Radio for the 21st Century

Web site of the Amanecer radio station in Caldera, Chile. Credit: Courtesy Radio Amanecer

Community Radio Stations Divided Over Law in Chile

By Marianela Jarroud
Community radio stations in Chile continue to call for a legal framework that would allow them to operate without restrictions, because although a specific law was passed nearly two years ago, it has not yet entered into effect.

CHINA: Radio Keeps Tibetans Tuned In

By Poppy Moore
No road leads to Motuo County. There is no post office or newspaper. But, for the 10,000 residents of one of the planet’s remotest corners, a local radio station serves as the vital link to the outside world.
Amal Chandra Sarker shares farming experiences over community radio. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS

Bangladesh Braves Climate Change With Community Radio

By Naimul Haq
"Welcome to Krishi (farming) Radio. You are listening to FM 98.8 megahertz and I am your hostess Shahnaz Parvin," the local community radio crackles over the mobile phones and transistors of residents in coastal Barguna district.

Papua New Guinea’s New Dawn With Community Radio

By Catherine Wilson
It was the decade-long civil war in the autonomous Bougainville region that inspired the founding of New Dawn FM, a community radio station recognised for contributing to the rebirth of civil society and development.

INDIA: Community Radio Saves Lives and Livelihoods

By Manipadma Jena
Fisher Wanka Masani, 25, has been inseparable from his two- dollar transistor ever since a community radio (CR) station started up in this coastal town. The square black box blares popular songs while Masani waits for his brothers to land the daily catch.

PHILIPPINES: LGBT Radio Switches to Podcasting

By Kara Santos
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues have generally been ignored in the Philippines, or worse, negatively portrayed to spice up mainstream media programmes.
Camila Ojeda and friends watch a video on computer monitors in a bus converted into a cybercafé. Credit: Natalia Ruiz Díaz/IPS

Paraguayan Radio Station Buses Internet to the Barrios

By Natalia Ruiz Diaz
"I want my own computer so that I can talk to my cousins who live in Italy," says eight-year-old Camila Ojeda, sitting in front of a computer monitor on a bus that acts as a mobile cybercafé in the Paraguayan capital.
Radio Zibonele began broadcasting under the bed of a shipping container truck in 1995. Credit: Davison Mudzingwa/IPS

Social Media Shows Support for Africa’s Oldest Community Station

By Davison Mudzingwa
When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa’s oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. However, despite this outspoken support that showed that the station is worth saving, its future remains uncertain.
Radio advocates believe there are barriers for community radio stations in Ghana, which are detrimental to press freedom. Credit: Sandra Ferrari

Radio Static for Ghana’s Community Stations

By Sandra Ferrari
There is a tension resonating through Ghana’s airwaves, an electric current fueled by rivaling interests between community radio advocates and Ghana’s National Communications Authority.
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UGANDA: Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War

By Andrew Green
Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower rises from the centre of Gulu town, transmitting talk shows and the latest Ugandan radio hits to listeners across the district. But it also serves as something of an informal memorial to community radio-driven peace efforts during the Lord’s Resistance Army’s destruction of northern Uganda.

BRAZIL: Community Radio Flourishes Online

By Fabíola Ortiz
Community radio stations in Brazil are finding the internet and user-friendly information technologies to be valuable allies for their broadcasts, which focus on citizenship, social equity and human rights.
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