While Rakesh indeed has other options to reach his chosen audience, I fail to see why we are quietly accepting the government viewpoint that there are no frequencies left. Even the WPC* admits that major cities like Paris and New York** support many more radio stations within the same city (and don't forget, NCR is the largest urban area in the world).
Just out of curiosity, how many stations are running/licensed in NCR right now? *although the worthy who admitted that, also opined that NYC has half its stations underground. Now we know what these guys learn on their foreign study trips. **At the time we had this conversation, at a TRAI Open House in Delhi, NY had 72 licensed stations. Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> To: CR India <[email protected]>; sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 24 August, 2009 20:36:14 Subject: Re: [cr-india] Applying for a community radio Spot on Sajan. When Rakesh had called me I had suggested the same thing -- just broadcast on existing stations such as DU, Jamia, IGNOU, JIMS, IIMC, etc. You can cover a really large footprint this way. Arti Arti Jaiman Project Manager: TRF Radio | [email protected] | www.trfindia.org | www.jaiman.org | www.pitara.com --- On Mon, 24/8/09, sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> wrote: >From: sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [cr-india] Applying for a community radio >To: "CR India" <[email protected]> >Date: Monday, 24 August, 2009, 6:27 PM > > >Dear Rakesh, > > >1. According to the Government, there are no more FM > frequencies available in Delhi for Community Radio. All the CR frequencies -- > so to speak -- in Delhi have been given to educational institutions. You may > be able to set up your radio station in other parts of Delhi NCR, like > Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad etc, but it's very unlikely you'll get a CR > frequency in New Delhi. > > >2. In any case, your chances of getting a CR license are minimal if you say >you wish to address only autorickshaw drivers. Apparently, the government of >India does not consider autorickshaw drivers to be a 'community'; at least, I >understand that a similar proposal from Chennai was rejected a couple of years >ago on the grounds that auto drivers don't make up a relevant community. To >get a CR license, you must pretend that you serve the entire community of >people who live in the coverage area of the CR Station (though this may >include autorickshaw drivers, of course). > > >3. I am not convinced that you would have an audience of 4,00,000 autorickshaw >drivers (@ 1/3 the potential audience, according to you). It is very unlikely >that there are 1.2 million autorickshaw drivers in Delhi, not even if you >include their families and other dependents. Of course, there may well be 1.2 >million autorickshaw users in Delhi on any given day. In which case, if your >audience consists of commuters as well as drivers, you may also consider >involving taxis, transport buses and the Delhi Metro. A radio service aimed at >commuters and the public transport system in general will also give your CR >station a wider range of programming. > > >4. As I said, the chances of any NGO getting a CR license in Delhi are now >remote. Even if you do, the range of a CR station in Delhi would be no more >than 4 to 5 kms radius, which will cover only a part of the city. A more >realistic option would be to produce one or two hours of transport / traffic >related content every day, and share it with the 8 or 9 existing CR stations >in Delhi. I am sure they would find it extremely useful. > > >regards, >Sajan > > >On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Rakesh Agarwal <[email protected]> >wrote: > >We are an NGO and we work with the autorickshaw drivers. About a year ago, I >had posted my desire to set up a community radio station in Delhi for the auto >drivers who would fix the radio in their moving vehicles. I got a few very >encouraging responses. >> >>>>We are now ready to apply. Could someone from this group partner with us in >>>>setting up this radio? There will be a captive audience of 4,00,000 a day @ >>>>1/3rd of the total potential. >> >>>>Rakesh Agarwal >>>>Secretary, NyayaBhoomi, Delhi >> > > >-----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > >_______________________________________________ >cr-india mailing list >[email protected] >https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
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