I'm not sure that Stalin needs to be copied separately on this, as he is surely
a listmember, in which case, apologies for cross-posting. I have deleted
Michelle and Ram as I know these IDs are listed.
Right from the beginning (my guess is it would be somewhere around 2001 or
2002, as far as this list is concerned), the suggestion as been made that the
WPC publish a frequency usage chart for the country. This should be open to
public suggestions for updating, based on user feedback, and of course for
'restricted' or 'security-related' frequencies, there is no need to be overly
specific about the place of usage. However, it would be very important to
publish general patterns of usage, so that the country is kept informed about
the actual state of usage by parties - including the military - to whom special
favours are shown.
The WPC will not want to be seen as a party to the misuse and abuse of
frequency allotment which has thrown the entire country into a state of
suspicion and doubt about vast sums of money being ripped off from the public
exchequer, as exemplified by what is being called the 2G scam. Surely not.
As far as public broadcast radio is concerned, however, such a chart could only
be a tremendous aid to the functioning of the WPC (assuming that improvement is
within their understanding. Given the onerous tasks of balancing military usage
- frequencies locked out for security purposes, dumb usage - frequencies for
which nobody in WPC is willing or able to explain why they have blocked or set
aside bands, and scam usage - frequencies where some influential people stand
to make loads of loot through obscuring the actual usage position, I can see
why they may not think that public radio is really very important - the scams
here are only in a crore or two at a time, chickenfeed really).
A major step was taken by this list in charting the actual frequencies in use
by community radio stations, together with their locations, but so far WPC has
remained oblivious (as far as we can tell) to the worthy effort. Possibly it
would be sensible for this chart to be mapped geographically and graphically on
a website, if this has not already been done (several websites are better than
one), and updated from time to time as information is received - we could
simplify that task by providing an online form for submissions when stations go
on the air.
Vickram
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com
>________________________________
>From: Michelle Chawla <[email protected]>
>To: Stalin K <[email protected]>
>Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
>Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 11:25
>Subject: Re: [cr-india] WPC Issues
>
>:)
>
>to start with our license has not been rejected.
>
>The WPC is saying that there are no frequencies available in our area --
>it has nothing to do with our work or activities. MIB has requested that
>they look into the matter!?? The matter is under consideration.
>
>Our Home Ministry check is over and i am sure they have concluded either
>positively or negatively about our work and reported it back to the
>MIB..
>
>Michelle
>
>
>On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 21:40 +0530, Stalin K wrote:
>> On a different note: If one were to apply for a license with an
>> explicit agenda of 'converting' audiences to atheism, would that be
>> considered 'religious activities'?
>>
>>
>> In harmony,
>> Stalin
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:22 PM, geeta seshu <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> why should that be the case? because the name 'michelle'
>> donates a religion and 'jagdish' doesn't? I find this
>> proposition ridiculous. It must be strongly contested.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:11 PM, nehul jagdish
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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
>>
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