Congratulations to all at Sangham Radio. Dr. Satheesh, General Narsamma and everyone... in solidarity and with you in your celebrations - from everyone at Ideosync
-- Venu Arora Director of Projects Ideosync Media Combine 177. Ashoka Enclave III Sector 35, Faridabad - 121003 Haryana - India Tel: +91-0129-4131883/5510156/2254395/2254396 (Prefix 95129- from Delhi) Telfax: +91-0129-2254395 (Prefix 95129- from Delhi) Mobile: +91-9810731552 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send cr-india mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cr-india digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. News on FM radio soon -- but not on CR? (sajan venniyoor) > 2. Re: News on FM radio soon -- but not on CR? (Vickram Crishna) > 3. Re: DDS Sangham Radio will start broadcasting on October > 15th (Vickram Crishna) > 4. Re: News on FM radio soon -- but not on CR? (Arti Jaiman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:54:15 +0530 > From: "sajan venniyoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [cr-india] News on FM radio soon -- but not on CR? > To: "CR India" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > According to the story below, AIR news may be permitted right away on > private FM channels, followed by regular news in the next phase of FM > licensing. This is apparently conditional on a self-regulatory mechanism > being put in place by AROI (the association of commercial FM operators). In > the absence of a self-regulatory mechanism for CR, it seems unlikely that > news will be permitted on community radio any time soon. > > Under the terms of the proposed Content Code, the Central Government has > nominated the Community Radio Forum as the industry-level representative > body to set up a 'Consumer Complaints Committee' on the lines of the CCC of > ASCI, "to develop their own respective mechanisms for preview of content, if > required, as well as adjudicate on public complaints within the > prescribed time." > > Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) follows the News > Broadcasters' Association (NBA) in setting up a complaints council. > Community Radio Forum remains the only representative body that hasn't set > up a self-regulatory mechanism, and we are in danger of being the only > medium in India on which news is banned. It would be difficult to lobby for > news on CR until we put our own house in order. > > Sajan > > Soon, tune into FM channels for news fix > Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times > New Delhi, 10 Oct 2998 > > Before the year ends, you will be able to get your daily dose of news, along > with entertainment, on your favourie FM channel. > > The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has given a go-ahead for 261 > private FM channels to air news and current affairs programmes produced by > All India Radio (AIR). > > The proposal awaits the signature of the concerned minister — Priya Ranjan > Dasmunsi — following which, it will require a Cabinet clearance. > > Ministry insiders say AIR news on private FM channels could be heard in a > month's time. > > In the next phase, the FM channels would be allowed either to outsource news > and current affairs programmes or produce themselves. But that will only be > possible once the self-regulatory mechanism of the Association of Radio > Operators in India is in place. > > "We are allowing AIR news on FM channels to test how people react to news on > FM channels. If it works well other sources can be allowed," a ministry > official said. > > Uday Chawla, of the radio operator's association, added: "We've agreed to > the ministry's suggestion. The self-regulatory mechanism would be in place > in two weeks." He said the mechanism would first put in place guidelines to > ensure "fair news without impinging upon journalistic ethics". > > The private radio operators have been demanding news on their channels to > enhance their content packages. > > In February, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had > recommended to the I&B ministry to permit FM broadcasters to air news > content from AIR, Doordarshan, authorised news channels and agencies. Trai's > clearance came three years after an entertainment and communication panel— > constituted by the Prime Minister — recommended that news be allowed on FM > channels. > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=adff7a20-7baa-4aaf-a947-006b26052238&MatchID1=4813&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1212&PrimaryID=4813&Headline=Soon,+tune+in+to+FM+channels+for+news+fix+ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20081011/8e093a4e/attachment-0001.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:46:09 +0000 (GMT) > From: Vickram Crishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] News on FM radio soon -- but not on CR? > To: CR India <[email protected]>, CyberLaw India > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Correct me if I am wrong, Sajan, but the terms of reference for community > radio includes storage of all broadcast material for six months for > submission to a yet-to-be-formulated committee in Delhi. > > We need an online clearinghouse for all audio material in any case. I don't > think channels such as blogtalkradio were created for this purpose, although > the tools displayed are more or less the same. This is an urgent need. > > With this in place, I propose a multi-lingual broadbased online 'committee' > that will be given access on a selective basis to the archives, based partly > on ability to understand the content, partly on volunteering to vet it for > 'inclusion' ie, meeting the norms. Of course this is post facto, but with > feedback, any broadcaster will improve and avoid objectionable content*. > > Please see www.galaxyzoo.org. This is a global effort to break down a > gigantic task into bite-sized bits, totally voluntary (enlisting schoolkids > too, through classroom exercises). We need something along these lines, not > falling into the trap of setting up a hierarchical organisation that will be > prey to the usual politics etc, and most importantly ending up being > enormously expensive and counterproductive. > > I have copied this post to the cyberlaw india list, with a request for legal > experts to advise on the possibility of such a voluntary arrangement being > legally responsible and accountable. Please excuse the inevtiable double > posts some members will get. > > > *Mind you, the term objectionable is