- The advent of mobile phones has given a fillip to CR because even the cheapest handsets come embedded with FM capability. But K.S. Hariskrishnan reports that red tape is still hampering the establishment of new community radio stations.
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- Radio remains Jamaica’s most effective and fastest
growing communications medium. From four stations in the late 1990s, Jamaicans today are
able to access more than 70 stations - 30 of them are owned and operated on the island.
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- MCRS, a government-approved community station, is one of a handful of localised radio stations providing China’s minorities with news and entertainment in their native languages. Presently, local state-run stations serve five out of 46 ethnic minorities and all programming is approved by the state.
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- Radio Ruyuk hosts a talk show on various environmental issues. Kanis Dursin reports on how farmers and small traders use community radio to save Indonesian forests.
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- Sandra Ferrari reports on the battle to find frequencies for community radio in Ghana to enable marginalized to take part in development.
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- South Sudan is using radio to disseminate information on legislation and educate the public on civil topics. Charlton Doki reports that the community-based civic education programme, Let’s Talk, targets communities to help promote dialogue on South Sudan’s political transition to an independent and democratic country.
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- Manipadma Jena speaks to listeners and staff of Radio Namaskar on the role of this community radio station in India’s Bay of Bengal.
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- Kodao’s director, Raymund Villanueva, says it is still very difficult to overcome red tape and start a community radio station.
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- Pamoja (Swahili for 'Together') community radio serves the Kibera community, the biggest slum in the country. Most of the programmes are geared towards peace making at the community and family levels.
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- Podcast by Catherine Wilson on Bougainville’s New Dawn community radio station which broadcasts to to nearly 50,000 listeners in Papua New Guinea.
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- Nisaa FM is an almost entirely female-run Palestinian radio station based in Ramallah, West Bank and the only radio station in the Middle East devoted solely to women’s issues. Jillian Kestler-D'Amours asks director Maysoun Odeh Gangat what the radio station aims to achieve.
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Radio, the most accessible of mass media, continues to evolve. Several countries are opening up the airwaves for community broadcasters, recognising their role in fostering informed citizenship and participation. At the same time, community stations are taking advantage of the rise of mobile communication and social media to improve content and reach even broader audiences. IPS writers cover promising developments in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America that are changing the political future for marginalised populations.
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