[cr-india] Good bye
Dear Friends in Community Radio movement, On 31 August 2012, I handed over the charge of Community Radio SARANG 107.8MHz, to Swebert D'Silva, Prinicpal of St Aloysius College, with Jerrin Chandan assisting him, in its functioning. http://sarang.org.in/ I am leaving next week for the UK for further studies. It was nice associating with you, and learning about this nascent movement in our country. Community Radio SARANG has been a passion for me, part and parcel of my life, though I was primarily a full time faculty at, and Heading the Department of Mass Communication at St Aloysius College. Radio SARANG is the first Community Radio in India to go 24x7; when -due to tech issues- we closed the station mid-night, we received quite a few calls requesting us not to close down! Senior citizens, security personnel, and auto drivers waiting in the auto-parks told us Radio SARANG is their only companion at their unearthly hour! Now with seven hours of real-time live phone-in program daily, and almost every dialect and community (specially women - such massive fans!) of Mangalore finding a place on Radio SARANG, I am sure, most of us would believe that Radio SARANG is doing decently a good job!? I am sure this post on the website will give some inklings of Radio SARANG. I was encouraged and supported not just by meeting you people and your messages, I was also privileged to have many interested people visiting Radio SARANG - Rukmini from CEMCA, Pasha from Bangalore for training, Mr Vishukumar (great supporter of CRS movement who also initiated a State Govt financial scheme to assist CRS in Karnataka - the Director of Information Publicity Dept; he went out of his way to modify the GO from 'procurement' to 'sustain' to help Radio SARANG, and now it helps any CRS in Karnataka!), many of his teams which he sent to see how SARANG was doing (thanks to the wonderful media and word-of-mouth publicity we received!). There were many more! Recently we had Stalin visiting Radio SARANG. I missed having Dr Sreedher visiting us, for all his support through CEMCA and its dedicated team. Ms Supriya Sahu, Mr Rao and Taneja from MIB, and Sajan, of course... Many more! All of you! Now it's time for change. My good wishes. Thanks a lot for your support and encouragement. Good wishes, --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Fan, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
[cr-india] Sibal waives off license fee for community radio
It's really the good news all of us were waiting for. I hope it is fully and completely true, and the ministry-concerned will pass orders at the earliest. The complete scrapping of the spectrum fee for community radios will bolster the CR movement in India. May a ten thousand community radios blossom! --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) Sibal waives off license fee for community radio TANIA AMEER KHAN (Millennium Post Exclusive) NEW DELHI: The incisive letter that the National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy wrote to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi on 6 July has had desired effect. Roy had opposed the five-fold increase in license fee for community radios, as per sources. The sources have told 'Millennium Post' that the communications minister Kapil Sibal has decided to scrap the fee for community radio stations altogether. Highly placed sources in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology have said that Sibal has issued instructions to R Chandrashekhar, a secretary in the Department of Telecommunications, to waive off all license fee for community radio stations. It will come as a huge relief to such radio stations. In a letter addressed to Gandhi, Roy had highlighted the issue 'regarding the exorbitant fivefold license fee hike from Rs 19,700 to Rs 91,000 by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.' In her petition to Gandhi, Roy pointed out the following: 'The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been largely supportive of Community Radio and IB Secretary Uday Kumar Varma has written a letter to the Secretary DoT, R Chandrashekhar to reconsider the hiking of the fees in May 2012.' Roy's petition also had support of many community radio organisations, like the Digital Empowerment Forum, Barefoot College and the gram panchayat of Dandasli. Roy reminded Gandhi in the letter that earlier a similar petition was sent to her by the community radio activist Stalin K. Roy also said, 'Community radio operators have been petitioning since then for an exemption in spectrum fees and are now instead faced with this mammoth fee increase, which will surely kill this fledgling initiative.' 'Community radio is a powerful tool for the poor, not-for-profit companies meant to serve society. They have enormous benefits as an information and communication tool and are being used to great effect all over the country,' added Roy in the letter. www.millenniumpost.in Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.inJoin the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] SPECTRUM FEE HIKE
