Community Radio Around the World

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2590

There are 5 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. African journalist Frank Nyakairu discusses challenges, rewards of h
From: George Lessard

2. 'Communities are the radio stars', UK: Ofcom Community Radio report,
From: Salvatore Scifo

3. Community Media and European Policy: Workshop and Panel Discussion,
From: Salvatore Scifo

4. Community radio - a rare success story, Media Guardian (9 March 2009
From: Salvatore Scifo

5. UK: Community radio surges ahead
From: George Lessard

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1. African journalist Frank Nyakairu discusses challenges, rewards of h
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Mon Mar 9, 2009 2:35 pm ((PDT))

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*By Jessica Weiss, IJNet Editor* -- Ugandan human rights reporter Frank
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International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in November. As a correspondent
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violent offenses stemming from wars in the region. He also serves as the
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2. 'Communities are the radio stars', UK: Ofcom Community Radio report,
Posted by: "Salvatore Scifo" salvatore.scifo@communitymedia.eu salvatorescifo
Date: Mon Mar 9, 2009 8:31 pm ((PDT))

---Apologies for cross-posting---

Source:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2009/03/nr_20090309a

Executive Summary at:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/cr_annualrpt/
Full report (pdf, 386kb):
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/cr_annualrpt/cr_annualrpt.pdf

Communities are the radio stars

More than 8 million people are now able to tune into community radio
stations and demand is still high for licences, Ofcom's first Annual
Report of Community Radio reveals.
Over 130 community stations are now broadcasting across the UK, with
another 50 preparing to launch.
These not-for-profit radio stations cover small geographical areas and
each typically provides 81 hours of original and distinctive output a
week – mostly locally produced.
Community radio licensing was introduced by Ofcom and the first licence
was awarded in March 2005.

Rich content
Community radio stations reflect the variety of cultures, demographics
and tastes in the UK.
For example, there are stations catering for urban music fans (New
Style, Birmingham) experimental music aficionados (Resonance FM, London)
younger people (CSR, Canterbury), the Armed Forces and their families
(Edinburgh Garrison FM) and religious communities (Cross Rhythms,
Stoke-on-Trent).
In total, 41% of stations are aimed at general audiences in town or
rural communities, 18% broadcast to general audiences in urban areas,
but a significant proportion target specific groups such as young people
(17%), minority ethnic groups (14%) or military communities (5%).

Wide social benefits
The Community Radio Annual Report also reveals that, on average, each
station operates with 74 volunteers who together give around 214 hours
of their time a week. Across the sector this represents over 100,000
volunteer hours a month.
In fulfilling their wider requirements to deliver social gain to their
communities, each station are also required to provide training and
accessibility.
For example, in the year to April 2008 Bang Radio, broadcasting in west
London, delivered broadcast training to over 230 young people, and
continues to offer further work placements to local school and college
pupils.
Similarly, Wolverhampton's WCR Radio provided accredited training to 49
of its 190 volunteers – 44 of whom now hold a qualification in radio
production.

Funding community radio
The typical income of a community radio station is £66,500 pa – yet for
some stations this is as little as £6,000.
The Report has established that a community radio station's income is
primarily generated through grants (45%), donations (12%) and in the
growing area of service contracts with local authorities (11%). Across
the board, on-air advertising represents 18% of total income.
Peter Davies, Ofcom's Director of Radio Policy, said:
"Community radio is a real success story. It delivers rich and varied
content to listeners and provides additional benefits through community
involvement and training.
"Our Community Radio Annual Report reveals that, in just over three
years, 130 stations have sprung up across the length and breadth of the
UK. They reach many communities: from rural to inner city areas and
serving diverse audiences with content ranging from religion,
experimental music to RnB."
"We are delighted that interest from those wishing to run such stations
for their own communities remains high."

Those connected to and working within the sector:
WCR's (Wolverhampton) Zac Morris, 31, a former soldier currently seeking
work said:
"Before I joined WCR I had no knowledge of all the technical aspects
involved in radio.
"Now I can operate a studio, take interviews and I was broadcasting live
on-air after receiving my training."

