First community radio station launched in Koraput The Hindu, 18 Jan 2009, http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/18/stories/2009011850760200.htm
KORAPUT: It will be one of the greatest revolutions in the field of spreading the benefits of effective communication in the rural tribal pockets of Koraput district through community radio, Sunil Verma, Programme communication officer of UNICEF said at Koraput. He was attending the workshop on the launching of the first community radio station in the district. CAPACITY The station with a capacity to cover a distance of 25 km radius in air will be established with the joint partnership of UNICEF and SOVA, a leading voluntary organisation at Chapar , a tribal village near Koraput, he said . While the station, initially would be managed with the support of the facilitating organisation, it would gradually be handed over to the community. Moreover the station would produce and air only the programmes designed and prepared by the members of the community, he added. FINAL NOD While it would take a few months to get final clearance from the government to establish, efforts were already made to develop sufficient software packages with the involvement of the community, Ram Mohan, the technical expert from IDEOSYNC Media Combine, New Delhi who has been working with SOVA for the project, said. The radio station with its 12 village reporters would benefit at least 53 villages with bridging the gaps by creating new information flows and sharing process, Sanjit Pattnaik, Secretary, SOVA said.
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