While responding to someone who wanted a list of operational community radio stations in India, it occurred to me that hardly any of the official documents on the subject -- except the occasional PIB press release -- mention the location of the CR Stations.
As a general principle, if an educational institution holds a CR license, one can be pretty sure that the radio station is located within the campus. But when an NGO holds a CR license, there is no guarantee that the radio station will be located within a thousand miles of the NGO's HQ. As many of us know from personal experience, getting information from a CR station can be an exercise in frustration, since the point of contact is usually someone in an NGO office in a city far far away. Strangely enough, it would be easy to locate a CR station using GPS -- or a compass and sextant -- since the latitude and longitude of CR transmission towers are minutely recorded. Very useful for aerial reconnaisance; not so useful for postmen. Purely from memory, I am listing below the location of several CR stations, as well as the location of the parent NGOs. Sajan - The Energy & Resources Institute : Registered address: New Delhi; CRS location - Supi, Uttarkhand - Alternative for India Development : Registered address - Chennai; CRS location - Garhwah, Jharkhand - Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals : Registered address - New Delhi; CRS location - Sironj, Madhya Pradesh - The Society for Development Alternatives : Registered address - New Delhi; CRS location - Orchha, Madhya Pradesh - The Mysore Resettlement and Dev. Agency (MYRADA) : Registered address - Bangalore; CRS location - Budikote (Kolar District, Karnataka) - Deccan Development Society : Registered address - Hyderabad; CRS location - Pastapur (Medak District, Andhra Pradesh) - Dhan Foundation : Registered address - Madurai; CRS location - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Sambhav Social Service Organization : Registered address - Gwalior; CRS location - Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh
_______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
