While I sympathize with Ram's indignation at the blithe misuse of the phrase
'community radio', especially by people who should know better, I am not
sure we should object to our fauji bhais running their own radio stations.
Armed Forces radio stations have a long and fairly honourable history.
Dear Alok,
As far as I know, there are no DAVP (MIB) advertising rates for CRS.
There are no DAVP rates for most of the commercial FM channels, either. I
understand that DAVP had fixed the rates for FM Phase-I channels, and
extended the same to some of the new channels, but by and large they
The story below says that the IB Ministry has sanctioned a proposal to
allow political ads on radio.
The interesting thing is that political ads are banned under the general
Broadcast Code of radio TV, which says No advertisement shall be
permitted, the objects whereof, are wholly or mainly of a
In their recommendations on the entry of state governments and other
'entities' into broadcasting, TRAI has this to say about community radio:
The Authority recommends that the Community Radio Stations ... should be
permitted and supported in their activities.
What will be the nature of this
The second Sunday of December (14 Dec 2008?) is celebrated as International
Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB). It would be good if our campus and
community radio stations, especially those licensed to schools, would hand
over their radio stations to children this day of the year.
As UNICEF
On 11/24/08, Arti Jaiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The order does not specifically mention the rules for CR. Any idea what
they are?
That's a tricky one. Does the phrase 'Private FM Channels' in the Election
Commission's order (see below) include community radio? If it includes CR,
then the
Ministry of Information Broadcasting has submitted its views on TRAI
Recommendations on Phase III of FM licensing. The IB ministry's views are
available here: http://mib.nic.in/fm/ReferenceTRAI.pdf
Regarding the broadcast of News Current affairs on FM radio, TRAI had
recommended: FM Radio
://www.telegraphindia.com/1081221/jsp/nation/story_10281777.jsp
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:03 PM, sajan venniyoor venniy...@gmail.comwrote:
On 12/16/08, Arti Jaiman
that the CR Policy was liberalized during 2006, not 2008.
In 2008, about 107 LoIs were issued by the government, a handful of new
campus radio stations became operational, and two community-based stations
went on air. That's not a whole lot to show for 2008.
Sajan
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 1:12 PM, sajan
I came across this piece in the year-end issue of Outlook magazine (Special
Issue: 'Thank god it's over', Jan 12, 2009).
Sajan
Songs Sung True
There were some small pockets of cheer and life-affirming stories too...
DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
Andhra Pradesh: Finally, one about Dalits and how they are
Here's a remarkably self-serving article on the state of radio
newshttp://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=4theme=usrsess=1id=237974by,
I assume, a former Indian Information Service (IIS) officer. He
writes:
With passage of time, rival radio networks will come up in the private
sector. The
[Thanks to George Lessard for the link]
It is clear from this news report (Ethiopia: Country Liberalises Radio And
Television May Follow http://allafrica.com/stories/200901080648.html )
that:
1. The Ethiopian government actively supports CR, and that includes
financial support.
2. They have a
Low Frequency - Network Error in a Community Initiative
Anuradha Raman, Outlook India, 2 Feb 2009
Do the health problems peculiar to women or their superstitions have
anything to do with obtaining licences to operate community radio services?
The Union ministry of information broadcasting seems
So, Madurai Kamraj University gets a Gyan Vani station as well as a campus
radio station.
The Hon'ble Vice Chancellor says that his campus station will broadcast
programmes on education, social awareness, population and health for the
benefit of villages within a radius of five km radius from
Mhaswad CR station commences transmission
27 Jan 09, www.radioandmusic.com
NEW DELHI: The ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced that
the Community Radio station at Mhaswad, Satara district in Maharashtra has
commenced operations officially.
Regular transmission from the
Community Radio Station in Mhaswad, Maharashtra
Press Information Bureau - Press Release - 27 Jan 2009
Regular transmission from the Mannvikas Samajik Sanstha Community Radio
station has begun from 26th January 2009. Experimental transmission from its
Community Radio Station at Mhaswad, Distt
Dear all,
Please go through the wikipedia page on Community Radio and see if you can
update it. Any additional information on existing and soon-to-be-launched CR
initiatives would be welcome.
Maybe our friends in Nepal and Bangladesh could add sections on CR in their
countries as well.
