurangzaib Khan, the manager of Media Development at Internews Pakistan in Peshawar, an international nonprofit that trains radio journalists ... [excerpt] Peshawar, Pakistan - Kishwar yanks at her veil, caught in the sound equipment of a cramped radio production studio, and pins it back. "It's hard to be the voice of anything with all this cloth on my face," she jokes, alluding to her station's tag line, "The Voice of Khyber." Kishwar, who, like others in this story, asked to have her last name withheld for security, is one of 15 reporters for Radio Khyber, a rare nonextremist station broadcasting in the town of Jamrud, in the militant stronghold of Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas. Airwaves in this region are filled with the illegal broadcasts of "FM mullahs" preaching about "holy war" and recruiting fighters. Radio Khyber, launched in 2006 with government support, provides an alternative to the hard-line clerics with its medley of local news, talk shows, and music. But it treads carefully, trying to avoid backlash from either the militants – who criticize the playing of music – or the Pakistani government, which dislikes its news coverage in this sensitive region. From ramnarayan.k at gmail.com Mon Mar 16 18:10:14 2009 From: ramnarayan.k at gmail.com (Ramnarayan.K) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:10:14 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers In-Reply-To: <533652.12855.qm@web95416.mail.in2.yahoo.com> References: <533652.12855.qm@web95416.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6c9588d40903160540w7b83f82fpd3e9a75b631f138f@mail.gmail.com> Hi Am top posting because its not relevant to the contents of the mail but to do with list use. Am wondering is people really read mails that are posted on this list and if so why do the exact same mails need to be repeated, am not sure this is the first general instance.but its a request that maybe people should read their cr mails to know whats happening. This mail about UNESCO's manual has been posted under the subject line "UNESCO releases manual for community radio managers" on 12th March by Arti Jaiman ram On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Puna Das wrote: > > Dear Colleagues > > UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and > Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers > > UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital archiving of audio content > using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio > managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helping managers of > community and FM radio stations, public service broadcasting agencies and > any other organizations that deal with audio files create prototype archives > of digital audio documents. > > Free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital inclusion of citizens in > developing countries through easy-to-get and socially useful applications. > UNESCO's information processing tools assist many grassroots institutions in > disseminating information to local communities. Digital archive of a > community radio station can be a knowledge repository containing collective > wisdom of indigenous people, as well as of regional communities and > institutions. > > The South Asian sub-region is now at the nascent stage of community radio > development, with the introduction of policy frameworks in India, Nepal and > other countries. Community radio has a great development potential across > the sub-region with ever increasing number of community radio stations. To > maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a legal obligation as a > self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations are not equipped for doing > this.. Moreover, community radio stations often need to re-use and > re-broadcast many of their archived contents. > > This new publication is a reliable manual for digital archiving of > multimedia contents, with special focus on community radio contents. Its > users will find it helpful in their every-day work. The publication has its > genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two events, supported by > UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio for Practising and > Potential Community Radio Operators in India and National Consultation to > Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which community radio station > managers stressed the importance of archiving digital audio contents. > > In line with the needs of the community, the manual guides users in > creating their own archives with stable, free software like WINISIS, GenISIS > and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL addresses from where this > software can be downloaded. > > The manual can be downloaded here: > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28434/12367893463digital_archiving_en.pdf/digital_archiving_en.pdf > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28434&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > Source: > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28438&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > > If you want a print copy of this book, please send a request letter to Ms. > Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave, New > Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 along with a self-addressed A4 size > envelope. > > With Best Regards > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Anup Kumar Das > New Delhi, India > http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get yourname at rocketmail.com. > Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > cr-india at sarai.net > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090316/6dd7d5cd/attachment-0001.