On 4/28/06, Graham Knight wrote: > I am saddened to discover that with all the information published, there > seems to be nothing about radio for the poor in developing countries. > > Am I wrong?
I submit that there is plenty...wrong with the promotion of radio in majority world countries. Curiously enough, many decades after most of these countries (and I am from India, one of the worst offenders) shrugged off the colonial yoke, their governments still use radio in command and control mode. Since I mentioned India, just look at one simple statistic : 600 licensed radio stations in sixty years - and the number was less than half that a month back, they just auctioned off public spectrum into the hands of a few greedy marketers. Expect more rubbishy pop programming to assault the ears of the 'developing' middle class in smaller towns now, as we already have the misfortune of listening to over the past three years (that's when the government finally got out from doing and being everything in audio broadcasting). Anyway, to get a quick round up of the Indian scene (not totally up to date, but a fair grasp of the ground reality) do look at our web site <www.radiophony.com>. In Zimbabwe, six persons have just been arrested for recording audio content and sending it to foreign shortwave stations to broadcast. Maybe radio for the masses has a bit further to go yet. -- Vickram ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