Sajan
*COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM-INDIA
*
*invites all community radio broadcasters and enthusiasts to its
3RD ANNUAL MEETING
on
14, FEB, 2009. 10 AM TO 6 PM
at
Radio Bundelkhand Community Radio Station
TARAgram, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh *
*
More than two years after we managed to create space for people's
I wasn't aware that the KKH Open University in Assam had a Letter of Intent,
far less being ready to launch. What exactly is meant by 'launched'? Does
applying for a CR license qualify as launching?
Many reports on CR stations being launched are somewhat premature, if not
abortive. Apparently,
There are now 41 operational CR stations in India, of which 38 are campus
radio stations (see list below)
Applications received (under new scheme) - 303
Applications rejected - 38
Applications being processed - 158
Letters of Intent issued (total) - 107
LIST OF OPERATIONAL CR STATIONS (31 JAN
Frying the wires, freeing the waves
Edwin Jurriëns, http://insideindonesia.org/content/view/1177/47/
Grassroots organisations in Indonesia are building communication media from
the most basic of utensils
While Indonesia's big cities are saturated with many types of media, media
fare at the
CRF mulls forming consortium to approach ad agencies
Anita Iyer, 16 Feb 09, www.radioandmusic.com
MUMBAI: The Community Radio Forum is thinking of forming a consortium to
approach ad agencies to collectively negotiate for ad rates for CRS
operational in the country.
The third annual meet of the
Community Radio Station to Start in Vidisha, Madhya PradeshFebruary 26, 2009
- PIB Press Release
Ministry of Information Broadcasting, Government of India, has signed a
Grant of Permission Agreement on 25th February 2009 for establishing,
maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at
The Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New
Delhi, is organizing two Lectures on Radio on Monday, March 2, 2009, 2.00pm
to 4.45 pm at Yasser Arafat Hall, Jamia Millia Islamia.
1. A New Kind of Imperialism: BBC World Service, post-partition India, and
the Geopolitics of
Radio Bundelkhand hosts training sessions for CR stations
4 March 2009, RadioandMusic.com
MUMBAI: Orchha based community radio, Radio Bundelkhand 90.4, an initiative
by Development Alternatives, has organised a three day training programme
from 3 to 5 March 2009 for CR stations.
A tool to empower
are aware of such events
would share their information with the rest of us. I believe that's why this
list was set up.
Sajan Venniyoor
List Moderator
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[Thanks to Uday Godbole for this alert]
The IB Ministry has revised its guidelines for Submission of Base Line
Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station -
http://mib.nic.in/CRS/base.pdf (The full text of the ministry Order dated 6
March 2009 is given below).
1. CR applicants can now
*Community Radio - the voice gets stronger*
By: Anita Iyer, RadioandMusic.com, 16 Mar 2009
It's been barely some months since community radio took off in earnest in
the country - 36 campus-stations and three NGO-led CR stations - are
currently on air.
The medium, however, appears to have
MUMBAI GETS RADIO-ACTIVE
Ayesha Nair, 5 April 2009, Mid-Day
http://mid-day.com/news/2009/apr/050409-Bandra-Association-Community-Radio-Mumbai-news-Bandra-to-Mahim-activism-free-speech.htm
Mumbai: Bandra association finally gets community radio sanctioned;
empowers areas from Juhu to Mahim. It
Nepali FM aids poll campaigns
The Asian Age, Patna
April 11: For people in Bihar’s districts along the Indo-Nepal border, links
with the Himalayan republic have been for generations what they call a
beti-roti relationship — a deep-rooted rapport based on family ties and
livelihood. Now the
Maoist threat closes down private radio
PTI, Kathmandu, April 25, 2009
Radio Parbat, the only community radio operating in Parbat district of
western Nepal has been shut down indefinitely due to threats by Maoists.
The FM radio went off air after cadres of the ruling Unified Communist Party
of
Children being trained to produce radio programmes
29 Apr 2009, Sanjeev Kumar Verma, TNN
PATNA: They do not carry the aura of tech-savvy children of metro cities.
But these children from hinterlands of Bihar are on the way to achieve
something, which would be first of its kind in India.
A group
, announcing and other radio-related activities, he
added.
- Original Message -
From: sajan venniyoor venniy...@gmail.com
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009 7:52 pm
Subject: [cr-india] 5 new community radio stations in Tamil Nadu
To: CR India cr-india@sarai.net
[Thanks to George Lessard
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Vickram Crishna v1cl...@yahoo.co.ukwrote:
[Radio stations in the North East have to pay an annual fee of around Rs
one million and have to bear an additional cost of Rs 3,00,000 annually
towards tower maintenance.]
