Hi Michelle, I think your license was rejected, because the government fears that your interest in tribal region shows your clear motive, where you can use the community radio for conversion purpose.
Kindly explain the govt that you are not going to use it for any religious activites. Jagdish Kumar On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Michelle Chawla <[email protected] > wrote: > Dear All, > > Tamarind Tree a non profit located in Dahanu, Maharashtra has applied > for a CR license in May 2011. Our Home Ministry check was completed in > June. > > However on follow up with the MIB in June, we were told that the WPC has > rejected our application on grounds of non availability of frequencies! > Dahanu is located 150 kms north of Mumbai and is an entirely > rural-tribal region, declared a schedule area. MIB mentioned that there > may be several private radio stations operating in our area. We > clarified that there are none -- and unlikely to come up soon in this > tribal belt. We were asked to recheck our geo-coordinates and see if > there was some mistake. We did that and informed MIB that there was > nothing wrong with the coordinates. > > Post this interaction, we were told that there are several such > applications pending and the WPC is reconsidering them. > > I called Mr Grewal today and he mentioned that they are working with the > WPC and asking them to review their policy of allocation of > frequencies. > > However, It seems like its going to be a long wait... > > It would be good if the CRF could make a case for us and groups like > ours to the MIB on the ridiculousness of this claim of frequency > availability? > > Any suggestions? > > Regards, > Michelle > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in -- Jagdish
Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
