With a big apology for the delay, I am posting here the e-version of 2nd
issue of CR News brought out this (2011) year. The August-October 2011 is
getting ready and we will have that uploaded as soon as it is done.
Meanwhile, enjoy reading this issue online.
For your information, the older issues of CR News are all available on the
website communityradioindia.org in the Archives section (pdf format).
I thank *Freddie Majaw,* a III semester student of the Department of
Communication, University of Hyderabad, for putting together this e-version
in the absence of Vasuki, who is away, on leave.
Please send us your feedback on the articles and write-ups on Community
Radio that can go into CR News.
Thank you.
CR NEWS
APRIL - JULY 2011
QUARTERLY
*tracking community radio in india*
*Community Radio India*
*IN THIS ISSUE >>>* *> First person
account<http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/amarc10/>
* *> Voices from the field<http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/voices/>
* *> US local community radio
act<http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/first-person-account/>
* *> Technology
update<http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/technology-update/>
* *> AMARC gender
policy<http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/happenings/>
* *> CR network <http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/cr-network/>*
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*Editorial* *Diversity: The essence of CR*
There is no denying that community radio (CR) locates its quintessence in
democratization of media with a view to empower the marginalised sections
of society. It, simply put, gives a voice to the unheard and the
disenfranchised. This necessarily conjures up images of community radio as
being a tool for development or social change, which it is, essentially.
However, limiting the notion or roles of community radio stations to
different facets of development only, is tantamount to an exceedingly
narrow vision for such a versatile medium.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/building-solidarities/>
* *Lead story* *MIB sets up CRSF working group*
A Working Group has been set up by the Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting (MIB) to suggest a framework for establishing a Community
Radio Support Fund CRSF). The group started its deliberations in the second
week of July. Headed by Director (Broadcasting) of MIB, Ms. Supriya Sahu,
the group includes representatives of the Community Radio Forum (CRF),
CEMCA, social sector ministries, UNESCO, UNICEF, besides managers of a few
operating community radio stations and other CR experts.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/lead-story/>
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first person account
*Barnraising' low power FM in the US*
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Over the years, *Pete Tridish* (pronounced “Petri Dish”, a pirate name
he had taken on in the mid-1990s) has been a carpenter, an environmental
educator, a solar energy system installer, a squatter, a homeless shelter
volunteer and an activist in many social movements since the age of 16. He
was a member of the founding collective of Radio Mutiny, a short-lived
pirate radio station in Philadelphia, and a founder of the Prometheus Radio
Project. Prometheus has been the leading advocate for low power FM (LPFM)
radio since 1998, and for ten years led a coalition to expand LPFM,
succeeding with the recent passage of the Local Community Radio Act by the
Obama administration.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/amarc10/>
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voices from the field
*Mann Deshi Tarang: A creative outlet for outlet for local talent*
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Mann Deshi Tarang, FM 90.4 MHz, is the community radio operated under
the aegis of an NGO Mann Deshi Foundation, Mhaswad, in Satara district
located in the western part of Maharashtra.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/voices/>
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main article
*For once we win!*
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In the last days of December, 2010, the United States Senate passed the
Local Community Radio Act. This was the culmination of ten years of
campaigning by the communication activists for an opportunity to put new
radio stations on the dial.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/first-person-account/>
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happenings Think of Haiti, and the associations that invariably come to
mind are disaster, poverty and indebtedness. Even a sketchy knowledge of
the country’s history would highlight these troubling characteristics. Less
well known, but of substantial significance in dealing with the country’s
tryst with disaster management is the role of community radio..
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/impressions/>
* On August 25, 2011, Gurgaon Ki Awaaz started internet streaming of its
broadcasts. This was made possible by the collective efforts of Gramvaani
and Nomad India Network, and supported by the Radiophone project, Listeners
across the world can now tune in to Gurgaon Ki Awaz by clicking on this
link:* More>> <http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/news/>* Bol
Hyderabad 90.4 fm, University of Hyderabad’s (UoH) Campus Radio Station was
launched on August 15, 2011. Bol will be broadcasting to the university
campus and communities surrounding it.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/387/>
* The community radio experiment -Sangham Radio-, run by a group of
illiterate rural dalit women at Machnoor village, Medak district continues
to attract attention and accolades. The School of Journalism and
Communication of University of Queensland, Australia has commended the
dalit women for their ‘innovative and practical mode of communication
contributing to grass-roots levels sustainable development’.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/happenings-2/>
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international news The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC) is pleased to announce that it was admitted to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as an observer
organization. AMARC will have the opportunity to attend various sessions of
the UNFCCC assemblies. AMARC may also organize side events and exhibitions.
*More>> <http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/international-news-3/>
* Montreal, June 30, 2011. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and
the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) are pleased
to announce their signing of a global Memorandum of Understanding aimed at
strengthening the use of community radio in promoting the realization of
the rights of children and women, particularly the most vulnerable ones. *
More>> <http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/international-news/>* Bush
Radio, which has been at the forefront of community broadcasting for more
than two decades, is facing closure over unpaid rent and other expenses. *
More>> <http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/international-news-2/>*
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working paper
Economic viability and sustainability continues to be the major challenge
for community radio stations in India especially in rural areas. This
working paper proposes the establishment of a Community Radio Support Fund
of India, to be referred to as the CRSFI. It urges the government to adopt
mechanisms for state support to the community radio sector with a view to
expand and improve access of the marginalised to media.
*More>><http://crnewsletter.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/working-paper/>
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