Interesting. To whom is this fee paid? It
Dear Naimur,
The Memorandum of Association of the Forum was posted on cr-india within
days of the Forum's registration on 26 Feb 2008. As you know, these emails
tend to vanish into List Archives. The Memorandum of Association and Rules
Regulations of the Forum are available in the archives here:
While responding to someone who wanted a list of operational community radio
stations in India, it occurred to me that hardly any of the official
documents on the subject -- except the occasional PIB press release --
mention the location of the CR Stations.
As a general principle, if an
Radio station for a noble cause
Nagesh Prabhu, The Hindu, 14 Sept 2009
BANGALORE: St. Aloysius College in Mangalore will launch a community radio
service on September 23.
Sarang with frequency of 107.8 MHz will broadcast programmes in Konkani,
Kannada, Tulu, Malayalam, English languages
[Thanks to George Lessard for this link]
Tuning into complacency
Why isn’t India investing in community radio, which is crucial to save
lives in times of natural disasters
Ashish Sen
Bangalore Mirror, September 16, 2009
As drought, earthquakes and floods threaten the global landscape,
I’m
Govt to set up community radio station at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu
September 18, 09, exchange4media
The Ministry of Information Broadcasting has signed a Grant of Permission
Agreement with PGP Educational Welfare Society for establishing,
maintaining and operating a community radio station (CRS)
‘Community radio needs more support’Business Line, 19 Sept 2009
Madurai, Sept. 18 Community radio broadcasting in India needs an enabling
environment, according to Mr Ashish Sen, Vice-President, World Association
of Community Radio Broadcasters.
Community Radio has proven itself in disaster
Dear Fred,
Thanks for the link. The film was first released in the UK as 'The Boat that
Rocked http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/releaseinfo', and is loosely
based on that 1960s phenomenon, Radio Caroline. I believe the movie can be
downloaded as a torrent (though, of course, I do not endorse
'Sangham Radio', India's first community radio station, celebrated its first
anniversary on 15 October, 2009. For those of us who were unable to share
the moment with General, Algole, Satheesh and the women of Pastapur, here's
a report from today's Deccan Herald.
*Radioing friends over airwaves*
For those of you who haven't signed up for the 4th AGM of the CR Forum (and
2nd Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific) yet, here's a reminder.
Please block the dates and book your tickets as early as possible.
warm regards, and best wishes for the new year,
Sajan
*4th Annual General Meeting
*Hello, Gurgaon! City’s other half speaking*
Sanjeev K Ahuja, Hindustan Times, 11 Feb 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/haryana/Hello-Gurgaon-City-s-other-half-speaking/Article1-507525.aspx
Amrit Beriwal, 23, had little hope of getting an employment till recently.
A school dropout
Radio Asia 2010: Community radio dissected
Nitin Pandey, 24 Feb 2010, exchange4media
http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/radio/radionews.asp?Section_id=7News_id=37336Tag=2648
Day Two of Radio Asia 2010 delved upon the various dimensions of the radio
industry, including community radio – the
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote:
Auroville Radio is doing just speech, right? I really do not think
that music will work on a GPRS connection, but do you have any plans
of trying?
Auroville Radio streams a fair amount of music, I believe. At least, I have
TERI launches Kumaon Vani community radio service in Uttarakhand
http://www.indiatalkies.com/2010/03/teri-launches-kumaon-vani-community-radio-service-uttarakhand.html
Kumaon (Uttarakhand), Mar 13 : Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva on
Saturday inaugurated the first community radio of the state,
Dear all,
Many of you would know Jose Jacob, Radio Amateur and veteran DXer, by
reputation. Jose has just completed 25 years in Amateur Radio
(congratulations!)