There has not been mutual understanding and agreement among all stake-holders, some even dividing campus ngo stations. Fact is all are community stations, and we need to work together.It is sad to know that some have already paid Rs. 91,000/! Unfortunate.CRA seemed to have decided to pay Rs. 19,700/-, but probably their decisions are not circulated on emails! If there is greater coordination between CRF CRA, things might work out better. I would rather prefer to pay the usual fee (19,000/) and pressurize the ministry to rollback completely. --- Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) Date: Friday, 15 June, 2012, 14:38 The fact that many campus stations are already in tow to the government for manifold issues that have nothing to do with radio or community will, sadly, play a role in their decision to pay the hiked fee or not. It would be naked extortion, but nudity is also probably among the many subjects that will not find a hearing on CR, with Big Brother breathing down their necks. Vickramhttp://communicall.wordpress.comhttp://vvcrishna.wordpress.com From: Arti Jaiman a...@trfindia.org To: vasuki belavadi vbs...@gmail.com Cc: CR Forum crfin...@gmail.com; CR India cr-india@sarai.net Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 8:11 Subject: Re: [cr-india] SPECTRUM FEE HIKE I agree with that action, Vasuki. I'm just not sure if all stations would go along with it. Arti Arti Jaiman Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM email: a...@trfindia.org website: www.trfindia.org Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. Since 2009, we have been broadcasting 22X7, in Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters who generate community content with community participation. --- On Wed, 13/6/12, vasuki belavadi vbs...@gmail.com wrote: From: vasuki belavadi vbs...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [cr-india] SPECTRUM FEE HIKE To: Arti Jaiman a...@trfindia.org Cc: CR India cr-india@sarai.net, CR Forum crfin...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, 13 June, 2012, 7:58 AM Dear Arti, Are you suggesting that campus radio stations don't feel the pinch? I'm sure several campus radio stations including ours may not be in a position to pay the five-fold increase. I would therefore suggest that we simply refuse to pay up the spectrum fee and go ahead and broadcast. Warm regards vasuki belavadi ++ On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Arti Jaiman a...@trfindia.org wrote: Vasuki, I'm not sure if there is agreement among CR stations about this. I'm sure if one was to do a survey about this (literally pick up the phone and ask CR stations about their stand) a clear picture will emerge. I believe, in informal discussions, many campus stations don't really have an issue with the spectrum fee hike. Regards Arti Arti Jaiman Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM email: a...@trfindia.org website: www.trfindia.org Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. Since 2009, we have been broadcasting 22X7, in Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters who generate community content with community participation. --- On Tue, 12/6/12, vasuki belavadi vbs...@gmail.com wrote: From: vasuki belavadi vbs...@gmail.com Subject: [cr-india] SPECTRUM FEE HIKE To: CR India cr-india@sarai.net, CR Forum crfin...@gmail.com Cc: sreedher ramamurthy r.sreed...@gmail.com Date: Tuesday, 12 June, 2012, 2:35 PM What will/can the government do if all the 140 odd stations decide to continue to broadcast without paying the spectrum fee? Will they shut down all the stations? Like they say in Hindi 'Laaton ke bhoot baaton se nahi mante'. I think all the stations should simply refuse to pay any spectrum fee and continue to broadcast. Warm regards vasuki belavadi -- VASUKI BELAVADI Associate Professor Faculty Fellow, Unesco Chair on Community Media, Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500046, Andhra Pradesh, India Phone (Off): +91 40 23135505, Email: mai...@vasukibelavadi.com / Skype: vbelavadi, Linkedin: vasuki belavadi Extensions / Website / Bol Hyderabad 90.4 fm -Inline Attachment Follows- Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in -- VASUKI BELAVADI Associate Professor Faculty Fellow, Unesco Chair on Community Media, Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500046, Andhra Pradesh, India Phone (Off): +91 40 23135505, Email:
Re: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 87, Issue 6
That could an option we could try out! I support that. --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
[cr-india] Tribute to women - on women's day
http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=37265:womens-day-special-beary-women-create-airwaves-to-fire-radio-sarang-to-national-glorycatid=58:exclusive-newsItemid=57 --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Head Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 84, Issue 2
That's great HV. Three years of incubation period would make you more determined to progress. I thought, Radio SARANG had the longest incubation period - 27 months! Heval Vaani outdoes us ! Good wishes for the future. --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Head Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) --- On Mon, 5/3/12, Venu Arora var...@ideosyncmedia.org wrote: From: Venu Arora var...@ideosyncmedia.org Subject: Re: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 84, Issue 2 To: cr-india@sarai.net Cc: Rajendra Singh Negi negi...