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Tue Mar 17 18:51:49 2009 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:51:49 +0530 (IST) Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving audio content.... Message-ID: <693774.10740.qm@web95415.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear Ram & other colleagues Thanks for your email. I would like to draw your attention on the following lines, which were probably overlooked by you and other professional fellows. Please rush your requests as copies are very limited. >>If you want a print copy of this book [Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers], please send a request letter to Ms. Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 along with a self-addressed A4 size envelope . >> Organizers of CR events in different states can also approach the undersigned for getting copies of this book, preferably to be sent by 'to-pay' courier service (cost of courier payable at the receiving end). Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:10:14 +0530 > From: "Ramnarayan.K" > Subject: Re: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving > of audio >     content    using WINISIS > and Greenstone software: a manual for community >     radio managers > To: CR India > Message-ID: >     <6c9588d40903160540w7b83f82fpd3e9a75b631f138f at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi > > Am top posting because its not relevant to the contents of the mail but to do with list use. > > Am wondering is people really read mails that are posted on this list and if so why do the exact same mails need to be repeated, am not sure this is the first  general instance.but its a request that maybe people should read their cr mails to know whats happening. > > This mail about UNESCO's manual has been posted under the subject line "UNESCO releases manual for community radio managers" > > > on 12th March by Arti Jaiman > > > ram > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Puna Das > wrote: > > > > > Dear Colleagues > > > > UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content > using WINISIS and > > Greenstone software: a manual for community radio > managers > > > > UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital > archiving of audio content > > using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for > community radio > > managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at > helping managers of > > community and FM radio stations, public service > broadcasting agencies and > > any other organizations that deal with audio files > create prototype archives > > of digital audio documents. > > > > Free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital > inclusion of citizens in > > developing countries through easy-to-get and socially > useful applications. > > UNESCO's information processing tools assist many > grassroots institutions in > > disseminating information to local communities. > Digital archive of a > > community radio station can be a knowledge repository > containing collective > > wisdom of indigenous people, as well as of regional > communities and > > institutions. > > > > The South Asian sub-region is now at the nascent stage > of community radio > > development, with the introduction of policy > frameworks in India, Nepal and > > other countries. Community radio has a great > development potential across > > the sub-region with ever increasing number of > community radio stations. To > > maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a legal > obligation as a > > self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations are > not equipped for doing > > this.. Moreover, community radio stations often need > to re-use and > > re-broadcast many of their archived contents. > > > > This new publication is a reliable manual for digital > archiving of > > multimedia contents, with special focus on community > radio contents. Its > > users will find it helpful in their every-day work. > The publication has its > > genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two > events, supported by > > UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio for > Practising and > > Potential Community Radio Operators in India and > National Consultation to > > Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which > community radio station > > managers stressed the importance of archiving digital > audio contents. > > > > In line with the needs of the community, the manual > guides users in > > creating their own archives with stable, free software > like WINISIS, GenISIS > > and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL > addresses from where this > > software can be downloaded. > > > > The manual can be downloaded here: > > > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28434/12367893463digital_archiving_en.pdf/digital_archiving_en.pdf > > > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28434&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > > > Source: > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28438&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > > > > > If you want a print copy of this book, please send a > request letter to Ms. > > Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung > Enclave, New > > Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 along with a > self-addressed A4 size > > envelope. > > > > With Best Regards > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Anup Kumar Das > > New Delhi, India > > http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > >      Get rid of Add-Ons in your email > ID. 