Community Radio Around the World: 08/12/09

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

[creative-radio] [Info] EFEK RUMAH KACA di Konser Munir dan Kandank jurank doank

Sabtu, 15 Agustus 2009

Efek Rumah Kaca akan memeriahkan sebuah konser untuk MUNIR yang akan di gelar pada Sabtu, 15 Agustus 2009 jam 18.00 - 22.00 di E-plex Paris Van Java - Bandung.
Konser yang ditujukan untuk mengenang perjuangan hak asasi manusia yang dilakukan oleh Munir ini juga akan menghadirkan band-band lokal, dan tentu saja para band yang tergabung dalam album Untuk Munir.Sebelumnya, konser serupa telah diadakan di Margocity Mall Depok, Universitas Mercubuana Jakarta, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, dan Universitas Brawijaya Malang. Acara tersebut Gratis !!

Minggu, 16 Agustus 2009

Efek Rumah Kaca bersama artis Aksara Records bekerjasama dengan Kandank Jurank Doank mempersembahkan Rame Ramerah sebuah acara dalam rangka memperingati HUT RI yang akan diisi dengan beberapa activitas.Seperti workshop Internship, Management artis & Fanzine, Visual, Movie, Music Score, Photography, Music & Lyrics, dan Live Performance band-band Aksara Records.
Acara ini diadakan pada Minggu, 16 Agustus 2009 jam 09.00 - 24.00 di Kandank Jurank Dik Doank, Ciputat - Tanggerang dan Gratis terbuka untuk umum. Bagi yang datang dapat menyumbangkan buku pelajaran maupun pengetahuan bekas yang masih layak baca. " Jangan Bakar Buku "

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[creative-radio] INDIA: Farm Radio for Kuttanad soon

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Date: 2009/8/11
Subject: [cr-india] Farm Radio for Kuttanad soon
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Farm Radio for Kuttanad soon

Farmers of Kuttanad will shortly have a community radio for themselves,
alerting them on weather changes and imparting essential tips on agriculture
apart from attempting to help them tide over the agrarian crisis that has
been dogging the region for long.

The Kuttanad Farm Radio, as the initiative will be known, is a project of
the Farm Information Bureau (FIB), Thiruvananthapuram and is among the
measures being initiated by the State Government to tackle the lack of
information that has led to aggravation of disasters brought upon Kuttanads
farmers by the vagaries of nature.

According to FIB officer G.S. Unnikrishnan, the project was announced last
month by Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran in the State Assembly
and work has already begun with the objective of launching the radio, the
first of its kind in the State, within three months.

To serve farmers in a radius of 25km from the centre of Kuttanad, the
Kuttanad Farm Radio will have technical inputs from agricultural experts in
the State Agriculture Department and will be operated by professional
jockeys. Expected to cost around Rs. 30 lakh, the radio station will most
probably be located at the Rice Research Institute in Mankombu here. The
cost could vary depending on the transmitter capacity, Mr. Unnikrishnan
said.

A survey to identify the requirements of Kuttanad farmers and to chalk out
programmes accordingly is already on. Kuttanad-specific programmes will be
broadcast twice a day. If the experiment turns out to be successful, plans
are afoot to establish similar community radio stations in Palakkad,
Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam.

"Since it is the State Government that will be running the radio station in
association with the All India Radio, we require approval of the Union
Information and Broadcasting Ministry to launch the radio. We have already
submitted necessary applications and hope the approval comes without much
delay," Mr. Unnikrishnan said.

Similar community radio station projects were launched by non-governmental
organizations, albeit for fishermen, but did not prove to be sustainable
ventures, Mr. Unnikrishnan said, adding that the pre-launch survey for the
Kuttanad Farm Radio would help to avoid any glitches.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/12/stories/2009081252770300.htm

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[creative-radio] Community Media: The Thriving Voice of the Venezuelan People By Liz Migliorelli and Caitlin McNulty

Community Media: The Thriving Voice of the Venezuelan People By Liz
Migliorelli and Caitlin McNulty

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In Venezuela today a grass-roots movement of community and alternative
media is challenging the domination of private commercial media. Community
oriented, non profit, non commercial, citizen and volunteer run media
outlets are a crucial part of the democratic transformation of society
that is occurring throughout Venezuela. Part of this transformation is the
understanding of freedom of speech as a positive and basic right. This
right includes universal access to a meaningful space for communication in
addition to freedom from censorship. Freedom of expression as a positive
right provides universal access to the means of communication. Political
Analyst Diana Raby reiterates; "the technology of modern communications
has to be made accessible to all, not merely as consumers but as
participants and creators."[1] Community media is beginning to fill this
role in Venezuela.