@gmail.com Date: Monday, 5 March, 2012, 10:15 Dear All:Congratulations indeed to Heval Vaani. Test broadcasts began at 3:30pm on the 2nd of March exactly 3years from the time they received their LOI on 18th March 2009. We are assisting in documenting their arduous journey which provides much learning on all aspects from participation to sustainability. The next two years will be about rebuilding their community which has been waiting for the broadcasts to begin for more than five years ever since the team began their narrowcasts in and around the villages of Chamba. Thankfully things won't stop due to arrears in spectrum fee which is currently covered - which however is something that we need to address through advocacy as the spectrum fee charge begins from the moment a station receives frequency irrespective of when it begins broadcasts and does not take into account genuine challenges faced by groups like Henval vani.Since the station did not have resources for a tower their antenna is mounted on a temporary pole - a water pipe on top of their studio building! Rajender Negi and Raghu from Henval Vani themselves mounted the antenna thanks to the training provided by Nomad - and a model we should follow in terms of all trainings for CR. The phone lines are already ringing says Rajender and the team is putting together their first broadcast schedules. The airwaves in Chamba are now resounding with Garhwali music, the Yuva Manch show and the Hamara Gaon programs that the teams have generated over the years!It is a time to celebrate and to look ahead! Congrats to all who contributed to the success of Heval Vani and a bow to the patience and perseverance of the team.Venu Venu AroraDirector of ProjectsIdeosync Media Combine177, Ashoka Enclave III, Sector 35, Faridabad - 121003Haryana - INDIATel: +91-129-4064883/4131883/6510156Mobile: +91-9810731552Web: www.ideosyncmedia.org On 05-Mar-2012, at 9:05 AM, cr-india-requ...@sarai.net wrote: Send cr-india mailing list submissions to cr-india@sarai.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cr-india-requ...@sarai.net You can reach the person managing the list at cr-india-ow...@sarai.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of cr-india digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (ekta) 2. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (Vickram Crishna) 3. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (Ram) 4. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (Ashish Sen) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:13:02 +0530 From: ekta fore...@gmail.com To: Arti Jaiman a...@trfindia.org Cc: Hemant hem...@nomadindia.net, cr-india@sarai.net Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! Message-ID: CAMUB9Pa4XFKPrTQdtpMiKov1Lbo=cf5jrr46gwrgy3d4--t...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hey Hemant, That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air. congrats team HV and Nomad for coming so far. for the patience, resistance and commitment. How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!? cheers ekta On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman a...@trfindia.org wrote: It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower, nor the resources for one. Definitely more power to them, Arti Arti Jaiman Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM email: a...@trfindia.org website: www.trfindia.org Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in Hindi and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating community content, and community participation. --- On *Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant hem...@nomadindia.net* wrote: From: Hemant hem...@nomadindia.net Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! To: cr-india@sarai.net Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM Hello All, Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air. Congratulations to the community members,
[cr-india] Radio SARANG on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdI7F2ascTgHappy New Year to you --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Head Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
Re: [cr-india] Airwaves are for every one
Congratulations to Ashish for that positive note on Community Radios. Another ray of hope on this relatively new arena is Mangalore's Community Radio SARANG 107.8MHz' venture: since early July 2011, it has been broadcasting 24-hours non-stop everyday! And we have people to tell us they listen to our Radio SARANG at 3a.m. ! www.sarang.org.in --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Head Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) - Original Message From: Alokesh Gupta alokeshgu...@gmail.com To: cr-in...@mail.sarai.net Sent: Wed, 27 July, 2011 22:08:51 Subject: [cr-india] Airwaves are for every one Airwaves are for every one Ashish Sen Finally, community radio seems to be making waves, writes Ashish Sen http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article2299067.ece --- Alokesh Gupta New Delhi Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
[cr-india] RJ training program for women at Radio SARANG
For photographs, please visit http://www.sarang.org.in/ This time the Community Radio SARANG 107.8MHz, -at st Aloysius College Mangalore - tried something else: training community women in radio program presentation. Fourteen women from different communities and walks of life attended the RJ training program organised by Community Radio SARANG 107.8 FM. Of course, Radio SARANG staff too benefitted much from this training. The one day program had Mr Vishwas, the senior most RJ of Radio Mirchi, helping our community ladies to understand the language of radio presentation. As a part of the training program, all of them articulated and developed ideas for program production and presentation. after being introduced to the radio studio, the women also presented programs. I am passionate about community radio; I want to present programs, says Ms Zubeida, an Anganawadi teacher! --- Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM Head Assoc. Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com www.sarang.org.in +919448546425 (pers.) 0824-2449706. (Res) Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
[cr-india] Advisory of the MIB on furnishing Information
