Michelle,
Your smiley at the start of your mail says it all!!
I have been hearing about your case -- typical WPC -- and just goes to show up
how spectrum is being gobbled up by private enterprise.
And the opacity of WPC does not allow anyone to question this lack of spectrum
either.
Good luck!
Regards
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
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and community participation.
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From: Michelle Chawla <[email protected]>
To: Stalin K <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2011 11:25 AM
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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