NPR is a wonderful concept, and at the local level I've worked as a news editor for my university's public radio station that broadcast local news in the morning and evening slots, and NPR news and programming the rest of the day.
Seeing the kind of chains radio has been kept in for so long in India, I would be very surprised if something like NPR can be recreated here. However, if CRs pooled their content, then I think it would definitely lead to a richer experience all round. Hopefully EDAA should lead there. Arti Jaideep Rijhsinghani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had a question for all on this group. I am sure many of us are aware of National Public Radio in the US. This is a slightly different form of community radio, in the sense that it is a network of FM radio stations all over the country which are funded by public contributions and there are no advertisements on this. They relay news and views on it all day long, they have programs that talk shows like democracy efforts in different parts of the world, political views on say Darfur, Palestinians etc. News and views on Financial events/trends in the different parts of the world. It also had talks (news and views) on movies, music and other cultural events/issues etc. It has conversations on faith - about belief, meaning, ethics and ideas. Basically it covers a broad spectrum of topics. For many people it is a refreshing change from commercial radio as it caters to what people really want. For those who want to know more please have a look at http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/ http://www.npr.org I was wondering if there is place for such radio in India. Also, if one has o go about it then would it fall under community radio as defined by the Indian authorities. Any thoughts, ideas, opinions on this will be welcome. FYI - I live in the US and listen to Public radio a lot and I think it is a great medium for the common man to know and contribute to the community and the world. I have talked to many friends over here and am pleasantly surprised to see that many of them are willing to ehlp and contribute to get this effort going. However, before that I want to know if it is feasible to do it. Thank you for your time and effort and I welcome anyone who wants to help push forward on this initiative. Regards Jai --------------------------------- Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. Learn Now 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
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