He has put together a list of active CR stations in India, something which
we have been unable to source even from the Ministry of
*India to expand community radio programme*
The move will connect rural hinterland with the national mainstream
04/13/2010,
http://igovernment.in/site/india-expand-community-radio-programme-37343
New Delhi: The Government of India has decided to expand its Community Radio
station (CRS) programme
*WPC allots 90.8 FM to Mumbai CR Jago Mumbai*
Anita Iyer, Radioandmusic.com, 10 Jun 10,
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/wpc-allots-908-fm-mumbai-cr-jago-mumbai
MUMBAI: Bandra based community radio Jago Mumbai can now heave a sigh of
relief as The Wireless planning and
[from Kishor Pradhan, Panos South Asia]
* Opportunity for Community Radios in South Asia to Participate in Internet
Broadcasting Workshop*
In the past few years in South Asian countries there have been a
remarkable progress in the development of community radios. Liberalization
of broadcast
*FCC's Mignon Clyburn Suggests Using TV Channels 5 And 6 For Radio*
June 11, 2010; www.allaccess.com
FCC Commissioner MIGNON CLYBURN told the 35th annual Community Radio
Conference in ST. PAUL THURSDAY (6/10) that the Commission should consider
reallocating TV channels 5 and 6 for use by LPFM,
richie...@yahoo.com
*To:* Vickram Crishna v1cl...@yahoo.co.uk; Sajan Venniyoor CR Forum
venniy...@gmail.com; Ram Bhat, CR r...@maraa.in
*Cc:* CR Forum cr-india@sarai.net
*Sent:* Mon, 28 June, 2010 14:24:16
*Subject:* Re: [cr-india] IB seeks status info from community radio
applicants
Dear
It was reported earlier this month that 71 community radio stations were
operational in India. The ministry has just confirmed that the number has
now gone up to 82, as we were able to track down many GOPA holders whose
broadcast status was hitherto unknown.
We should have 100 CR stations on air
COMMUNITY RADIOS CONNECTED BY SATELLITE NETWORK IN NEPAL
http://www.amicaltmedia.net/research.php?pid=31
Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB) has launched
Community Information Network (CIN) connecting 105 community radios of Nepal
into a single satellite network on 29 th
This is going to have interesting implications for Community Radio.
In May 2008, the Supreme Court had ordered the hitherto somnolent *Copyright
Board *to take a decision regarding music royalty for FM radio. Since
India's copyright policy was apparently framed by Dick Turpin, the music
industry
The IB Ministry has shared with us the latest (25 Aug 2010) figures for
Community Radio in India:
1. *Letters of Intent issued: **233*
2. *Grant of Permission Agreements (GOPAs) signed: **110*
3. *Operational CR Stations: **82*
- * Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) - 19*
- *
[from Sundeep Muppidi, AMIC]
*Call for Nominations: AMIC ASIA COMMUNICATION AWARD 2011*
Sep.14, 2010
http://amic.org.sg/blog/2010/09/14/amic-asia-communication-award-2011/
*Honoring excellence in media and communications*
*Intent:*
The AMIC Asia Communication Award recognizes outstanding
I suppose one should be grateful to the MP government for not calling them
community radio stations though these 'tribal radio stations' are, of
course, licensed under the CR policy. These are just three among 8 or 10
radio stations that the MP government plans to set up in local schools, or
under
[thanks to George Lessard for this link]
* NEW TOOL: HINDENBURG - Audio Editing Software *
Transom is always interested in tools that make radio storytelling
easier, better, and cheaper. Lately, our Tools Editor Jeff Towne has been
testing some alternatives to ProTools and just test-drove
Competition funds open-source media projects in the public interest
Nov. 03, 2010
A media innovation contest is accepting project proposals that utilize
open-source technology and distribute news in the public interest. The
deadline for submissions is December 1 and winners will be announced in
Ministry of Rural Development, India, has called for Expressions of Interest
for setting up and operationalizing CR stations for Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
You can check it out here: http://rural.nic.in/tenders/IEC_%20EOI.pdf
11 Community radio
11.1 *Setting up community radio *
Mobilise and
First community radio service of NE launched
The Assam Tribune, 22 Nov 2010
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2210/city05
GUWAHATI, Nov 21 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday launched the
first community radio service of the North East ‘Jnan Taranga’ under the
aegis
IB Secy hopes community radios will begin sharing software
RnM Team, 14 Dec 10
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/raghu-menon-hopes-community-radios-will-begin-sharing-software
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Ministry Secretary Raghu Menon today
said community radio has
NOTICE TO NGOS / EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS / TRUSTS APPLYING FOR SETTING UP
OF COMMUNITY RADIO STATION
During the meeting of the Screening Committee for CRS, it has been observed
that many applicants have enclosed Project Reports along with their
application form. Most of these reports have been
to be the infrequent and accidental beneficiaries of
Galbraith's trickle-down theory (If you feed the horse enough oats, some
will pass through to the road for the sparrows.)