The 1999 Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was written
and ratified by the people themselves, setting a societal precedent of
democratic participation. The constitution contains articles that grant
new rights to Venezuelans such as indigenous rights, access to education,
healthcare, housing, employment, political participation and many others
that make the Venezuelan Constitution one of the most progressive in the
world in the area of human rights. Article 58 specifically states,
"Communication is free and plural and must adhere to the obligations and
responsibilities under the law. Every person has the right to objective,
true and impartial information, without censorship…." Article 108 of the
Constitution ensures that all communication media, public and private,
must contribute to the social development of citizens. The same article
guarantees public access to radio, television, library networks and
information networks in order to permit universal access to information.
Public access channels and community-based media are rights that, for the
first time, were ensured under the 1999 Constitution.

The Organic Telecommunications Law, which was passed in June 2000, states
that there are three types of broadcast media in Venezuela: private, state
and community. The law gives legal recognition to community broadcasting,
enabling it to receive special tax breaks. In order to be recognized as a
community broadcaster, the programming has to meet the following criteria.
Principally, the station must be non-profit and dedicated to the
community, with the requirement that 70% of its programming must be
produced within the community. Also, there must be a separation between
the station and its programming, which means that the station itself may
only produce 15%, leaving the remainder to be produced by community
volunteers. In addition, the station must provide training to community
members so the production of media is accessible to everyone. The law also
states that the directors of the community media cannot be party
officials, members of the military, or work for private mass media.

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[creative-radio] AMARC ALC: La Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias en América L atina y el Caribe

La Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC) es el referente
organizacional, político y comunicacional de un movimiento internacional
constituido en torno a las radios comunitarias, ciudadanas y populares.
AMARC está reconocida como organismo no gubernamental internacional
(ONGI), de carácter laico y sin fines de lucro.

La misión de AMARC es promover la democratización de las comunicaciones
para favorecer la libertad de expresión y contribuir al desarrollo
equitativo y sostenible de nuestros pueblos: DEMOCRATIZAR LA PALABRA PARA
DEMOCRATIZAR LA SOCIEDAD.

Los y las periodistas, comunicadores/as, radios comunitarias y centros de
formación y producción asociadas a AMARC contribuyen a la libre expresión
de los distintos movimientos sociales, políticos y culturales, así como a
la promoción de toda iniciativa que busque la paz, la amistad entre los
pueblos, la democracia y el desarrollo. Son organizaciones y personas que
trabajan por la democratización de la comunicación, la sociedad y la
cultura. Reflejan y ayudan a construir las identidades, hablan las lenguas
locales y producen nuevas agendas públicas para el debate de la
ciudadanía. Esta construcción de ciudadanía se fundamenta en la capacidad
de las mujeres y de los hombres, adultos, jóvenes, niños y niñas de
establecer relaciones humanas basadas en la equidad y la igualdad.

En América Latina y el Caribe, la asociación fue fundada en 1990. Hoy,
AMARC ALC cuenta con cerca de 400 asociadas, 18 Representaciones
Nacionales que impulsan las actividades de la asociación en sus
respectivos países, un Consejo Regional con representación de las
Subregiones (Países Andinos, Centroamérica, Cono Sur, México, Brasil y
Caribe).

http://alc.amarc.org/index.php?p=home&l=ES

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[creative-radio] AMARC-ALC denuncia campaña contra las radios comunitarias en Chile

AMARC-ALC denuncia campaña contra las radios comunitarias en Chile
El Mapacho - Santiago,Region Metropolitana,Chile
El Programa de Legislaciones y Derecho a la Comunicación de la Asociación
Mundial de Radios Comunitarias América Latina y Caribe (AMARC-ALC)
denunció que el ...
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[creative-radio] Fraser Coast, Australia: Support floods community radio station after fire

THE smoky stench assaulted the senses of disc jockeys and production
editors as they worked through the charred debris at the Hunter Street
home of Fraser Coast Community Radio.

