To clarify matters further, it is permissible (ie, not specifically forbidden: however, much depends on the local political setup, which has been used, as reported in newspapers, in the past to order the local police to stop anything) to recite information from newspapers or even to carry direct news, on 'community radio', provided one does not use wireless transmission.
Alternatives 1. Use loudspeakers attached to poles in the center of the village, or use a loudhailer. Never mind if it is a nuisance and delivers very poor quality sound, and often only works when mains electricity is present (but actually, even backup electricity from car/truck batteries can be used, given a suitable PA amplifier - many are made to be used in such situations). 2. Strike a deal with your local cable operator, and use one of the available channels (most inexpensive and widely available channel modulators support six channels) to deliver audio only to TV sets. Slightly more expensive TV receivers have a headphone output socket, from which the audio can be taken to a PA setup as described above. This can be done from seevral TV receivers at different points in the village, thus ensuring that the 'broadcast' reach is slightly wider than simple narrowcasting. However, I have a question to ask myself: is giving information about better crop management methods 'news', if those methods have never been used in the area covered by the local station? Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ----- Original Message ---- From: sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 29 August, 2008 10:43:12 AM Subject: Re: [cr-india] news from CRS Dear Alok, The short answer to whether reading news from newspapers over community radio is permissible or not is 'not'. Sajan On 8/28/08, alok singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear members > We would like to know if reading news from the newspapers and broadcasting > the same through community radio station is permissible or not. > Wishes > alok deo singh > Ranchi 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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