Hi CRS Community,This morning, I checked with MIB regarding the news item carried by radioandmusic.com on the information to be furnished by CRSs - LOI GOPA holders. This advisory does not apply to the stations already operational, since they would have submitted the necessary then-up-to-date information during the course of application and license. It's only for those LOI GOPA holders and who have not yet submitted the required information. So, if you have not yet received the letter from the MIB, no worry. Stay relaxed! Go about your broadcasting unperturbed!Rev Dr Richard Rego SJDirector, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community RadioHead Asst Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.comwww.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com0824-2449706.+919448546425. Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
[cr-india] Phone in prog
Community Radio SARANG 107.8MHz, (St Aloysius College Mangalore) launched its phone-in program on Wednesday. "Kaanoonu Kacheri" (Legal Cell) is a weekly phone-in program in collaboration with a local law college and advocates. It is broadcast on every Wednesday at 6pm. The principal of the law college moderates the discussion, every Wednesday; he with his law professors and other city advocates, have been kind to be associated with SARANG 107.8MHz. The half-an-hour live program on "Dowry Prohibition Act" had three callers asking questions and clarifying their doubts. The next week's program will feature the all important "RTI" in Kannada. Rev Dr Richard Rego SJDirector, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community RadioHead Asst Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.comwww.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com0824-2449706.+919448546425. ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[cr-india] Sound Archives for public use
Srini's comment is an apt one. AIR is funded out of public money. If BBC can make its archive available for the public listening/ use, why not our own AIR/ Prasar Bharti its treasures built out of public funds? Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community Radio Head Asst Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com 0824-2449706. +919448546425. From: Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com To: india-...@lists.cpsr.org Cc: India- gii india-...@cpsr.org; CR India cr-india@sarai.net; bytesforall_read...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 21 September, 2009 19:19:18 Subject: Re: [cr-india] [india-gii] Fw: [Asiapacific-general] British Library releases 23, 700 rare audio tracks online On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Vickram Crishna v1cl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: [The British Library has made 23,700 rare music and sound recordings from its massive collection, reputed to be one of the largest sound archives in the world,] All India Radio has been the repository of an equally invaluable, perhaps even more so, given the paths of destruction of cultural roots here, audio repository of South Asian music and audio theater, paid for out of public funds. Indeed, going back in history a long way, we see that the Indian subcontinent has never had a great desire to preserve records. Perhaps a PI litigation? ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[cr-india] PARD
Congratulations James Team! Good wishes to you. Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community Radio Head Asst Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com 0824-2449706. +919448546425. From: Jaisakthivel ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in To: dx india dx_in...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, 10 September, 2009 11:16:46 Subject: [cr-india] PARD Vaanoli Community Radio - An Introduction People’s Action for Rural Development (PARD) is a civil society institution set up in Madurai as early as 1988. Initially, PARD started working with urban slum dwellings in the city of Madurai, but soon expanded its activities to become the main coordinator of LISA Network (Low Inputs for Sustainable Agriculture), and also moved to rural areas of Tamil Nadu, in order to implement micro-finance actvities with rural women. About two years back, soon after the Central Government released the community radio guidelines, PARD applied for a license. However, the Letter of Intent was not provided to PARD. Moreover, no reason was provided for rejection of the application. PARD applied to the High Court, and this is perhaps the first instance where the government has been taken to court specifically on community radio. It would hearten supporters of the movement to know that since the government had not given any reason, nor could they justify why they had rejected the application, the government just as suddenly passed the application. A couple of months ago, PARD finally got its Wireless Operating License, with considerable patience and courage shown by director, Mr. James Rajasekharan, and with equally considerable help from Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA). Without any fund or any other kind of support, PARD mobilised internal support to set up a basic low cost radio station. Finally after receipt of WOL, UNESCO agreed to pitch in with some support through the International Program for Development of Communication (IPDC), a major forum of the UN, with member states pitching in with support. This support includes four capacity building programs, some nominal support for equipment and one transmitter and antenna from NOMAD India Network. Set about 30 kilometers from Madurai, PARD Vaanoli has a full time team of 7 people, with 2 announcers, 2 field reporters and 3 reporters/editors. Further, PARD has also mobilised about 6 volunteers from