>>Incidentally, Kisan Vani is run by a Section 25 company -- does it
qualify as a 'civil-society led station'? Auroville is neither an NGO,
nor any kind of an 'organization; it is, however, a township recognized
by an Act of Parliament. I'm listening to Auroville Radio
<http://www.aurovilleradio.org/> now -- on the internet -- and I'd like
someone to prove that it is not a community radio station. <<
Yes, if Kisan Vani is run by a Section 25company, that does constitute a
civil society led station. Section 25s are not for profits recognized as
NGOs.
>>We should not be quick to judge CR stations as 'campus radio' or
'community radio' based on an obscure clause in the CR application form. <<
Oh, absolutely. I don't think our understanding should be based on the
official definitions at all. There are plenty of supposedly
civil-society led CR stations that are anything but - they're staffed
with professionals from distinctly other parts of India. So what do we
call those? :-)
Ram
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sajan venniyoor wrote:
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
They've marked MR Educational Trust as an NGO, which is running
Radio Manav Rachana in Manav Rachna International University. So,
now the number of civil society-led stations comes down to 13
Well, if Radio Manav Rachna is licensed to the MR Educational Trust
and not to the MRI University, the fact that the CR station is located
in their campus is neither here nor there. The Dharamsala CR station
is licensed to an educational institution -- the TCV School -- though
Radio Tashi Delek is fairly well recognized as a community-based station.
Several educational trusts -- including the Abid Ali Khan Educational
Trust --- have applied for CR licenses: sometimes they locate the
radio station in a campus, sometimes they don't.
Neither the ministry's list
<http://mib.nic.in/ShowContent.aspx?uid1=2&uid2=3&uid3=0&uid4=0&uid5=0&uid6=0&uid7=0>
nor their definition of 'community radio' is gospel. Their list of 14
'NGO' stations does not include 'Namma Dhwani' in Karnataka or
'Barefoot CR' (Tilonia) in Rajasthan or 'Kisan Vani' in Madhya
Pradesh. Among campus-based stations, the list does not include Mumbai
University's MUST, which may or may not exist on paper; it certainly
is on air. There could be other holes in the official list.
I could easily put together a list of 17 operational community radio
stations (see below) or 18, if we include Radio Tashi Delek in
Dharamsala or 19 if we include Radio Manav Rachna. Or more -- how
about Pasumai FM?
Incidentally, Kisan Vani is run by a Section 25 company -- does it
qualify as a 'civil-society led station'? Auroville is neither an NGO,
nor any kind of an 'organization; it is, however, a township
recognized by an Act of Parliament. I'm listening to Auroville Radio
<http://www.aurovilleradio.org/> now -- on the internet -- and I'd
like someone to prove that it is not a community radio station.
We should not be quick to judge CR stations as 'campus radio' or
'community radio' based on an obscure clause in the CR application form.
Sajan
1. Sangham Radio (Medak, Andhra Pradesh): Deccan Development Society
2. Mann Deshi Tarang (Mhaswad Village, Satara, Maharashtra): MVSS
3. Radio Bundelkhand (Orchha, Madhya Pradesh): Development Alternatives
4. Deccan Radio (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh): Abid Ali Khan Trust
5. Gurgaon ki Awaz (Gurgaon, Delhi NCR): The Restoring Force (TRF)
6. Radio Vikalp (Garhwa, Jharkhand): Alternatives for India
Development (AID)
7. Radio Mattoli (Wayanad, Kerala): Wayanad Social Service Society
8. Kisan Vani (Sironj, Madhya Pradesh): Indian Society of Agribusiness
Professionals (ISAP)
9. Jago Mumbai (Bandra, Mumbai): Union Park Residents' Association
10. Radio Namaskar (Konark, Orissa): Young India
11. PARD Vanoli (Madurai, Tamil Nadu): People's Association for Rural
Development
12. Kalanjiam Samuga Vanoli (Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu): DHAN Foundation
13. Kumaon Vani (Supi - Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand): The Energy &
Resources Institute (TERI)
14. Namma Dhwani (Budikote, Karnataka): MYRADA
15. Radio Tashi Delek (Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh): Tibetan
Children's Village School *(?)*
16. Ayodhya Lal Kalyan Niketan, Gopalganj, Bihar
*17. Rudi no Radio (Sanand, **Gujarat**): **M*ahila Sewa Trust* *
* *18. Barefoot Community Radio (Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan): Barefoot
College (Social Works and Research Centre)
*19. Radio Manav Rachna (**Faridabad**, Haryana): Manav Rachna.
Educational Trust (?)*
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
They've marked MR Educational Trust as an NGO, which is running
Radio Manav Rachana in Manav Rachna International University. So,
now the number of civil society-led stations comes down to 13,
Arti
Arti Jaiman
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