Sajan
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com
*From:* sajan venniyoor venniy...@gmail.com
*To:* CR India
Dear All,
We are pleased to announce that the CR Forum, with the support of the
Ministry of Information Broadcasting, Govt. of India, is conducting an
advanced capacity building workshop for LoI holders, GoPA holders and
recently operationalized CR stations at Mumbai from 6-8 March 2011.
Our
It's instructive to look at the time-lines for issuing wireless licenses for
highly sensitive -- and potentially national-security threatening -- uses
like, say, community radio on the one hand, and for inconsequential billion
dollar pan-India services like telecom on the other.
27 Oct 2003: TRAI
accepting empanelment applications in 3-4 working days.
Sajan
Sajan Venniyoor
General Secretary
Community Radio Forum of India
Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
www.crforum.in
Dear All,
We are pleased to announce that the CR Forum, with the support of the
Ministry of Information Broadcasting, Govt. of India, is conducting an
advanced capacity building workshop for LoI holders, GoPA holders and
recently operationalized CR stations in New Delhi from 12 to 14 March 2011.
for at least three months, please
register with DAVP as soon as you can.
with regards,
Sajan
Sajan Venniyoor
General Secretary
Community Radio Forum of India
Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
www.crforum.in
*Now, community radio service on your mobiles!*
Source: Niyati Rana, DNA, 23.5.11
Ahmedabad: How does the idea of operating a community radio station with
mobile phones sound? Listening to informative programmes, 'airing'
advertisements and filtering content generated by community members — all
First community radio on air -- Lokobetar's test run starts in Barguna
The Daily Star, 31 May 2011
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=187959
The country's first community radio named Lokobetar has begun test
transmission in the district town of Barguna to build public
*After all the hard work, a village waits for its radio station*
Chinki Sinha, The Indian Express, 3 Jun 2011
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/After-all-the-hard-work--a-village-waits-for-its-radio-station/798823/
New Delhi: The 935 people in this tiny village are waiting to tune in to
Remarkably frank interview with Director for Information Public Relations,
North West (KPK) Province, Pakistan on the govt's plans to set up 24
'community radio' stations in the Northwest Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Province.
They plan to broadcast local news and 'community-driven' content on
So, 839 new FM channels will come up in 227 new cities in the next phase of
FM licensing.
The good news is that news will be permitted on private (commercial) FM
radio. The bad news is that only AIR news will be permitted, effectively
turning private FM channels into AIR relay stations.
Take a
[Thanks to Jaisaktivel for this link]
First things first: this is not, by any stretch of the imagination, the
first tribal community radio station in the world. It is probably not even
the first in India. There are literally hundreds of tribal community radio
stations in Latin America and North
Today's Times of India reports that Punjab border farmers still tune into
Pak FM http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/9596336.cms radio
stations. According to the farmer families on the fringes of Ferozepur, the
limited range of national radio broadcasts and the absence of any local FM
Bush Radio is one of South Africa's oldest community radio stations, and
it's one of the models we studied when drafting India's CR policy. Some of
you may remember Tanya
Boschhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/51001020@N00/419891410/in/photostream,
formerly of Bush Radio, who attended our first
[Thanks to George Lessard for this link]
I've heard that much the same thing has happened in Sikkim, Darjeeling and
other parts of the North East (and Nepal) struck by yesterday's earthquake.
Power is down, and so are telephone lines -- either jammed or dead. With
power and cable systems
*Uday Varma tipped to return to IB as
Secretary*http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/uday-varma-tipped-return-ib-secretary
Bhushan Nagpal, www.radioandmusic.com, 12 Oct 11
NEW DELHI: Uday K Varma, who had earlier served as Special Secretary in the
Information and Broadcasting
[Thanks to George Lessard for this link]
As we celebrate India's 115th community radio station, here's a cautionary
tale from Nepal. Even if we discount the 200 licensed community stations
in the country, Nepal has been a trail-blazer for CR in South Asia, and far
ahead of the rest of us in the
UNESCO this week approved a
proposalhttp://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105801from Spain to
proclaim an annual
*World Radio Day. *After consulting a number of stake-holders, they chose *13
February *as World Radio Day. The date commemorates the establishment of U.N.
Radio
*Community Radio Station by C-NES at Dibrugarh*
*8 Dec, The Assam Tribune
*
GUWAHATI, Dec 8 – A new radio station – Brahmaputra Community Radio Station
(BCRS), on the banks of the Brahmaputra - is being set up by the Centre for
North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) in collaboration with
*
TRAI's consultation
paperhttp://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/ConsultationPapers/265/CP_08-12-2011.pdfis
titled, with admirable brevity,
Issues related to prescribing Minimum Channel Spacing, within a License
Service Area, in FM Radio Sector in India.