Ian Wallace, Director of Gaydio based in Manchester, which is preparing
to launch said:
"There's a real excitement in Manchester's gay community about the
launch of Gaydio.
"As well as working with a great team of people we will also be reaching
out to those people who do not currently have a lot of contact with the
LGBT community, which can only be a win–win for everyone in Manchester."

Jonathan Bellamy who runs Cross Rhythms FM, a Christian radio station
based in Stoke, said:
"We have been thrilled at how well we have been received by local
Christians but also by those without a faith. In particular, our unique
music playlist mix of rock, pop, hip hop and R&B by Christian artists
has proved a real hit.
"Our community focussed programming has included features on Media
Action for Mental Health, Safer Cities Partnership, ADSiS (Alcohol and
Drug Services in Staffordshire) and many, many others."

Mark Page, who produces programming for a number of Army stations, said:
"Army audiences and their families, as well as civilians who live in the
local area really value our output.
"Listeners of Community Radio with a military focus regularly hear from
our boys and girls deployed in war zones - it is such a great feeling to
know our programming gives such comfort to those who tune in and that it
also provides real links with those outside bases."

The full report can be found here:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/cr_annualrpt/

Ends

NOTES FOR EDITORS
1. Community Radio stations are different to local commercial radio
stations; they are not-for-profit and must deliver social gain. They
were created with the Community Radio Order 2004
2. Each community radio station that has been broadcasting for more than
a year is required to complete an annual report.
3. For the period May 07 – Apr 08 Ofcom received reports from 67 stations.
4. A full list of community radio stations can be found here:
www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/Community/community-main.html

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3. Community Media and European Policy: Workshop and Panel Discussion,
Posted by: "Salvatore Scifo" salvatore.scifo@communitymedia.eu salvatorescifo
Date: Mon Mar 9, 2009 8:31 pm ((PDT))

---Apologies for cross-posting---

Community Media and European Policy: Workshop und Panel Discussion

MÃ¤rz 12-14, 2008, Halle (Saale), Radio CORAX/Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum (Mansfelder StraÃŸe 56)

Organized by: medien ost e.V.
Supported by: Staatskanzlei Sachsen-Anhalt, Aktion Mensch (dieGesellschafter.de), Medienanstalt Sachen-Anhalt, Mitteldeutsches Multimedia Zentrum GmbH,
Radio CORAX, Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE)

The medien ost e.V. invites to an international workshop aiming at networking and exchange on the status of Community Media (CM) in the European
Political Sphere. The workshop will be held from March 12-14, 2009, in Halle. Knowing about the growing interests in non-commercial broadcasting
media offering open access noticeable in the European Parliament or in the Council of Europe politicians, representatives of CM and European, national
and regional organizations will discuss the potential and the perspectives of the third media sector in Germany as well as in Europe as a whole.
The workshop will be in English, the panel discussion will be in German.

Besides the public service and the private commercial broadcasters private non-commercial broadcasting media play an increasingly important role in
most of the European countries. They offer free access for social minorities and local communities, for individual, experimental and unusual approches
to media. They forward the intercultural dialogue and communication across borders, the regional identity or the political discourse on the current status
and the future of our society. There are thousands of CM working in Europe including a number of more than 100,000 active volunteers.
Community Media mean in this context most of all radioand TV, whereas plenty of initiatives broadcast via internet as well or even exclusively because
of not having broadcasting frequencies. In Germany the CM-sector contains the non-comemrcial local radios (German: NKL) and - with some restrictions -
the open channels (OK).

The motives and the profiles of CM are very heterogenous - on the international, national and even on the regional level. But they have common features:
a relatively open access, a high level of participation, ownership by the communities, openness for minoritiy-issues and -formats, an important role of
social, political and cultural volunteering and active citizenship: CM are part and expression of the civil society. In the political institutions of the
EU and in the Council of Europe CM had been eking out a shadowery existence for a long time - in spite of the growing importance of the European political
level for the national and regional political regulation in the fields of culture, education and media. But durung the last two years a number of
activities and reports first of all in the European Parliament and in the Council of Europe have been initiated which aim at the improvement of the
political and economical status of the â€šthird media sectorâ€™.

