Partly, I agree. However, I put it slightly differently: it is important for CRF (or any other groupings of radio/media enthusiasts) to maintain current and up-to-date lists, because there is no reason to depend on the government to get it right on the Ministry website. Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com
> >From: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> >To: CR India <[email protected]>; sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> >Sent: Thu, 29 July, 2010 8:40:18 >Subject: Re: [cr-india] Just under half of licensed community radio stations >are >operational > > >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 >(?) >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >>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. >>> >>> >>> >>-----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> >>Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to >>www.crforum.in >>
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