I agree Sajan. Which also underlines the importance of CRF to maintain its own
independent database of stations and share that with the ministry on a regular
basis so that at least information on their website is current.
Arti
Arti Jaiman
Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
email: [email protected]
website: www.trfindia.org
Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio
station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in Hindi
and Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating community content,
and community participation.
--- On Wed, 28/7/10, sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> wrote:
From: sajan venniyoor <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [cr-india] Just under half of licensed community radio stations
are operational
To: "CR India" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, 28 July, 2010, 10:48 AM
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Arti Jaiman <[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 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 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): Mahila 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]> 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
Station Director : Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio Station 107.8 MHz FM
email: [email protected]
website: www.trfindia.org
Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the first and only civil-society-led community radio
station in the National Capital Region of Delhi. We broadcast 24X7, in Hindi and
Haryanvi, with a team of community reporters, generating community content,
and community participation.
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