We have to take in on faith that sports is not news, nor is weather, nor traffic nor business. What is 'news' and what is not is an aspect of epistemological contextualism that is beyond the scope of this listserv. As for the Delhi CM discussing her idea of governance, it is the BBC's subtle interpretation that if you talk *about *someone, it is news, but if you talk *to* someone, it is not news.
All private FM players are news organisations or have ambition to be in this > space in TV, print and otherwise. With such high investment lying idle in > the radio space, pressure is definitely building on the government I somehow doubt if this is the case. FM radio licensing began in the year 2000, and if private FM players have had any 'ambition to be in this space', they have cleverly concealed it. Nishant is right in saying that all (well, almost all) FM players are news organisations; by and large they own newspapers in the same markets where they operate FM stations. The last thing they probably want is competition between the two media for the same slice of ad pie. In more civilized countries, where they have severe restrictions on cross-media ownership, this problem wouldn't have arisen; but we are like this only. Sajan On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Nishant | निशाँत <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > The current private FM channels are already broadcasting news. At least > this is true of the channels in Delhi. They may not give you breaking news, > but they definitely give you news in digest. Many of them give you hourly > updates of cricket matches in progress. Then, there is weather and traffic > news. The chief minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit is news by virtue of > being a chief minister. I have heard her more than once on private FM > channels, discussing her idea of governance. > > The government may not be in a hurry to allow bigger news on FM channels, > but proposals are already there before it. All private FM players are news > organisations or have ambition to be in this space in TV, print and > otherwise. With such high investment lying idle in the radio space, pressure > is definitely building on the government, a pressure that the government is > too willing to yield to. > > My feeling is that the radio space will be targetted once the current round > of investments in the TV and print space is over, given that we have seen so > many new channels and newspapers in the last one year or so, all riding on > 26 per cent foreign equity. And, that may be the time when the government > also allows some community radio stations to come up. > > Nishant. > > 2008/8/10 sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> *Govt not considering permitting news on private FM channels * >> Indiantelevision.com >> 9 August 2008 >> >> NEW DELHI: The Government is not considering any proposal to permit news >> broadcasts on private FM Radio channels. >> >> This was stated by Information and Broadcasting secretary Sushma Singh, >> when answering a question on the sidelines of the Second Indian News >> Television Summit organised by indiantelevision.com. >> >> Singh noted that the government had studied the reports of the Telecom >> Regulatory Authority of India as well as the Ficci in this connection. >> >> >> >> YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN >> ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building) >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help) >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy) >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cr-india mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india >> >> >
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