The workshop is to contribute to a better state of information on CM and to involve existing organizations and associations like the Community Media Forum
Europe (CMFE) and AMARC, which play an increasingly important role in the European media policy and which regularly provide information on the sector on a
European or even global level. The workshop will also offer an opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and experience across borders among acitivists
coming from community radio and -TV-stations. It will contribute to the debate on the characteristics and potential of CM and present selected projects
and approaches from CM as examples of â€šbest practiceâ€™. Finally, relevant conditions for CM will be discussed on the European and on the national level,
including the general question about the current and future status of CM.

The workshop will bring together representatives of federations and initiatives, which stand for the interests of self-organized and CM in their countries,
politicians and practicioners coming from CM. It will focus issues like the status of CM in the European political spere, co-production and co-operation on
a European level, the relationship of CM and minority or alternative media, CM and intercultural dialogue, CM and digitization and others. The workshop will
include a number of keynotes but it will offer a space for the development of new projects and ideas as well. On March 13th, from 19-21 hrs., there will be
a public panel discussion with the Minister for European Issues in Sachsen-Anhalt, Members of the European Parlimant and representatives of the Council of
Europe and the European Commission, which will be broadcasted via FM and internet stream.

Participants can register via mail: info(et)medienost.de, part. fee is 10 â‚¬, which will have to be paid at the reception desk.
Info: Thomas Kupfer, Tel. ++49 +345 681 95 70 / ++49 +178 388 16 11

Internet: www.medienost.de, www.cmfe.eu

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4. Community radio - a rare success story, Media Guardian (9 March 2009
Posted by: "Salvatore Scifo" salvatore.scifo@communitymedia.eu salvatorescifo
Date: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:58 am ((PDT))

Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/mar/09/community-radio-ofcom-plunkett-blog

Please note, that you can follow the blog discussion at the bottom of the article, where Plunkett asks

> Do you work in community radio? Do you listen to it? Is it in danger
> of being left behind by digital radio - or are the current stresses
> and strains of the commercial sector community radio's biggest
> opportunity yet?
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Community radio was today hailed as a triumph by the media regulator,
Ofcom, but is the new breed of volunteer-run stations filling the void
in local programming that commercial radio has left?

There are now more than 130 community radio stations across the UK,
with another 50 preparing to launch. Although, given current economic
conditions, it remains to be seen how many of those will actually take
to the air.

But with commercial radio in the doldrums, any radio success story
outside the BBC is to be celebrated.

The not-for-profit stations are required by Ofcom to deliver "social
gain to one or more communities" in their local area, with stations
catering for urban music fans (New Style in Birmingham), experimental
music aficionados (London's Resonance FM), the armed forces (Garrison
FM in Edinburgh) and religious communities (Cross Rhythms in Stoke on
Trent).

Ofcom says the community stations are "generally meeting their costs",
with the average station costing Â£101,000 to run, with average station
income also at Â£101,000. Well, they are supposed to be not for profit.

But it is worth noting, as Ofcom does, that the figures for the median
station are somewhat lower, with operating costs of Â£64,500 and income
of Â£65,500, suggesting that a small number of stations earn - and cost
- significantly more than the majority.

Community radio relies on a huge band of volunteers - an average of 74
a station, according to Ofcom - delivering a total of more than
100,000 volunteer hours a month. In return, some of them get training
and qualifications that they would not receive elsewhere in the
sector.

But how much can community radio provide the "local factor" that will
inevitably go missing from the big commercial radio stations as they
turn their back on locally produced content and heritage station names
in favour of syndicated programming and national brands?

Announcing Ofcom's first annual report of community radio today, Peter
Davies, Ofcom's director of radio policy, said community radio was a
"real success story".

"It delivers rich and varied content to listeners and provides
additional benefits through community involvement and training.

"In just over three years, 130 stations have sprung up across the
length and breadth of the UK ... We are delighted that interest from
those wishing to run such stations for their own communities remains
high."

Each community radio station provides 81 hours of "original and
distinctive output", according to Ofcom, with most of it locally
produced.

To protect the revenue of existing commercial stations, community
broadcasters are barred from raising more than 50% of their income
from on-air advertising and sponsorship - it currently stands at 18% -
with the majority of their backing coming from public sources such as
local authorities.

