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1. Re: Namma Dhwani gets through... (Stalin K)
2. St Aloysius College, Mangalore, to launch CR (sajan venniyoor)
3. 3rd Annual Meet of CRF-India (Stalin K)
4. Madurai Kamaraj University to start community radio service
(George Lessard)
5. JOB: Assistant Professor - Journalism / international radio
/ human rights (George Lessard)
6. "Low Frequency - Network Error in a Community Initiative"
(sajan venniyoor)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:19:07 +0530
From: Stalin K <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [cr-india] Namma Dhwani gets through...
To: cr-india <[email protected]>
Cc: Maraa <[email protected]>
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FANTASTIC NEWS!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AT Myrada, Voices and Nammadhwani.
Good job. Looking forwarding to great programs and a vibrant CRS.
Hope to see you all soon at the annual CRF meet in February!
Stalin
On 1/20/09 7:56 AM, "N.Ramakrishnan" <[email protected]> wrote:
Congratulations, Nammadhwani, MYRADA, Voices, Maraa!
It's been a while coming,
but I'm sure the wait will be worth
it!
Warmest,
Ramakrishnan
N.Ramakrishnan
Director of Projects
Ideosync Media
Combine
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Sector 35, Faridabad - 121003
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India
Tel: +91-0129-4131883/6510156/2254395/2254396 (Prefix 95129- from
Delhi)
Telfax: +91-0129-2254395 (Prefix 95129- from Delhi)
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Email: [email protected]
Maraa wrote:
Dear All,
On behalf of the communities of Budikote and nearby villages, MYRADA
staff,
and VOICES, we are very happy to announce that Namma Dhwani, in
Budikote
Village, Kolar District, Karnataka, has finally got its
Wireless Operating
License (WOL) after a long struggle and wait.
MYRADA received the WOL on
16th of December and is currently
concentrating on building tower, and
renovating studio infrastructure.
With a long history of cable radio,
loudspeaker narrowcast, school
radio, extensive SHG participation,
excellent governance and gender
sensitive programming,
Namma Dhwani is
all geared up to start broadcasting.
Since 2003-4, Namma Dhwani has been
making 90 minutes of programs on a
daily basis., and not only has a huge
database of usable programs, but
also has a library of jingles, station IDs
and Public Service
Announcements (PSAs).
The date for launch has not
been decided yet, but will be announced
shortly.
The Namma Dhwani team
is currently attending workshops and training
programmes, facilitated by
Maraa as part of the IPDC-UNESCO project,
2008-09. The other stations under
this project are Vikalp Radio,
Jharkhand, Radio Bundelkhand, MP and Kumaon
Vani, Uttarakhand.
Wishing Namma Dhwani great radio days!
Cheers
Team Maraa
www.maraa.in <http://www.maraa.in>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:45:37 +0530
From: sajan venniyoor <[email protected]>
Subject: [cr-india] St Aloysius College, Mangalore, to launch CR
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College to reach out to community through radio
21.1.2009, The Hindu,
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/21/stories/2009012150360200.htm
Dakshina Kannada to get its first community radio station
MANGALORE: St. Aloysius College is all set to launch the first community
radio station in Dakshina Kannada district by February-end or the first week
of March.
According to the Head of the Department of Mass Communication and
Journalism, Richard Rego, the college is awaiting the signing of the "Grant
of Permission Agreement", which allows the institute to purchase a
transmitter. The agreement might be signed this week in Delhi by the
Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the college, he said.
Two years ago, encouraged by the success of "Boodinakote Namma Dhwani" and
the campus radio station of Anna University, the Information and
Broadcasting Ministry took the initiative to popularise the concept of
community and campus radio stations.
The college forwarded an application to start a campus radio station.
However, it decided to set up a community radio station after the Joint
Secretary, Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Zohra Chatterjee, said at
a colloquium in Pondicherry in July 2008 that campus radio stations should
reach out to the community.
