Congratulations to Heval Vaani! This is what contributes the the 'abhiyaan' mode of the CRS... Hats off to the team which has maintained its enthusiasm and drive to make the CR a reality...Looking forward to hearing more about the station.
best archana kapoor Radio Mewat +919811166297 On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Venu Arora <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All: > Congratulations indeed to Heval Vaani. Test broadcasts began at 3:30pm on > the 2nd of March exactly 3years from the time they received their LOI on > 18th March 2009. We are assisting in documenting their arduous journey > which provides much learning on all aspects from participation to > sustainability. The next two years will be about rebuilding their community > which has been waiting for the broadcasts to begin for more than five years > ever since the team began their narrowcasts in and around the villages of > Chamba. Thankfully things won't stop due to arrears in spectrum fee which > is currently covered - which however is something that we need to address > through advocacy as the spectrum fee charge begins from the moment a > station receives frequency irrespective of when it begins broadcasts and > does not take into account genuine challenges faced by groups like Henval > vani. > Since the station did not have resources for a tower their antenna is > mounted on a temporary pole - a water pipe on top of their studio building! > Rajender Negi and Raghu from Henval Vani themselves mounted the antenna > thanks to the training provided by Nomad - and a model we should follow in > terms of all trainings for CR. The phone lines are already ringing says > Rajender and the team is putting together their first broadcast schedules. > The airwaves in Chamba are now resounding with Garhwali music, the Yuva > Manch show and the Hamara Gaon programs that the teams have generated over > the years! > It is a time to celebrate and to look ahead! > Congrats to all who contributed to the success of Heval Vani and a bow to > the patience and perseverance of the team. > Venu > > > Venu Arora > Director of Projects > Ideosync Media Combine > 177, Ashoka Enclave III, Sector 35, Faridabad - 121003 > Haryana - INDIA > Tel: +91-129-4064883/4131883/6510156 > Mobile: +91-9810731552 > Web: www.ideosyncmedia.org > > > > > On 05-Mar-2012, at 9:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send cr-india mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cr-india digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (ekta) > 2. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (Vickram Crishna) > 3. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (Ram) > 4. Re: Hevalvaani on air !! (Ashish Sen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 17:13:02 +0530 > From: ekta <[email protected]> > To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> > Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > Message-ID: > <CAMUB9Pa4XFKPrTQdtpMiKov1Lbo=cf5jrr46gwrgy3d4--t...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hey Hemant, > > That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air. > congrats team HV and Nomad for coming so far. > for the patience, resistance and commitment. > > How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!? > > cheers > ekta > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower, > > nor the resources for one. > > > Definitely more power to them, > > > 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 *Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > > From: Hemant <[email protected]> > > Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM > > > > > Hello All, > > > Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air. > > Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had > > been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani. > > > hemant > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > > www.crforum.in > > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > > www.crforum.in > > > > > > -- > -this too shall pass- > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20120304/098f7b2a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:54:24 +0000 (GMT) > From: Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> > To: CR India <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > While traditional tower design is bolted (or welded) steel sections or > SAW/extruded pipe, alternate designs can be put together using locally > sourced wood or bamboo (depending on availability). This may reduce the > cost considerably. It may also be competitive in terms of ToC, given that > the relatively shorter life expectancy of hemp-bound wood/bamboo is > potentially offset by its lower cost and the use of local traditional > construction methods. In places where the latter is not a given, it can > still be worthwhile to build one using a local 'barn-raiser' (ie a > community construction workshop), where the knowledge gained might > percolate into other construction areas, reducing dependency on 'imported' > fabrication vendors. Importantly, the design itself will almost certainly > be locally generated, which may also be an important plus point. > > Vickram > http://communicall.wordpress.com > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > > > ________________________________ > > From: ekta <[email protected]> > > To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> > > Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>; [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 17:13 > > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > > > > Hey Hemant, > > > That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air. > > congrats team HV and Nomad for coming so far. > > for the patience, resistance and commitment. > > > > How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!? > > > > cheers > > ekta > > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower, > nor the resources for one. > > > Definitely more power to them, > > > 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 Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Hemant <[email protected]> > > Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM > > > > > > Hello All, > > > Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air. > Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had > been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani. > > > hemant > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > > > > > -- > > -this too shall pass- > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20120304/ad6a10b1/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 00:30:21 +0530 > From: Ram <[email protected]> > To: Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> > Cc: CR India <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Would there be any documented instances in India or elsewhere, - of barn > raisers or similar workshops leading to community radio infrastructure > being set up? > > Ram > > > On 04-Mar-2012, at 20:24, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote: > > While traditional tower design is bolted (or welded) steel sections or > SAW/extruded pipe, alternate designs can be put together using locally > sourced wood or bamboo (depending on availability). This may reduce the > cost considerably. It may also be competitive in terms of ToC, given that > the relatively shorter life expectancy of hemp-bound wood/bamboo is > potentially offset by its lower cost and the use of local traditional > construction methods. In places where the latter is not a given, it can > still be worthwhile to build one using a local 'barn-raiser' (ie a > community construction workshop), where the knowledge gained might > percolate into other construction areas, reducing dependency on 'imported' > fabrication vendors. Importantly, the design itself will almost certainly > be locally generated, which may also be an important plus point. > > > Vickram > > http://communicall.wordpress.com > > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > > From: ekta <[email protected]> > > To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> > > Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>; [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 17:13 > > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > > > Hey Hemant, > > > That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air. > > congrats team HV and Nomad for coming so far. > > for the patience, resistance and commitment. > > > How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!? > > > cheers > > ekta > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower, > nor the resources for one. > > > Definitely more power to them, > > > 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 Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Hemant <[email protected]> > > Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM > > > > > Hello All, > > > Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air. > Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had > been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani. > > > hemant > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > > > > -- > > -this too shall pass- > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20120305/4bdb9156/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:18:22 -0800 (PST) > From: Ashish Sen <[email protected]> > To: Vickram Crishna <[email protected]>, Ram > <[email protected]> > Cc: CR India <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Pete Tridish's work/Prometheus Radio in the US might help, Ram. > Best > Ashish > > --- On Sun, 3/4/12, Ram <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ram <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > To: "Vickram Crishna" <[email protected]> > Cc: "CR India" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 11:00 AM > > Would there be any documented instances in India or elsewhere, - of barn > raisers or similar workshops leading to community radio infrastructure > being set up? > Ram > > On 04-Mar-2012, at 20:24, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote: > > While traditional tower design is bolted (or welded) steel sections or > SAW/extruded pipe, alternate designs can be put together using locally > sourced wood or bamboo (depending on availability). This may reduce the > cost considerably. It may also be competitive in terms of ToC, given that > the relatively shorter life expectancy of hemp-bound wood/bamboo is > potentially offset by its lower cost and the use of local traditional > construction methods. In places where the latter is not a given, it can > still be worthwhile to build one using a local 'barn-raiser' (ie a > community construction workshop), where the knowledge gained might > percolate into other construction areas, reducing dependency on 'imported' > fabrication vendors. Importantly, the design itself will almost certainly > be locally generated, which may also be an > important plus point. Vickramhttp://communicall.wordpress.comhttp:// > vvcrishna.wordpress.com > From: ekta <[email protected]> > To: Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> > Cc: Hemant <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 17:13 > Subject: Re: [cr-india] > Hevalvaani on air !! > > Hey Hemant, > That is great news.. finally Heval Vaani is on air. congrats team HV and > Nomad for coming so far. for the patience, resistance and commitment. > > How much does a low cost tower cost? Can't we think of crowd funding!? > cheersekta > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Arti Jaiman <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is a big achievement, given that they still do not have a sturdy tower, > nor the resources for one. > > > Definitely more power to them, > > 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 Fri, 2/3/12, Hemant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Hemant <[email protected]> > Subject: [cr-india] Hevalvaani on air !! > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012, 3:44 PM > > > Hello All, > > Just heard from Nomad team at Chamba that Hevalvaani has gone on air. > Congratulations to the community members, specially Rajender Negi who had > been working tirelessly for so many years to launch Hevalvaani. > > > hemant > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > > > > -- > -this too shall pass- > > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in > > Join the Community Radio Forum. 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