Flame-stained computers and smoke-sprinkled CDs relayed a fiery tale from
10 nights ago.

An adjoining asbestos-ridden warehouse had gone up in flames in the dead
of night, leaving 107.5FM homeless and off the air.

Station volunteers surveyed the damage yesterday, among them president
Victor Jones.

"It's a sad way of finding out we were accepted in the community," said Mr
Jones, who has been with the radio station for almost all of its 16 years.

"What a mess," he recalled his first impressions after he was allowed to
re-enter the station's home of the last four years.

"The smoke and water damage was fairly horrific."

more at
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2009/08/04/support-floods-radio-station-after-toxic-fire/

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[creative-radio] MENA The Soul Beat Issue 135: Community Radio for Development

From SOUL BEAT AFRICA - where communication and media are central to
AFRICA's social and economic development

In this issue of The Soul Beat:

* Highlighting the IMPACT OF COMMUNITY RADIO ON DEVELOPMENT
* Spotlight on Soul Beat Africa COMMUNITY RADIO THEMESITE AND E-NEWSLETTER
* TOOLS to assess and improve the impact of community radio
* POLL on Community Radio and ICTs
* Looking at the FUTURE OF COMMUNITY RADIO

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This issue of The Soul Beat offers a selection of strategic thinking
documents, evaluations, programme experiences, and resource materials from
the Soul Beat Africa website that highlight the role of radio, and more
specifically community radio, in promoting development in Africa. It looks
at the impact of community radio on development, what is required to
support the community radio sector, and future trends in community radio –
particularly related to the convergence between traditional radio and
information and communication technologies (ICTs).

If you would like your organisation's communication work or research and
resource documents to be featured on the Soul Beat Africa website and in
The Soul Beat newsletters, please contact soulbeat@comminit.com

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ASSESSING AND ENHANCING THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY RADIO ON DEVELOPMENT

1. Community Radio: Its Impact and Challenges to Its Development
This 2007 working group report from the Center for International Media
Assistance, National Endowment for Democracy, United States (US),
describes results of a meeting on the impact of community radio, as well
as the role and challenges of community radio development within the
larger context of media development. The group discussed creating an
enabling environment for community radio development, issues related to
the sustainability of community radio stations, and appropriate assistance
strategies that donors and implementers should consider, against a
background of first-hand accounts of where and why community radio has
been effective.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/267738/376

2. Documents on Evaluating the Social Impact of Community Radio
Every four years the Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs
Communautaires (AMARC or World Community Radio Association) Africa
organises a Pan-African conference for its members and community radio
stakeholders to discuss the challenges facing community radio in Africa.
As part of the Pan-African conference in 2009, some members participated
in a workshop on measuring the social impact of community radio. A number
of members prepared papers ahead of the conference to share their insights
and experiences in assessing impact. These are made available on the AMARC
website.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/299418/376

3. Community Radio Social Impact Assessment - Removing Barriers,
Increasing Effectiveness
This evaluation report details a long-range participatory action research
process launched in 2006 by AMARC. The research shared in this report was
designed to identify the barriers that limit the potential positive impact
of community radio, and to explore ways to increase the effectiveness of
community radio in achieving poverty reduction, development objectives,
inclusiveness, and democracy building in local communities around the
world.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/268152/376

4. Women's Empowerment and Good Governance through Community Radio: Best
Experiences for an Action Research Process
Published by AMARC in 2008, this book offers a collection of articles
which seek to contribute to the impact of community radio on governance
issues especially related to gender equality and women's rights. The
publication is part of a two-year participatory action research process
seeking to address the challenges to women's participation in democracy
building. It brings together case studies and experiences written by women
practitioners participating in democratic processes through community
radio. Some articles also raise questions regarding the specific
challenges to gender equality within community radio and explore how to
increase women's participation in community radio as a key governance
challenge to the community radio global network.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/296236/376

5. Engaging Development: Environment and Content of Radio Broadcasting in
Nigeria
By Dr. Ayobami Ojebode and Dr. Tunde Adegbola
According to this publication from 2007, Nigeria has developed a
relatively huge radio broadcasting sector. However, critical observers
claim that radio broadcasting has performed below expectations in engaging
issues of development. This paper was commissioned to provide scientific
data which would inform the development of future activities and provide a
picture of the crucial challenges confronting radio broadcasting, as well
as provide recommendations and impetus for further work to advance the
cause of development-oriented radio broadcasting in Nigeria. It argues
that the country needs to re-position the sector, in order for it to
contribute to development.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/299203/376