The college decided to launch a 50-watt community radio, with a range of 15
km. The frequency allotted to the college is 107.8 MHz.
Although the Government has allowed the college to broadcast programmes 24
hours a day, the institute initially plans to broadcast for six hours a day.
Programmes will be in Kannada, Tulu, Konkani and English. "With the student
population in mind, we are accommodating English. Plans are afoot to include
the Beary language in future," said Mr. Rego. Mr. Rego is planning to
involve the Tulu Academy, the Konkani Academy and Kalangann in the
production of programmes.
Asked how community radio would withstand competition from private radio
stations in the city, Mr. Rego said there was no competition between private
and community radio stations. "People will listen to programmes produced by
their fellowmen that address their issues," he said.
A production and broadcasting studio has been set up on the college campus.
The Centre for Social Concern, a student group, will help the institute
bring the radio station and the community together, said Mr. Rego. Bachelor
of Social Work and Master of Social Work students are expected to chip in.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:25:31 +0530
From: Stalin K <[email protected]>
Subject: [cr-india] 3rd Annual Meet of CRF-India
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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.
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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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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:46:43 -0500 (EST)
From: "George Lessard" <[email protected]>
Subject: [cr-india] Madurai Kamaraj University to start community
radio service
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Madurai Kamaraj University to start community radio service at ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
MADURAI: Madurai Kamaraj University will soon start a community radio
service in Andipatti of Theni district in an initiative to apply technology
for rural ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/23/stories/2009012350010100.htm>
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:57:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "George Lessard" <[email protected]>
Subject: [cr-india] JOB: Assistant Professor - Journalism /
international radio / human rights
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:08:07 -0500
From: "Maija Saari" <[email protected]>
Subject: Job Ads - Journalism-related - Laurier Brantford
1st hire = international radio / human rights
Journalism/Human Rights/Human Diversity
http://info.wlu.ca/academic/postings/Brantford/item/03302009FriJan9170133EST2009.html
Applications are due by March 30, 2009 and should consist of a cover
letter, a curriculum vitae, a research statement, one recent sample
publication or professional broadcast, statement of teaching interests,
and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Evidence of production grants
from aid or development agencies will also be considered.
In addition to application documents and materials, candidates should
arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to Acting
Dean of Wilfrid Laurier Brantford Campus, Dr. Kathryn Carter, 73 George
St., Brantford, ON, N3T 2Y3.
The Brantford campus of Wilfrid Laurier University invites applications
for one position in the Journalism and Human Rights/Human Diversity
Programs at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track or limited
term appointment) beginning July 1, 2009, subject to budgetary
approval.
Professionally, the ideal candidate will have extensive experience in
radio broadcasting, preferably in an international development context.
Academically, the ideal candidate will hold a post-graduate
degree-minimally an M.A. and preferably a PhD-and demonstrate evidence
or promise of scholarly research in areas such as: peace journalism,
journalism in emergent democracies or journalism as a tool to promote
human rights and social justice.
Wilfrid Laurier-Brantford is an interdisciplinary campus with a core
curriculum in Contemporary Studies. The Human Rights and Human Diversity
program addresses the theory and practice of rights, diversity and
justice in the Canadian and international contexts, while the Journalism
program aims to develop professional media skills in a context of
critical scholarly inquiry. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to teach in the Contemporary Studies, Journalism and Human
Rights/Human Diversity programs. The journalism teaching load will
include skills courses in reporting, editing and production as well as
other more analytical courses.
Applications are due by March 30, 2009 and should consist of a cover
letter, a curriculum vitae, a research statement, one recent sample
publication or professional broadcast, statement of teaching interests,
and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Evidence of production grants
from aid or development agencies will also be considered.
In addition to application documents and materials, candidates should
arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to Acting
Dean of Wilfrid Laurier Brantford Campus, Dr. Kathryn Carter, 73 George
St., Brantford, ON, N3T 2Y3.
Wilfrid Laurier University is committed to equity and values diversity.