also capable of much interpretation. > > Vickram > http://communicall.wordpress.com > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: CR India <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 11 October, 2008 9:54:15 > Subject: [cr-india] News on FM radio soon -- but not on CR? > > > According to the story below, AIR news may be permitted right away on private > FM channels, followed by regular news in the next phase of FM licensing. This > is apparently conditional on a self-regulatory mechanism being put in place > by AROI (the association of commercial FM operators). In the absence of a > self-regulatory mechanism for CR, it seems unlikely that news will be > permitted on community radio any time soon. > > Under the terms of the proposed Content Code, the Central Government has > nominated the Community Radio Forum as the industry-level representative body > to set up a 'Consumer Complaints Committee' on the lines of the CCC of ASCI, > "to develop their own respective mechanisms for preview of content, if > required, as well as adjudicate on public complaints within the prescribed > time." > > Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) follows the News Broadcasters' > Association (NBA) in setting up a complaints council. Community Radio Forum > remains the only representative body that hasn't set up a self-regulatory > mechanism, and we are in danger of being the only medium in India on which > news is banned. It would be difficult to lobby for news on CR until we put > our own house in order. > > Sajan > > Soon, tune into FM channels for news fix > Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times > New Delhi, 10 Oct 2998 > > Before the year ends, you will be able to get your daily dose of news, along > with entertainment, on your favourie FM channel. > The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has given a go-ahead for 261 > private FM channels to air news and current affairs programmes produced by > All India Radio (AIR). > The proposal awaits the signature of the concerned minister — Priya Ranjan > Dasmunsi — following which, it will require a Cabinet clearance. > Ministry insiders say AIR news on private FM channels could be heard in a > month's time. > In the next phase, the FM channels would be allowed either to outsource news > and current affairs programmes or produce themselves. But that will only be > possible once the self-regulatory mechanism of the Association of Radio > Operators in India is in place. > "We are allowing AIR news on FM channels to test how people react to news on > FM channels. If it works well other sources can be allowed," a ministry > official said. > Uday Chawla, of the radio operator's association, added: "We've agreed to the > ministry's suggestion. The self-regulatory mechanism would be in place in two > weeks." He said the mechanism would first put in place guidelines to ensure > "fair news without impinging upon journalistic ethics". > The private radio operators have been demanding news on their channels to > enhance their content packages. > In February, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had recommended > to the I&B ministry to permit FM broadcasters to air news content from AIR, > Doordarshan, authorised news channels and agencies. Trai's clearance came > three years after an entertainment and communication panel— constituted by > the Prime Minister — recommended that news be allowed on FM channels. > http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=adff7a20-7baa-4aaf-a947-006b26052238&MatchID1=4813&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1212&PrimaryID=4813&Headline=Soon,+tune+in+to+FM+channels+for+news+fix+ > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20081013/f0faa7eb/attachment-0001.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:47:50 +0000 (GMT) > From: Vickram Crishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] DDS Sangham Radio will start broadcasting on > October 15th > To: CR India <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Wonderful news. Congratulations to everyone involved! > > Vickram > http://communicall.wordpress.com > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: periyapatna satheesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net" <[email protected]>; Frederick FN Noronha > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Vinod Pavarala > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Ashish Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > Stalin K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kanchi Kohli <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; GRAIN - Shalini Bhutani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Grain Board <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Grain staff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, 11 October, 2008 4:44:28 > Subject: [cr-india] DDS Sangham Radio will start broadcasting on October 15th > > > Deara friends at the CRF and CrIndia > > I can't describe the delight with which I am sharing with you the news that > the first rural Community Radio Station in India will be going on air on > October 15, 2008, the World Rural Women's Day. It is also a historic justice > that the DDS Community Radio, the first community radio initiative in the > country will pioneer the true and authentic Community Radio. This is a radio > owned, managed and operated by women from the margins of the Society, people > who have been excluded and rendered voiceless in any public forum. > > The DDS Community Media initiative started more than ten years ago was > founded on the principle that media has always treated the rural people in > particular and women from marginalised sections in particular, consumers of > the media and never its producers. In recent times, it has totally ignored > them. Therefore a media of the people, for the people, by the people is the > only way to responde to this media marginalisation of the rural poor and > women. > > The DDS Community Radio, now called Sangham Radio [for some strange reason, > the government has banned the use of the word FM in the names of Community > Radio Stations. Therefore DDS radi has metamorphosed from the earlier title > Sangham FM .] has several firsts to its credit. It is the first rural > community radio. It is the first all women radio. It is the first community > owned and managed radio. It is the first radio owned and managed by > marginalised communities. It is also of