6. Community Radio in East Africa: An Impact and Sustainability Assessment
of Three Community Radio Within the EACMP
By Birgitte Jallov
This report from 2007 is the result of an impact study commissioned by the
Division for Culture and Media with the Swedish International Development
Agency (Sida). It includes an overview and summary of three separate
impact studies of three radio stations supported by Sida via the East
African Community Media Project (EACMP). The objective of the studies was
to identify the Most Significant Change in the communities served by each
station. The study reports the most significant change to be in
participation involving empowerment and change.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/295727/376

7. Citizen Empowerment for Good Governance through Community Radios in
West Africa
This book, published AMARC Africa in 2008, is a compilation of reports
that seek to increase the social impact of community radio in West Africa.
The book consists of papers by 24 different contributors. The
contributions provide perspectives from a variety of West African
countries related to the state of community radio, national broadcasting
landscapes, legislative frameworks, good governance, and challenges and
constraints in the sector.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/288880/376

8. Communication for Empowerment in Mozambique: An Assessment of
Communication and Media Needs at the Community Level
By Faruco Sadique Ibraimo and Barry Driscoll
This document, published in 2008, is one of 5 national pilot studies to
assess ways to empower vulnerable people who are marginalised by lack of
access to central information flows and who lack the communication
channels necessary to participate in national and local debates and
agenda-setting. Funded by the United Nations Development Fund and
coordinated by the Communication for Social Change Consortium (CFSC), the
study describes the Mozambican context, including the legal and regulatory
environment for communication and media. It suggests that there is a need
for strong, organised support of community radio stations, in particular
the need for a clear and specific legal framework and for support for
wider community radio dissemination.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/275263/38

9. Fighting Poverty: Utilizing Community Media In a Digital Age:
Practitioners' Reflexions from an Interactive Roundtable at the World
Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD)
This publication focuses on democratic and sustainable development in
relation to community media. It discusses participation as the main
interest of those who support or are active in community radio. The
publication contains articles, audio, and video documents by
practitioners, decision makers, and scholars. It argues that current
evidence and experience should prompt a major re-evaluation and increasing
interest in community radio by development policymakers and specialists.
It also suggests that what is needed are strong efforts to create more
enabling policy and regulatory environments for community media.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283793/376

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COMMUNITY RADIO THEMESITE AND E-NEWSLETTER

For more information related to community radio, please visit the
Community Radio Theme site here
http://www.comminit.com/africa/community-radio.html

On this site you will find programme experiences, strategic thinking
documents, evaluations, and materials that deal with the role of radio,
and community radio in particular, in development.

Every second month, Soul Beat Africa sends out a Soul Beat Extra:
Community Radio e-newsletter which features all the latest community
radio-related summaries posted on the Soul Beat Africa website.

If you would like to receive this free e-publication, please register here
http://www.comminit.com/en/user/register/38 and indicate an interest in
radio or media or write to soulbeat@comminit.com indicating that you would
like to receive the Community Radio Extra.

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TOOLS TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY RADIO

10. Assessing Community Change: Development of a "Bare Foot" Impact
Assessment Methodology
By Birgitte Jallov
Published in the Radio Journal, this paper outlines a bare-foot impact
assessment methodology that was designed, tested, revised, and implemented
with 8 community-owned stations in Mozambique between 2000 and 2005. The
purpose of this UNESCO/UNDP Mozambique Media Development Project was to
determine whether community radio stations promote democracy and active
involvement of communities, and whether they allow people to set their own
development agendas. According to the paper, barefoot impact assessments
can ensure that community radio stations are on track with their
objectives. They can also provide feedback to the communities in which
they are working and demonstrate their credibility to local and
international funding partners.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/71540/376