Less than 15% of the UK population - around 6.5 million adults - are
able to receive a community radio station aimed broadly at them, says
Ofcom. The shortage of FM frequency availability hasn't helped this,
although the process of "digital migration" - you probably shouldn't
hold your breath - may one day free up extra spectrum.

My earliest experience of community radio was more than a decade ago,
when I covered the launch of the Rochester-based Medway FM in north
Kent. One of the joys was hearing about local news and events, which
were never covered by BBC Radio Kent, even though it was based just
down the road.

But it didn't have the newsgathering resources of the local newspaper
- I admit it, I was working for it - and the amateurish presentation
quickly moved on from endearing to irritating.

Still, Medway FM has moved on since then - its office is now a wine
bar and the newsroom a ladies' loo - and so has community radio, with
the current band first licensed in 2004.

Do you work in community radio? Do you listen to it? Is it in danger
of being left behind by digital radio - or are the current stresses
and strains of the commercial sector community radio's biggest
opportunity yet?

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5. UK: Community radio surges ahead
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:18 am ((PDT))

Community radio flourishing
Computeractive - London,UK
Around eight million people are able to tune into community radio stations
and learn about what is happening in their area, according to Ofcom. ...
<
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2238080/community-radio-stations
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Community radio surges ahead
Radio Today - Manchester,UK
Mar 09, 2009 - More than eight million people are now able to tune into
community radio stations and demand is still high for licences,
Ofcom's first ...
<http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.4483.2>

Community radio – a rare success story | Media | guardian.co.uk
By John Plunkett
John Plunkett: Ofcom is feting Britain's volunteer-run stations, but how
will they cope with the downturn? And is anyone listening?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/mar/09/community-radio-ofcom-plunkett-blog
>
Media: Organ Grinder | guardian.co.uk
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder>

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Monday, 9 March 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2589

There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Côte d'Ivoire / L'ONUCI équipe la radio rurale de San
From: George Lessard

2. RDC: La Radio télé diocésaine de Matadi
From: George Lessard

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1. Côte d'Ivoire / L'ONUCI équipe la radio rurale de San
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Sun Mar 8, 2009 11:07 am ((PDT))

Côte d'Ivoire / L'ONUCI équipe la radio rurale de San Pedro
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqués de presse) -
Lausanne,Canton de Vaud,Switzerland
... a équipé la radio communautaire de San Pedro à hauteur de 6,1
millions de Francs CFA, dans le cadre de son programme de Projets à Impact
Rapides (Qips). ...
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2. RDC: La Radio télé diocésaine de Matadi
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Sun Mar 8, 2009 11:08 am ((PDT))

RDC: La Radio télé diocésaine de Matadi participe à l'éveil de l ...
Agence de presse D.I.A. - Kinshasa,Kinshasa,Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cette prouesse est due à l'équipe de la Radio télé diocésaine,
Kukiele, ... tout confessionnelle avec pour but privilégié d'être une
radio communautaire. ...
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Sunday, 8 March 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2588

There are 4 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. NRC's system for disseminating official time, shortwave station CHU
From: George Lessard

2. Conférence Nationale : La Radio Communautaire au service du dé
From: George Lessard

3. Free Invisible Web Tracker / Site Tracker / Visitor Tracker
From: George Lessard

4. Bolivia: Two people arrested after sabotage of community radio
From: George Lessard

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1. NRC's system for disseminating official time, shortwave station CHU
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Sat Mar 7, 2009 5:32 pm ((PST))

Time to change your shortwave dial

After seventy years of broadcasting Canada's official time, NRC's shortwave
station CHU will move the transmission frequency for the 7335 kHz
transmitter to 7850 kHz. The change goes into effect on 01 January 2009 at
00:00 UTC.

http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

CHU is a part of NRC's system for disseminating official time throughout
Canada, broadcasting 24 hours a day from a location approximately 15 km
south-west of downtown Ottawa. Listeners hear tones to mark the seconds,
voice to announce the time in French and English, and digital data to set
computers.
Full Story<http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/common_files/stories/chu/communique_e.pdf>
http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/common_files/stories/chu/communique_e.pdf

