COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM-INDIA > invites all community radio broadcasters and enthusiasts to its > 3RD ANNUAL MEETING > on > 14, FEB, 2009. 10 AM TO 6 PM > at > Radio Bundelkhand Community Radio Station > TARAgram, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh > > More than two years after we managed to create space for people¹s > organizations to apply for radio licenses, we only have two operational CR > Stations in the this country. According to the 30 Nov 2008 figures, the > ministry of Information & broadcasting has received 297 CR license > applications, including 141 from NGOs and CBOs, 105 from educational > institutions and 51 from agricultural universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendras. > 107 Letters of Intent have been issued, and 13 Grant of Permission Agreements > (GOPA) have been signed. There are currently 38 operational radio stations in > the country under the CR Policy of which two are CRs and the rest are Campus > Radios. > > This is not the situation we had all envisaged while fighting to democratize > our airwaves. There are many reasons for this dismal numbers. We intend to > discuss some of these key reasons so that we could foster a true CR movement > in this country. > > Agenda: Visit to Radio Bundelkhand; CRS experiences of Sangham Radio and Radio > Bundelkhand; Programming for CRS; Copyrights and royalties; Ads, revenues and > funding of CRS; Application procedures screening committees, survey forms, > expensive follow ups; CR in urban India potential and disappointments; > Nurturing and protecting true CR in India; > > Venue: TARAgram, Orchha Tigela, Orchha, Dist. Timkamgarh 472246, Madhya > Pradesh. Tel: 07680-252866 > > Confirmation: Please send in your confirmations to Priya Panicker at > [email protected]. Kindly let her know how many people from your > organization would be attending and your travel schedules. > > Contribution: All participants are requested to contribute Rs.200 (per > participant) at the venue. This is to cover the cost of lunch and teas during > the meet. Development Alternatives, our host, has kindly agreed to take care > of the cost of venue and will also host the dinner on 14th. > > Travel: Participants will need to take care of their own travel cost and > arrangements. Orchha is a 20-minutes drive from Jhansi railway station. Please > book in advance to get reservations. > > Stay: At TARAgram, Orchha DA has a dormitory with 28 beds. Please contact Wg. > Cdr. Pramod Sahney of Development Alternatives at 09415031058. > You can also stay in hotels in the city of Jhansi. DA recommends Sita (0510 > 2444690) and Srinath (0510 2445555) > > > CRF sincerely appreciates all at Radio Bundelkhand and Development Alternative > for hosting us. We hope that you would all take this opportunity to stay on > for a day or two to learn more about Radio Bundelkhand (Please see note > below). > > Looking forward to meeting you all. > > Stalin K. > Convener, CRF-India > > CRF-India is a registered society committed to fostering true community radio > in India through trainings, advocacy, research and lobbying. CRF India > represents the civil society organizations and individuals committed to the > ethos of a community owned and managed media. > > ------ > Radio Bundelkhand at TARAgram, Orchha > > Radio Bundelkhand 90.4 is an initiative of Development Alternatives in > partnership with the communities of Bundelkhand, to give voices to the > deprived and marginalised communities of Bundelkhand region of Central India. > The project was initiated by DA in early 2007 with a mission of disseminating > relevant information to the rural audience. It covers a radius of 600 acres. > 90.4 FM seeks to promote development interactive communication. It aims at > broadcasting > > The target community of the project are women, youth and men from marginalised > caste and class of Bundelkhand, the central Indian Belt of Bundelkhandi (local > dialect) speaking communities. > > The goal is to bring a progressive social change in the area of Bundelkhand. > The objective is to provide a platform to the people of the region to gain > wider access to information, understand their own needs, express their > concerns, be heard and exchange ideas amongst themselves - all in their own > language. > > The activities involve in the project are community mobilization, training of > community reporters, construction of the station and installation of the > equipments, formation of governing and management bodies, managing the > operations of the station and making it sustainable. The major output of these > activities is establishment of Radio Bundelkhand as ICT tool of villagers for > voicing their own stories and concerns. The idea is to make it ³for the > people, of the people and by the people² of Bundelkhand. > > How does the Radio Bundelkhand station work? > The purpose of this radio is to work along with our communities in the radius > of the proposed radio station the communities and use this communication > medium - to create awareness, give information, participate in local self > governance and provide entertainment - all based on requests and feedback from > the community. > > It was agreed upon that they would like information related to employment and > livelihood opportunities, development of women, women education, legal rights, > farmers' issues, training, their culture and history, how to ensure the > availability of basic infrastructure such as water, energy and roads, > development issues, and any other information sought by the communities. > > The programs of the station are based on the issues and content identified by > the communities and broadcasting in the formats which they prefer that > includes the use of traditional Bundelkhandi songs, folk music and nataks, > discussions, reports, commodity prices, phone ins, experts speak, coverage of > events in villages, jokes and satire, listeners' letters and feedback. A > participatory activity is contacted time to time in villages to find out the > need of the listeners/villagers, their likings, etc. The communities with DA > representatives decided what they would like to listen through Radio > Bundelkhand. > > Radio Bundelkhand has a core team includes the station manager, producer of > the programs and most importantly 5 community reporters. These reporters are > members of the communities, living the villages where the radio has its reach. > These 5 reporters collect information from ground, get feedback from the > villages and make programes that the community wants to listen. > > Management of the Radio Bundelkhand Station > The management of the station is handled by the management committee members > including village representatives (Sarpanch, representatives from women SHG > group), representative of Development Alternatives, Radio Bundelkhand All > India Radio; Medical Officer Public Health Center and school teacher. > > The daily operation is managed by the Radio Bundelkhand team. > > In addition, a Public Advisory Council (PAC) which comprises member > representatives from the villages covered and local policy makers from the > region functions in an advisory capacity to ensure buy-in from district > authorities in an advisory capacity to ensure buy-in from district authorities >
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