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Grab now http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address From venniyoor at gmail.com Tue Mar 17 19:08:13 2009 From: venniyoor at gmail.com (sajan venniyoor) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:08:13 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] "Community Radio - the voice gets stronger" Message-ID: <5479ae440903170638w1348e484s1b8f9a04de428169@mail.gmail.com> *Community Radio - the voice gets stronger* By: Anita Iyer, RadioandMusic.com, 16 Mar 2009 It's been barely some months since community radio took off in earnest in the country - 36 campus-stations and three NGO-led CR stations - are currently on air. The medium, however, appears to have touched a chord with the communities they serve. Community Radio Stations like the MVSS led station at Satara, Bundelkhand Radio at Orchha and the Deccan Development Society DDS community radio station at Pastapur, Andhra Pradesh, have become the voice in rural areas enabling local citizens to raise their opinions on issues pertaining to the community.... >>For the complete story, go to http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/special-reports/community-radio-voice-gets-stronger Sajan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090317/32052659/attachment.html From ramnarayan.k at gmail.com Tue Mar 17 19:43:56 2009 From: ramnarayan.k at gmail.com (Ramnarayan.K) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:43:56 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving audio content.... In-Reply-To: <693774.10740.qm@web95415.mail.in2.yahoo.com> References: <693774.10740.qm@web95415.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6c9588d40903170713r6142b909u5c9dde5740e7ea45@mail.gmail.com> Hi Puna On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Puna Das wrote: > > Dear Ram & other colleagues > > Thanks for your email. I would like to draw your attention on the following lines, which were probably overlooked by you and other professional fellows. Please rush your requests as copies are very limited. > > >>>If you want a print copy of this book (snipped) please send a request letter to Ms. Ajitha Vijayan,(Snipped) Hey now this is helpful :-) thanks ram From arti at trfindia.org Tue Mar 17 22:01:49 2009 From: arti at trfindia.org (Arti Jaiman) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers Message-ID: <278950.3728.qm@web1108.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com> Thanks Ram, I'd been wondering the same thing! Arti Arti Jaiman Project Manager: TRF Radio | arti at trfindia.org | www.trfindia.org | www.jaiman.org | www.pitara.com --- On Mon, 16/3/09, Ramnarayan.K wrote: From: Ramnarayan.K Subject: Re: [cr-india] UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers To: "CR India" Date: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 6:10 PM Hi Am top posting because its not relevant to the contents of the mail but to do with list use. Am wondering is people really read mails that are posted on this list and if so why do the exact same mails need to be repeated, am not sure this is the first  general instance.but its a request that maybe people should read their cr mails to know whats happening. This mail about UNESCO's manual has been posted under the subject line "UNESCO releases manual for community radio managers" on 12th March by Arti Jaiman ram On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Puna Das wrote: Dear Colleagues UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helping managers of community and FM radio stations, public service broadcasting agencies and any other organizations that deal with audio files create prototype archives of digital audio documents. Free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital inclusion of citizens in developing countries through easy-to-get and socially useful applications. UNESCO's information processing tools assist many grassroots institutions in disseminating information to local communities. Digital archive of a community radio station can be a knowledge repository containing collective wisdom of indigenous people, as well as of regional communities and institutions. The South Asian sub-region is now at the nascent stage of community radio development, with the introduction of policy frameworks in India, Nepal and other countries. Community radio has a great development potential across the sub-region with ever increasing number of community radio stations. To maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a legal obligation as a self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations are not equipped for doing this.. Moreover, community radio stations often need to re-use and re-broadcast many of their archived contents. This new publication is a reliable manual for digital archiving of multimedia contents, with special focus on community radio contents. Its users will find it helpful in their every-day work. The publication has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two events, supported by UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio for Practising and Potential Community Radio Operators in India and National Consultation to Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which community radio station managers stressed the importance of archiving digital audio contents. In line with the needs of the community, the manual guides users in creating their own archives with stable, free software like WINISIS, GenISIS and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL addresses from where this software can be downloaded. The manual can be downloaded here: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28434/12367893463digital_archiving_en.pdf/digital_archiving_en.pdf http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28434&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28438&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html If you want a print copy of this book, please send a request letter to Ms. Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 along with a self-addressed A4 size envelope. With Best Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get yourname at rocketmail.com. Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list cr-india at sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list cr-india at sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090317/5a397c20/attachment.html From zahir.koradia at gmail.com Wed Mar 18 06:58:53 2009 From: zahir.koradia at gmail.com (Zahir Koradia) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:58:53 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] IIT Bombay start Campus Radio Message-ID: It is not the community/campus radio we know. It is supposed to run on IIT Bombay's LAN network. Zahir ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Campus Radio From: "General Secretary Cultural Affairs" Date: Mon, March 16, 2009 7:41 pm To: "General Secretary Cultural Affairs" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, After months of speculation and effort, IIT Bombay's very own Campus Radio is finally here. It's truly a radio for the students, faculty and every campusite! The radio, although a misnomer, will be a web-based LAN radio to ensure maximum accessibility among the students and campusites hosted on our very own Gymkhana website (on http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~cultural/radio/ ). IIT Bombay's Campus Radio is committed to quality broadcasting that caters for a diversity of needs and interests reflecting the IIT Bombay student/faculty community, their issues and concerns. From institute news, popular lectures, interviews, music, campus and Mumbai information, reviews and general randomness; it's all just a click away! We are just getting started and are yet to evolve with your valuable inputs. The best part being, anyone and everyone can host a show or address their listeners on the Campus Radio by just getting in touch with us. The Campus Radio is always on the lookout for new ideas, content suggestions and presenters. Feel free to contact the Campus Radio team anytime if you wish to contribute. Do watch out for the pilot show that shall be on air as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date - Tuesday, 17th March 2009 Time - 10 p.m. Where - http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~cultural/radio/ Regular Shows air: Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday @ 10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For any reviews, feedback or opinions, do contact Rajat Chakravarty at rajatc at iitb.ac.in Regards, Sajid Shariff General Secretary Cultural Affairs IIT Bombay +919833454143 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Seeking Modern Application for Real Transformation (SMART), New Delhi is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) engaged in the processes development of communities through Information and Communication Technologies as a development tool. SMART believes in promoting community radio as a catalyst in the development of rural and under privileged urban communities particularly women. (Press Information Bureau, Govt of India) http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=48316 ---- Alokesh Gupta New Delhi. From arti at trfindia.org Fri Mar 20 09:21:21 2009 From: arti at trfindia.org (Arti Jaiman) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:51:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [cr-india] Community Radio Station to Start at Nuh, Mewat, Haryana Message-ID: <621622.71556.qm@web1207.biz.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Does anyone know their frequency? Arti Jaiman Project Manager: TRF Radio | arti at trfindia.org | www.trfindia.org | www.jaiman.org | www.pitara.com --- On Thu, 19/3/09, Alokesh Gupta wrote: From: Alokesh Gupta Subject: [cr-india] Community Radio Station to Start at Nuh, Mewat, Haryana To: "CR INDIA LATEST" Date: Thursday, 19 March, 2009, 10:29 PM Community Radio Station to Start at Nuh, Mewat, Haryana Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Nuh, Mewat, Haryana, by Seeking Modern Application for Real Transformation (SMART), New Delhi. Letter of Intent had been issued to the NGO on 13.06.2008 for seeking allotment of frequency from Wireless Planning Coordination Wing. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. Seeking Modern Application for Real Transformation (SMART), New Delhi is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) engaged in the processes development of communities through Information and Communication Technologies as a development tool. SMART believes in promoting community radio as a catalyst in the development of rural and under privileged urban communities particularly women. (Press Information Bureau, Govt of India) http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=48316 ---- Alokesh Gupta New Delhi. _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list cr-india at sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090319/99e4e304/attachment-0001.html From media at web.net Fri Mar 20 12:10:51 2009 From: media at web.net (George Lessard) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:40:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [cr-india] What is the Audio/Video Edition of NGO-in-a-box? Message-ID: <37573.216.108.22.182.1237531251.squirrel@flymail.web.net> The Audio/Video edition of NGO-in-a-Box is a toolkit that lowers the entry level for NGOs, non-profits and media activists wanting to use audio and video for social change. It is a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools, documentation and tutorials that introduce you to the world of FOSS and the low-cost technology that is transforming the balance of forces in the realm of media production. Traditionally audio and video production and distribution have been cost prohibitive for many people, particularly for those in developing countries. New technologies are dramatically changing that. Tactical Tech and EngageMedia have collaborated to put together a toolkit that lowers the entry level for organisations and individuals wanting to use audio and video as a tool for social change. [read more] http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=node/1 Video FOSS video is still in the early stages of development however there are still many great tools that compete well with their proprietary rivals. The selections in this toolkit cover topics such as: * capture and editing - transferring video footage from your camera onto your computer and editing and adding effects and transitions. * compression and encoding - reducing the file size of your video and converting it to appropriate formats for storage and distribution. * DVD/VCD - ripping content from DVDs or VCDs for saving on your computer and authoring your compilations of video for burning on DVD/VCD media for storage or distribution. * online distribution - distributing your video content over the Internet allowing people to download, watch streaming video or subscribe to video podcasts. * video players - playing video content on a computer from a variety of formats. Video Capture, Editing and Post-Production http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=toolpage/58 Video Online Distribution http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=toolpage/53 Vodcasting * Video podcasting (vodcasting) is a way to subscribe to video feeds. Each time a new video is added subscribers receive notification and can instantly download the new video. The software listed here either allows you to create a vodcast or to subscribe to them. http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=toolpage/125 Video Streaming * Video Streaming is a way for you to create your own television channel on the web. Video podcasting has begun to replace streaming for creating a channnel as it doesn't need to be broadcast live and can be available at any time. Streaming however can be great for events that you want others to view live and in real time around the world. You can also archive the stream and put it on the web for later. http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=toolpage/59 Audio Editing and Compressing * The tools included here enable you to work with the audio material that you have collected or created to produce radio or music pieces. Also listed are tools for compressing your audio piece after you have created it for distribution. http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=toolpage/1 Podcasting and Online Distribution * Distributing your audio on the internet is a great way to reach thousands of people anywhere in the world with very little effort and cost. You no longer need an expensive transmitter to distribute your productions. You can use streaming - allowing users to listen like radio, podcasting - which allows users to subscribe to shows like you would a magazine or simply upload it onto a website for download. Audio online is also very easy to use on your local community radio station, creating a great complimentary distribution mechanism. http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=toolpage/120 Audio Streaming * Audio streaming allows you to send out live audio over the internet. It's a way to create your own internet radio station and is particularly useful during events or where broadcast laws restrict you from transmitting via radio waves. http://av.ngoinabox.org/?q=toolpage/52 From suman at wlink.com.np Fri Mar 20 21:40:30 2009 From: suman at wlink.com.np (Suman Basnet) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:55:30 +0545 Subject: [cr-india] 2nd Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific to be held in Bangalore, India from 10-13 October 2009 Message-ID: <000801c9a976$63d469f0$2b7d3dd0$@com.np> 2nd Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific to be held in Bangalore, India from 10-13 October 2009 March 19, Kathmandu. The Asia Pacific region of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC Asia Pacific, will hold its 2nd Regional conference and Assembly from 10-13 October 2009 in Bangalore, India. The conference will be hosted by VOICES, a Bangalore based NGO working to promote community broadcasting in India. The regional conference will bring together community radio broadcasters, activists, academics, policy makers, and representatives of the donor community and governments to review the development of the community broadcasting in the Asia Pacific region in the last 4 years. It will take a careful look at thematic areas of development such as the empowerment of women within the CR sector, the role of community broadcasting in peace building, it's role in the face of global climate change and at times of natural disasters as well as for poverty eradication. The regional conference will address practical issues such as capacity building in areas of management, technology, community participation, monitoring and evaluation, media convergence, and networking and