As Vickram has pointed out,
[From Prof. Vinod Pavarala, President, Communty Radio Forum UNESCO Chair
on Community Media]
Dear all:
13 February is a date proclaimed by UNESCO to celebrate radio broadcasting,
improve international cooperation among radio broadcasters and encourage
decision-makers to create and provide
*Community Radio: eliminating voice poverty*
The Hoot, Feb 09, 2012
Free speech and freedom of expression are the raison d’être of CR anywhere
in the world and they are going well beyond their mandates to do so in
India, but it is imperative they are given a boost, says DR. KANCHAN K.
MALIK.
Writing in the Times of India (12 Feb), Gurcharan Das -- former CEO of
Procter Gamble India, Harvard Business School alumnus and not exactly a
closet communist -- says, Think of the spectrum like the village
Elections were held to the Governing Board of the Community Radio Forum of
India on 21 February 2012, at the annual general body meet held in New
Delhi. The following CRF members were elected to the Board.
1) Mr. Stalin K
2) Mr. Ram Nath Bhat
3) Mr. N Ramakrishnan
4) Ms. Arti Jaiman
5) Mr.
[From MC Rasmin, head of Sri Lankan Community Radio Forum]
Dear friends in abroad,
** **
As you know that SL is still struggling in finding an attractive and
alternative model to trigger the active community radio movement in SL. I
think it’s more than enough that most of us glorify the
[From MC Rasmin, Sri Lanka Community Radio Forum]
The world radio conference under the theme of ‘strengthen the radio
movements and empower communities in Sri Lanka’ has taken place in Colombo.
A network of community broadcasters, working towards community broadcasting
for social development in
.
But how can it be applied to local initiatives like community radio
stations,” Sajan Venniyoor of the Community Radio Forum said.
The forum, an advocacy group, has protested against the hike and members
now plan to boycott a consultation meeting with information and
broadcasting ministry officials
AMARC URGES SPECTRUM FEE ROLL BACK IN INDIA
The Asia Pacific Board of the World Association of Community Radio
Broadcasters (AMARC) is deeply concerned at the recent spectrum fee hike
imposed by the Government of India. One of the milestones of the Community
Radio Guidelines of
*Community radios fell silent to protest licence fee
hikehttp://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3409508.ece
*
AARTI DHAR, The Hindu, 12 May 2012
*36 operators boycott policy consultation organised by IB Ministry*
Several civil society-run community radio stations across the country fell
*Community radio protests against spectrum fee
hikehttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Community-radio-protests-against-spectrum-fee-hike/articleshow/13101664.cms
*
Himanshi Dhawan, TNN | May 12, 2012
NEW DELHI: A five-fold increase in spectrum fee for community radio
[Thanks to Mitu Varma for this link]
DoT asked to withdraw hike in spectrum fee for community
radiohttp://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/dot-asked-to-withdraw-hike-in-spectrum-fee-for-community-radio/7623/
Press Trust of India / New Delhi May 12, 2012
The Information and Broadcasting
As Arti has pointed out, Radio Mewat wasn't missed out -- it was wrongly
placed in Delhi. Both the JIMS stations are on the map, as also DU and
Jamia. (Alfaz-e-Mewat is missing, I think).
The problem here is that Maraa has gone by the address of the NGO, not by
the location of the CR station.
[Thanks to Vinod Pavarala for this
linkhttp://www.livemint.com/2012/05/28112107/Views--Community-radio-Givin.htm
]
*Community radio: Giving a voice to the
voicelesshttp://www.livemint.com/2012/05/28112107/Views--Community-radio-Givin.htm
*
*Activists have been demanding a third alternative to
*A letter to Kapil
Sibalhttp://www.livemint.com/articles/2012/05/20211459/A-letter-to-Kapil-Sibal.html
*
Osama Manzar | livemint.com | 20 May 2012
Dear minister,
You are in a unique position which, in some way or the other, is
responsible for connecting almost the entire country through the
Directorate of Advertising Visual Publicity
Government of India
*ADVISORY: NEW EMPANELMENT GUIDELINES*
* RATES FOR COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS*
1) The M/o IB, Government of India has issued revised Guidelines for
Empanelment of Community Radio Stations (CRS) with DAVP
2) Further, the Ministry
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