historical significance that the > first authentic community radio will start from the same place where the > first clear definition and call for Community Radio emanated eight years ago > in the form of Pastapur Declaration by the Community Radio advocates. It is > also significant that DDS was the first applicant for Community Radio as far > back as 2000. > > The Sangham Radio will be another link in the historical continuum of > community radio in India. Justice P B Sawant who delivered the landmark > judgement Airwaves are public property will switch on the DDS Radio. Former > Secretary I & B as well as former D G Doordarshan Dr Bhaskar Ghose along with > senior feminist journalist Kalpana Sharma, Ms Jai Chandiram, Chair, > International Association for Women in Radio and Television and Dr Vinod > Pavarala, Professor of Communication and Dean, School of Communication, > University of Hyderabad and the author of the first Indian book on Community > Radio The Other Voices will join the celebration. > > Hundreds of women from the DDS sangham families will make the occassion > vibrant and will literally echo the rural voices and issues as the radio goes > on air. > > It will be an extraordinary pleasure for all of us if you can come and join > us in these celebrations. > > DDS COmmunity Radio will also be the first baby of the struggle of the > Community Radio Forum launched with such devotion and nobility by all of you. > > Please see attached the official invitation drafted by General Narsamma, > Algole Narsamma and myself on behalf of the Community Media Trust. > > With warmest regards > > satheesh > > > > ________________________________ > Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here. > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20081013/1c6cc8fc/attachment-0001.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:50:28 +0100 (BST) > From: Arti Jaiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] News on FM radio soon -- but not on CR? > To: sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CR India > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Are you suggesting that such a body should be formally set up as soon as > possible, while the number of CR stations can still be counted on our > fingers? Who would support the working of such a body? The I&B Ministry? A > multilateral agency? I'm assuming that CR outfits barely have resources to > run their stations, so contributing to a central body may be fairly > challenging. > > Arti > > sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the story below, AIR news may be permitted right away on private > FM channels, followed by regular news in the next phase of FM licensing. This > is apparently conditional on a self-regulatory mechanism being put in place > by AROI (the association of commercial FM operators). In the absence of a > self-regulatory mechanism for CR, it seems unlikely that news will be > permitted on community radio any time soon. > > > Under the terms of the proposed Content Code, the Central Government has > nominated the Community Radio Forum as the industry-level representative body > to set up a 'Consumer Complaints Committee' on the lines of the CCC of ASCI, > "to develop their own respective mechanisms for preview of content, if > required, as well as adjudicate on public complaints within the prescribed > time." > > > Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) follows the News Broadcasters' > Association (NBA) in setting up a complaints council. Community Radio Forum > remains the only representative body that hasn't set up a self-regulatory > mechanism, and we are in danger of being the only medium in India on which > news is banned. It would be difficult to lobby for news on CR until we put > our own house in order. > > > Sajan > > > Soon, tune into FM channels for news fix > Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times > New Delhi, 10 Oct 2998 > > > Before the year ends, you will be able to get your daily dose of news, along > with entertainment, on your favourie FM channel. > > The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has given a go-ahead for 261 > private FM channels to air news and current affairs programmes produced by > All India Radio (AIR). > The proposal awaits the signature of the concerned minister — Priya Ranjan > Dasmunsi — following which, it will require a Cabinet clearance. > Ministry insiders say AIR news on private FM channels could be heard in a > month's time. > In the next phase, the FM channels would be allowed either to outsource news > and current affairs programmes or produce themselves. But that will only be > possible once the self-regulatory mechanism of the Association of Radio > Operators in India is in place. > "We are allowing AIR news on FM channels to test how people react to news on > FM channels. If it works well other sources can be allowed," a ministry > official said. > Uday Chawla, of the radio operator's association, added: "We've agreed to > the ministry's suggestion. The self-regulatory mechanism would be in place in > two weeks." He said the mechanism would first put in place guidelines to > ensure "fair news without impinging upon journalistic ethics". > The private radio operators have been demanding news on their channels to > enhance their content packages. > In February, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had recommended > to the I&B ministry to permit FM broadcasters to air news content from AIR, > Doordarshan, authorised news channels and agencies. Trai's clearance came > three years after an entertainment and communication panel— constituted by > the Prime Minister — recommended that news be allowed on FM channels. > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=adff7a20-7baa-4aaf-a947-006b26052238&MatchID1=4813&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1212&PrimaryID=4813&Headline=Soon,+tune+in+to+FM+channels+for+news+fix+ > > > > > 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 > > > > Arti Jaiman > Project Manager: TRF Radio > +91 9811126336 > > 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/20081013/e6b517de/attachment.html > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > > > End of cr-india Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6 > *************************************** > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1721 - Release Date: 12-Oct-08 > 12:00 PM > > 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