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2. Conférence Nationale : La Radio Communautaire au service du dé
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Sat Mar 7, 2009 6:01 pm ((PST))

http://www.kababachir.com/autresinfosdetails.php?recordID=12118

«Quels rôles doivent jouer les Radios Communautaires dans le Développement,
la bonne gouvernance et le processus démocratique ? » Cette phrase
interrogative était au centre des débats d'une conférence nationale initiée
en étroite collaboration entre INFORMORAC et la Radio Nederland au Training
centre de 4RGui. C'était du 17 au 18 février dernier à l'INRAP de Donka dans
la commune de Dixinn. Les participants à cet atelier, 2ème du genre étaient
venus des différents horizons du pays d'accueil.
En effet, diverses allocutions ont meublé la cérémonie d'ouverture de ce
Forum de deux jours de travaux intenses et de débats houleux entre les
séminaristes. De fructueux échanges d'idées ont été au rendez-vous. Dans son
discours, la directrice de la Radio Nederland Training, M. Tanja IJZER, a
tout d'abord apprécié le décret favorisant la libéralisation et l'émergence
des Radios Communautaires qui ont donné, selon elle, un souffle nouveau à la
Guinée. Grâce à ces stations des radios privées, dira Mme Tanja, un réel
développement du processus démocratique dans le pays est assuré surtout avec
l'avènement du CNDD au pouvoir. Pour garder certes une dynamique de
formation de qualité à-t-elle ajouté, il faut rajeunir le personnel des
radios en misant sur les jeunes diplômés afin d'accroître les revenus.
Représentant le ministre de la Communication, M. Riad Chaloub, a traduit le
message franc du gouvernement en ce qui concerne l'instauration et la
libéralisation totale des médias dont le rôle est le renforcement de l'unité
nationale. Pour conclure, M Chaloub a encouragé les partenaires au
développement pour leur assistance. Quant au formateur, M. Alassane Guissé
de l'ONG Sadjo à Dakar, il a insisté sur la réactualisation du rôle des
radios communautaires afin de pouvoir relancer le processus démocratique.
Poursuivant, l'orateur a souhaité que les collectivités locales financent
les radios communautaires pour identifier des défis, risques et menaces qui
pèsent sur la Guinée. Les représentants de certains partenaires au
développement comme M. Facély II Mara de l'UNICEF et Almamy Barry de
l'UNICEF Guinée, ont tous rendu hommage à la presse guinéenne pour le combat
qu'elle mène au service de son peuple. Ils ont tour à tour apprécié la
bataille contre la mortalité maternelle et infantile, avant de saluer
l'avènement de la junte militaire aux commandes du pays. Emboitant le pas à
ces devanciers, M. Quentin Kanyatsi de l'ONG Search for common ground, a
parlé du renforcement de capacités du secteur des médias et la dynamisation
de l'instance de régulation et de censure qu'est le Conseil National de la
Communication (CNC). Deux jours durant, les participants à ce forum national
ont travaillé sur les thèmes comme ''Les caractéristiques des radios
communautaires en Guinée, vision sur les concepts de développement et de la
bonne gouvernance. Le processus démocratique, l'analyse de la situation
actuelle en Guinée et l'identification des défis majeurs, les opportunités
qu'offre le contexte, les facteurs positifs et négatifs mais aussi les
risques et menaces qu'il faudra prendre en considération''. Toutes les
préoccupations ont été satisfaites grâce au talentueux formateur, M.
Alassane Guissé. Au sortir de cet atelier, les séminaristes ont souhaité
auprès des autorités et les partenaires au développement, le renforcement
des capacités des ressources humaines des radios communautaires et des
bonnes volontés au fonctionnement des radios rurales communautaires, la mise
en place d'un réseau national des journalistes, l'appui technique et la
subvention. A retenir qu'avec l'appui inconditionnel des partenaires
notamment la RER, l'UNICEF, le PNUD, le Search for common ground, Faisons
ensemble, le Plan Guinée, la rencontre de Conakry s'est déroulée dans les
conditions meilleures.
*AUTEUR:*Mohamed Damba
2009-03-07 10:13:30

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3. Free Invisible Web Tracker / Site Tracker / Visitor Tracker
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sat Mar 7, 2009 6:15 pm ((PST))

Free Invisible Web Tracker / Site Tracker / Visitor Tracker

http://www.statcounter.com/free_invisible_web_tracker.html

What exactly is a web tracker (also known as a visitor tracker or site
tracker), and why do you need one?

