*Rural community radio goes on air * 16 Oct 2008, Times News Network http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Rural_community_radio_goes_on_air/articleshow/3600927.cms
HYDERABAD: Sangham Radio, India's first rural community radio station, went live on Wednesday at Machnoor village in Medak district. Former ChiefJustice of India, P B Sawant, launched it. It is also the first all-woman community radio station in Asia. The radio station is completely owned, managed and operated by women from marginalised rural communities. Sangham Radio will broadcast in a radius of 25 km covering about 100 villages and cater to a population of nearly 50,000 population. As soon as justice Sawant switched on the 50-watt transmitter at 11 am, the voice of the Deccan Development Society (DDS) women went live with local songs. Recalling the way his judgement had been realised by the marginalised women of the DDS community, he exhorted them to use the radio to reclaim their human rights and realize a true democracy, which was distinct from the electoral democracy of the day which abandoned people once elections were over. DDS director P V Sateesh said that Sangham Radio was the realization of the media autonomy of the people who were completely ignored by the mainstream media.
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