Madurai who are basically slum development workers, but are expected to pitch in with the radio as well. PARD Vaanoli has already started producing programs with their production set up, and in July, NOMAD India has successfully installed a transmitter and antenna. This means that PARD Vaanoli is all set to go. While PARD’s courage and tenacity in starting their community radio station in the face of obstacles from the government and sans support from donor agencies, other civil society networks etc, the fact remains that PARD Vaanoli is a station in its infancy and still requires a lot of support in terms of capacity building; secondary equipment; seed funding, programmatic support, and so on. It is with a sense of keen anticipation that one will watch the progress of this tough station, and how it will slowly but surely make a remarkable difference to the community in and around Thirumangalam, Madurai. We wish them all the very best, and hope to continue our association with them in the future as well. By Ram • August 7, 2009 (Source:http://maraa.in) Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. http://in.yahoo.com/trynew ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[cr-india] on frequency
Hi everyone!I have a problem. Would like to know how you would deal with this - we have 107.8 MHz frequency assigned to us. But low power radio sets and mobiles cannot receive our radio signals even in nearby areas - car stereo do. That means, local communities are deprived of our transmission. People keep pleading us "increase signals" - they have listened to our station sometime; they have read in newspapers. hence their demand. We are unable because of the frequency. We checked why this happens. The answer is 'frequency'. In addition - noise! Besides, private FMs and AIR keep invading our frequency gloriously. All Our efforts and people's desire doesn't seem to be bearing fruit. How would be address this problem? I will try uploading an audio piece recorded from our own transmitter in our own campus in the vicinity of the College. You can feel the noise and difference. If I succeed, the piece should be available through my blog www.richardrego.wordpress.com for you to get a taste. TCRev Dr Richard Rego SJDirector, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community RadioHead Asst Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.comwww.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com0824-2449706.+919448546425. ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[cr-india] SARANGA - St Aloysius College Mangalore starts test broadcast
SARANG 107.8 - St Aloysius College (Mangalore) CRS started its test transmission on 24 June. After completing all its formalities, SARANG was waiting to go on air - WOL pending, which came in the last week of June. To begin with, SARANG CRS has been test-broadcasting for two hours every day, from 6 to 8pm. But gradually it will increase the broadcast time. The SARANG signals are received over 20-25 km radius and covers large agricultural, fisher folk, and daily wage earners' communities, besides huge student population. Broadcasts include programmes on health and hygine, farmers and agricultural issues, issues related to fisherfolk, children, and youth and students. There has been a cordial reception to the SARANG CRS - community people eagerly coming forward to air their day to day life - problems and issues, folk elements and and joys and sorrows. The St Aloysius College Community Radio broadcasts in four different languages - Konkani, Tulu, Kannada and English. Beary language programmes also have been tried, though not on a regular basis. While Konkani, Tulu, and Beary languages are major languages of the local communities, Kannada and English happen to be languages of formal communication. A formal launch of SARANG 107.8 is planned for after the monsoon season passes by. CEMCA played a major role in securing the WOL. Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ Director, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community Radio Head Asst Prof., MCMS Dept of Mass Communication St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com 0824-2449706. +919448546425. ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[cr-india] St Aloysius College Signs GOPA
Dear Friends, I am very happy to inform you that we -St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangalore- have signed the GOPA today. Thanks to many of our friends and well wishers, it was not difficult for us get to this. We are specially grateful to CEMCA for their continued support help. We were able to do many of our works without coming to Delhi, through CEMCA. Dr Sridher Ms Monica, they have been real nice. So also our good friends from the CRS community -Sajan, Ram and others- have been more than helpful and encouraging. Should I specially mention that MIB was very very nice? They have been! Today, specially Mr Taneja, Mr Rao, and Mr S.P. Veer (Under Secretary)- they went out of their way to make things easy. Sweet, as Mr Sajan would say! Occasionally things looked like taking a bit long; but people from both the ministries -MIB WPC wing- were good and responsive. We have submitted our documents for WOL. If things go on as planned,we shoud be on air in March! Thank you. Fr (Dr.) Richard Rego SJ Head of the Dept Mass Communication Journalism; Director, SARANG - SAC Community Radio St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 Mangalore - 575003. Phone: 0824-2449706 (R) www.richardrego.wordpress.com www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com ___ cr-india mailing list cr-india@sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