the conference will recommend steps that will ensure the way forward for the CR sector in the region. The 2nd Regional Assembly of AMARC Asia-Pacific will be held in conjunction with the Regional Conference. The Asia Pacific chapter of AMARC was formally established in November 2005 by the 1st Regional Assembly of AMARC's members in the Asia Pacific region during the regional conference held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Conference provided a significant push to Community Radio in the Region by bringing together practitioners from Asia-Pacific and beyond along with experts and NGO representatives from the community media and communications rights sector. The Jakarta Regional Assembly elected a regional board and decided upon an action plan aimed at developing the community broadcasting sector in the region. As per the statutes of AMARC Asia Pacific, the regional assembly is held every four years. Registration for the conference will open shortly. For regular updates, please visit: http://asiapacific.amarc.org/index.php?p=2_Conference_Asia_Pacific_2009 or contact the following for more information: . AMARC Asia Pacific Regional Office, Kathmandu, Nepal, suman_basnet at asiapacific.amarc.org . Ms. Divya Wesley, VOICES, Bangalore, India, divya.wesley at gmail.com, voices4all at gmail.com . AMARC International secretariat, Montreal, Canada, secretariat at si.amarc.org, About AMARC: The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is a global non-governmental organization serving the community radio movement worldwide. Its goal is to support and advocate for the development of community and participatory radio on the principles of solidarity and international cooperation. Created in 1983, AMARC now has nearly 3000 members in 106 countries. Its international office is located in Montreal, Canada, and has regional offices in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. -END- ____________________ Suman Basnet Regional Coordinator AMARC Asia Pacific Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: +977 1 5554811 Fax: +977 1 5521714 www.asiapacific.amarc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090321/9918a3c2/attachment.html From andreat at auroville.org.in Mon Mar 23 08:49:38 2009 From: andreat at auroville.org.in (Andrea Tazzari) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:49:38 +0530 Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO releases manual for community radio managers Message-ID: <49C6FFCA.9060103@auroville.org.in> Dear All, Here at the AurovilleRadio we are using a free software (MediaMonkey) as database since 4 years and it seems much more flexible and easy to use it. Actually we have aprox 5000 audio files stored in our file server. We sort them, search, export, change format, play burn it in Cds with MediaMonkey. The free version of Media Monkey can manage 50.000 files... This software it is easy to install and not required other application to work. Here's the link http://www.mediamonkey.com Andrea -- www.aurovilleradio.org www.aurovilletv.org From ardicdxclub at yahoo.co.in Sun Mar 22 15:00:42 2009 From: ardicdxclub at yahoo.co.in (sakthi vel) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:00:42 +0530 (IST) Subject: [cr-india] IIT Bombay students launch web campus radio Message-ID: <952019.86853.qm@web95408.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Students of IIT Bombay have launched their own campus web based radio station. The students were inspired by leading universities like MIT, Harvard and Yale that have their own successful on campus radio stations. Sajid Shariff, the general secretary of cultural affairs, IIT Bombay, says that they intend to provide the students through their LAN based radio station with a platform to voice their opinions, take part in debates and allow them to be more informed. The shows will include campus, city, national and international news, music, reviews of websites, information on books to read, gadgets, movies to watch, places and restaurants to hang out and extra-curricular activities. This is the first time a university in India has taken such an initiative. As all the online radio content has to be pre-recorded and loaded onto the site there were actually no expenses involved except for buying the mics, laptop mixer, cords and headphones, says Sajid. Sajid explains the minimal cost stating that there was no need to set up something as elaborate as a studio. The students use a room that goes by the name of Student Activity centre where shows are recorded. They use CDeep which is a technical support facility that takes care of networking and streaming on campus. The response on campus to the online radio station has been really good so far, he says. Sajid reveals that the Professors and other faculty members are extremely interested in the radio station as they want to address issues and topics with the students through this forum. A lot of students on campus have offered to be RJ’s for some of the shows and have also taken an active interest in providing ideas that different shows could be based on. The primary objective the students have for the radio station is to be able to provide good quality content to the students and be able to maintain that quality throughout. They intend to keep the interest for the campus radio going with updates that students would genuinely be interested in knowing about such as top ten websites, top movies, gadgets and relevant issues both on campus and nationally. http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/iit-bombay-students-launch-web-campus-radio _____________________ Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/