The idea behind a web tracker is very simple and has been around for many
years. Essentially you place a small piece of code on your website, when
someone visits your website, that small piece of code is executed and the
visitor's public details (ip address, browser, operating system, referrer,
page title and url etc) are analysed and stored for reporting to you
later.

The great advantage of web trackers are that they are better at tracking
'real people' as they track browsers NOT server requests. This often means
a web tracker will have a significantly lower count than standard log file
analysis. But it offers a more realistic figure of the visitors to your
website and far more detail. At StatCounter our web tracker is provided in
real-time so it's even better still.

A web tracker also records your visitors if they return to the same page
twice or more. This does not happen with log files. Your page would be
already cached in your browser. No request would be sent to the server.
That user activity would go unreported. Thanks to web trackers and their
use of a random javascript number - your counter is forced to load each
time and your visitor is tracked.

As web trackers only track 'real people', it is not able to tell you when
a search engine spider is indexing your website. For information like this
you need a good log analyser.

StatCounter.Com can produce far different results to standard log file
analysis. This is not surprising as our system is designed to track
browsers NOT server requests. This can result in a significantly lower
count than standard log file analysis. But it offers a more realistic
figure of the visitors to your website and far more detail and it is
provided in real-time!

So how do they differ?

A big factor is the placement of the StatCounter tracking code. You can
use StatCounter to only track the pages you want by simply placing it on
the pages you want to track. Log file analysis will track all server
requests by default.

If you have very large, slow loading pages it is recommended to place the
tracking code closer to the top of the page instead of the bottom. Or a
visitor may exit your page before the page finishes loading and the
tracking script will never have been loaded.

Framed websites can cause a big problem for log file analysis resulting in
an over-inflated count. When a visitor visits a singe page that could
often be recorded as 3 visits - loading the main frame, a side frame and a
footer. StatCounter does not have this problem.

Cached pages are another huge problem for log file analysis this time
resulting in a very poor undercount of visitors. Often your own local ISP
will keep a cache of many websites you visit regularly. This speeds up
your use of the web - unfortunately no server request is made to your
website when this happens. And your visit will go uncounted. This does not
happen with StatCounter with the use of javascript and a random variable
each time.

Web Proxies - many users, most noticeably AOL users access the web through
a web proxy. Their ip address can change on each request to your website
so log file analysis could not accurately count your unique visitors.
StatCounter does both - we use a simple cookie and the user's ip address.

Robots - the requests made to your website by robots will be recorded in
your log files but it will not be recorded by StatCounter.

Overall StatCounter provides a far more detailed, accurate count and
tracking of behavior of the 'real' visitors to your website than standard
log file analysis.

Of course the only way to experience our advanced web tracker for yourself
is to register right now for your free account.

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4. Bolivia: Two people arrested after sabotage of community radio
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sat Mar 7, 2009 6:27 pm ((PST))

Bolivia: Two people arrested after sabotage of community radio
Reporters without borders (press release) - France
... the investigation into the sabotage of the community radio Radio
Rurrenabaque, on 4 September 2008, in the department of Beni, north-eastern
Colombia. ...
<http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=30490>

5.03 - Bolivia: Two people arrested after sabotage of community radio

Reporters Without Borders today noted the arrest on 3 March 2009 of two
suspects, Juan Carlos and Saul Herrero Abrego, in the investigation into
the sabotage of the community radio Radio Rurrenabaque, on 4 September
2008, in the department of Beni, north-eastern Colombia. The two brothers
are reportedly members of the Beni Civic Committee that abducted and held
a journalist on the public radio network Red Patria Nueva during a wave of
violence in the autonomous regions. Elsewhere, Reporters Without Borders
condemned as shameful the behaviour of the mayor of Santa Cruz in eastern
Bolivia, Percy Fernandez, who insulted and assaulted journalist Marcia
Cedeño, of privately owned Unitel television during a press conference on
2 March 2009, as he did with a photographer the previous week.