We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all genders and
sexual orientations, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal persons, and
persons of a visible minority. All qualified candidates are encouraged
to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be
given priority. Members of the designated groups wishing to be
considered for employment equity must self-identify, in confidence, to
the Acting Dean of the Brantford Campus, Dr. Kathryn Carter.
via / thanks to / from:
Maija Saari
Assistant Professor - Journalism
Wilfrid Laurier University
Brantford Campus
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
1 (519) 756-8228 ext. 5765
[email protected]
================================
I am on a leave from administrative duties until July 09 - please
direct all program-related matters to Dr. David Haskell, acting program
coordinator, or Anna Mutter Gibbons, program assistant.
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:52:04 +0530
From: sajan venniyoor <[email protected]>
Subject: [cr-india] "Low Frequency - Network Error in a Community
Initiative"
To: CR India <[email protected]>
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Low Frequency - Network Error in a Community Initiative
Anuradha Raman, Outlook India, 2 Feb 2009
Do the health problems peculiar to women or their superstitions have
anything to do with obtaining licences to operate community radio services?
The Union ministry of information & broadcasting seems to think so: its
latest guidelines make it mandatory for voluntary groups applying for the
licence to conduct a six-page survey on women's health by interviewing 1,000
respondents. The questionnaire has been conceptualised by the department of
science & technology and is meant for developing a radio programme, 'Science
for Women'.
No doubt, gender-sensitive surveys are useful sources of information, but
the way the I&B ministry is forcing the task on licence applicants is
hindering their primary effort. Many of them find the mandatory survey
clause unfair. For starters, they have to spend resources on conducting the
survey when there is no guarantee that they will finally be given a licence.
Says Abhjit Chakraborty, who wants to start a community radio in Purulia,
West Bengal, "I have been directed by the ministry to interview at least
1,000 respondents. I need to know how much time the ministry is going to
give me to conduct the interviews." There is no clarity on this in the
ministry. In fact, those who furnished the broad results of the survey were
asked to give the detailed responses of respondents.
Among the questions the respondents are to answer in the survey are ones
that question them on the prevalence in their community of superstitions
such as papaya being taboo for pregnant women, menstruation being a time of
uncleanliness, eclipses being bad for the health of unborn children and
pregnant women. The logic behind radio licence applicants being asked to
conduct the survey is not explained. Other questions are on adolescent
health, pregnancy, childcare and so forth.
So far only two community radio stations are operational, one in Orchha,
Madhya Pradesh, and the other in Medak, Andhra Pradesh. Another five
licences have been cleared, but the target of 4,000 by 2008 has gone unmet
and looks unlikely to be met even this year-end. And nothing has been done
to expedite the process of awarding a licence, which can take a year or
more. A committee of officials first question the applicant on his motives
for starting a station. The ministry then forwards the application to the
ministries of defence and home for clearance following which the telecom
ministry finally allots a frequency.
While those hoping to start community radio were looking forward to airing
debates on current issues, the ministry remains paranoid about allowing such
discussions. In fact, it has taken nearly five years to announce a policy
for community radio and fine-tune the guidelines. It will perhaps take
another five for civil society to engage with the true spirit of community
broadcasting.
Meanwhile, officials say it won't come as a surprise if future applicants
start fudging the survey results as a quick way to obtain a licence. One
wonders whether the ministry has the wherewithal to keep tabs on that.*
Outlook*'s questionnaire on the rationale of the survey sent to ministry
officials did not elicit a response. Perhaps they are in the 'Don't
know/Can't say' mode.
*What's Community Radio?*
- It means broadcasting for serving the community.
- NGOs, well-established institutions can apply for a five-year licence.
- There are 114 applications with the I&B ministry. Only seven have been
cleared so far.
- The cost of setting up a radio station: Rs 6 lakh to Rs 27 lakh.
***
http://www.outlookindia.co
m/full.asp?fodname=20090202&fname=Community+Radio+(F)&sid=1
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