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Bangalore's first community radio Statesman News Service BANGALORE, June 25: The IT capital today got its maiden community radio station. Launched under the guidance of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, the station has been set up by the Jain Group of Institutions. Called Radio Active, the station will be run by its journalism students with a host of NGOs and related bodies, with assistance from professional units. For the state, this would be the second such facility, with the agriculture university, Dharwad, running one effectively. This would be the 26th community radio station in the country with Tamil Nadu walking away with 11, closely followed by Delhi at four. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have two each. If all goes well, Bangalore could well have seven more in the days to come as institutions like the National Law College, Bangalore University, Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind and other colleges are said to have got licences to run a community radio station. Radio Active will initially broadcast for eight hours daily, spread over four hours each, starting at 6 am. The repeat broadcasts will be from 6 in the evening to 10 at night. According to Mr Sreedher, director of CEMCA, Jadavpur University in West Bengal, too, received a letter of intent recently for starting a community radio station. Mr Karthik P, member, journalism faculty of the Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, centre for management studies, said the community station will focus on issues relating to health, environment, development, scientific awareness and women's welfare, besides social issues and empowerment.