11. Community Media Index (CMI) - South Africa
In partnership with the National Community Radio Forum (NRF), the
Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) developed the Community
Media Index (CMI), a participatory assessment and action planning tool
designed to be used by community media projects to enhance their ability
to reflect and grow. Community radio stations can implement the CMI
themselves as a self-assessment tool, or involve stakeholders and use the
CMI as a participatory learning and information-sharing tool. They can
also invite an external agency to apply the CMI as a form of external
evaluation. The CMI assessment seeks to provide information that can
easily be translated into practical actions by stakeholders.
Contact Mark Weinberg mark@amandla.org.za
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/290185/376

12. Community Media Sustainability Guide: The Business of Changing Lives
By Jean Fairbairn
Launched by Internews in 2009, this guide addresses the challenge of how
to make community media financially sustainable in countries around the
world. It covers topics such as incorporating new online platforms and
using alternative energy to power radio stations, all with an eye to
sustainability. Case studies of community media outlets and networks
featured here include creative solutions to the problem of finding enough
funding to stay in business. The guide is designed for community media
practitioners and activists, trainers, and the donors and development
agencies that support them. It provides different perspectives on
sustainability, practical approaches to achieving it, and a comprehensive
list of resources for practitioners and activists.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/287055/38

13. Community Radio Start-Up Information Guide
By Karina Barker
This guide, published by Farm Radio International in 2008, is meant to be
used as a tool for those interested in starting a community radio station.
This guide has two main goals: to provide a general overview of some of
the steps that are involved in starting up a community radio station and
to provide resources for further information. It discusses how to get
started, legal issues, funding options, things to think about when
selecting equipment, ideas for managing a community radio station, and
broadcasting tips.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/289916/376

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PLEASE VOTE IN OUR NEW POLL ON COMMUNITY RADIO AND ICTs

How are new ICTs (such as the internet and mobile phones) being used most
effectively to support community radio in Africa? (you may choose more
than one option)

Options:
* to access information to better meet the information needs of the community
* to download radio content from other sources
* to improve local programme production and reporting, eg. through mobile
phones or digital audio technology
* to increase broadcast reach, making the voice of the community heard
beyond the immediate community
* to increase audience participation in programming
* other

To vote and send comments go to
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/community-radio and see the Top Right
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FUTURE TRENDS: COMMUNITY RADIO AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs)

13. The Radio, Convergence and Development in Africa Research Programme -
Africa
This research programme, initiated by the Centre for Media and
Transitional Societies (CMTS) at Carleton University and supported by the
International Development Research Centre, seeks to explore traditional
radio in order to understand how it can be enhanced through the use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs) with the aim to gain a
better understanding of the current impact and potential of radio as a
development tool in Africa. The Radio, Convergence and Development
programme came about after it was realised that there is a need for
baseline data and critical research that examines radio-related outcomes
and impacts on social and economic indicators. The research project will
explore the cross-section, confluence and even convergence of ICTs in
relationship with broadcasting.
Contact Allan Thompson allan_thompson@carleton.ca OR International
Research Centre info@idrc.ca
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/299425/376

14. Radio and Development in Africa: A Concept Paper
By Mary Myers
This paper, published in 2008, was prepared for the International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) to guide the "Radio, Convergence, and
Development in Africa" research programme, designed to explore traditional
radio and gain an understanding of how ICTs can enhance the sector, as
well as the current impact and potential of radio as a development tool in
Africa. According to the paper, radio is still the dominant mass medium in
Africa with the widest geographical reach and the highest audiences. The
author states that radio seems to have proven itself as a developmental
tool, particularly with the rise of community and local radios, which have
facilitated a far more participatory and horizontal type of communication.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/299201/38

15. Radios et NTIC en Afrique de l'Ouest: Connectivité et Usages (Radio
and ICTs in West Africa: Connectivity and Uses
This French-language publication by the Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA)
looks at how new information communication technologies (ICTs) and radio
can be used in combination with each other. It presents the findings of
research involving 220 radio stations in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso,
Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/278994/376

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For related previous issues of The Soul Beat newsletter see:

The Soul Beat 115 - Rural Radio
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/soul-beat-115.html

The Soul Beat 105 - The Role of Journalism in Development
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/soul-beat-105.html

The Soul Beat 98 - Radio for Social Change in Africa
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/soul-beat-98.html

The Soul Beat 17 - Community Radio
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/soul-beat-17.html

To view archived editions of The Soul Beat Newsletter see
http://www.comminit.com/africa/soul-beat-archives.html

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