Dear all I am following the story of small fm station set up by a local audio cassette seller in Bihar. Now he is no more in a position to run songs on demand by his villagers. A team of central govt. offcials have 'raided' his fm station and shut it down. Full news is as follows:
*Govt shuts down FM Radio Station* http://www.bhojpuria.com/samachar/news.php?a=454 A Central Government team raided Mansoorpur village in Bihar and shut down an FM radio station that was being run illegally. It was cheap and had become a part of the local community but ironically was also illegal. The residents of Vaishali may soon have to do without their favourite radio station - FM Radio Raghav Mansoorpur 1. The state government is also not interested to have this FM Station run, as it has been running without a license. But the owner of Mansoorpur 1 and its fans are protesting the move. "Everybody here will protest. We all get a lot of information from this channel," a fan of Mansoorpur 1, Mohan says. "People won't get any information. We advertise the Pulse Polio program, give news. Nobody listens to tape. Everybody enjoys listening to my station," the owner of Mansoorpur 1, Raghav says. Run from a hut, it is the only source of entertainment for the villagers in and around Mansoorpur. But the administration is firm on its stand. "Transmitting and receiving signals at particular frequency is prohibited. Unless you get clearance from the government. This news came in paper and the local officer incharge was asked to probe into it," the District Magistrate of Vaishali, Sanjeev Hans, says. FM Radio Mansoorpur 1 was definitely an innovative idea, and one that gained tremendous fanfare. But it's obvious that without necessary clearences, the station is running into trouble. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala run by Global Alternate Information Applications (GAIA) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