Saturday, 7 March 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2587

There is 1 message in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Community Media Sustainability Guide - The Business of Changing Live
From: George Lessard

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1. Community Media Sustainability Guide - The Business of Changing Live
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Fri Mar 6, 2009 11:37 pm ((PST))

Community Media Sustainability Guide - The Business of Changing Lives
by Jean Fairbairn
Publisher
Internews
http://www.internews.org/prs/2009/20090225_mediaguide.shtm

Publication date
Feb 26 2009

http://www.comminit.com/node/287179/ads

Launched by Internews, this guide addresses the challenge of how to make
community media financially sustainable in countries around the world. The
Community Media Sustainability Guide: The Business of Changing Lives
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. For instance, the Coffee Lifeline project in Rwanda relies on
partnerships with international groups to supply agricultural news to
coffee farmers, and Desi Radio, serving London's Punjabi community,
thrives on a mixed business model that includes selling advertising,
conducting media trainings, and hiring out volunteers to dance at
weddings.

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. The publication was funded by a grant to Internews Network from
the US Agency for International Development (USAID) via a subgrant from
Pact.

Click here to freely access the guide in PDF format.
http://www.internews.org/pubs/pdfs/InternewsCommunityMediaGuide2009.pdf

Internews Network is an international media development organization whose
mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and
information they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their
voices heard. Founded in 1982, the organization has worked in over 70
countries and trained over 70,000 media professionals worldwide.
Contact

Anamika Nelson
Senior Program Associate, New Initiatives
Internews Network

1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 7th Floor
Washington DC
20036
United States
Tel: 202 833 5740 ext. 305
Fax: 202 833 5745
Internews website http://www.internews.org
anelson@internews.org

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Thursday, 5 March 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2586

There are 5 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1a. Rush Limbaugh's Radio Stations and Advertisers Consider Withdrawing
From: George Lessard
1b. Re: Rush Limbaugh's Radio Stations and Advertisers Consider Withdra
From: 00001m@centurytel.net

2. New AMARC Africa - Coordonnateur Coordinator -coordinador AMARC Afri
From: George Lessard

3. 'Curious Minds' produce lively, award-winning youth radio i
From: George Lessard

4. World Summit on Media for Children and Youth Karlstad Sweden 2010
From: George Lessard

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1a. Rush Limbaugh's Radio Stations and Advertisers Consider Withdrawing
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Wed Mar 4, 2009 7:58 pm ((PST))

Radio Stations and Advertisers Consider Withdrawing Support
for Rush Limbaugh
Jack Myers Jack Myers Tue Mar 3, 10:15 pm ET
Huffington Post
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20090304/cm_huffpost/171598>

Rush Limbaugh's rhetoric has crossed the line between free speech and a
political campaign. It's appropriate and necessary for media to give voice
to political opposition, but it is inappropriate when on-air media talent
becomes the voice for a political opposition party. Limbaugh's lengthy
Castro-like speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
was his coming out party for a run for president of the United States and
as he emerges as the new leader and voice of the Republican Party, radio
stations and advertisers have an obligation to reconsider their support.

It is essential to question whether Limbaugh should continue to have
access to the public airwaves and whether advertisers should continue to
support him. The support of advertisers could be easily perceived as a
statement of political support for Limbaugh's policies. Advertisers and
radio stations that support Limbaugh could -- and perhaps should -- be
interpreted as providing explicit support for the far right wing of
conservative politics. Giving a political party control over the press is
a dangerous precedent, and a Sustainable Free Press requires that the
people believe that media takes responsibility for the content it
delivers. An editorial voice is far different than a politician's control
over the press, which throughout history has been the first step toward
dictatorship.

<snip>

But we should not ignore Rush Limbaugh's oratory. He has taken over the
political leadership of the far right wing activist group in our country
-- a group who appear to believe the last eight years were the best in our
nation's history and a group who may count among them advocates for
violent anti-government actions. Limbaugh, in his (CPAC) speech, explained
why he believes it's acceptable to hope for the President of the United
States to fail. He essentially has called for the overthrow of the current
government, saying "it is time to take back our nation." Politicians are
subject to being voted in or out of office. Those who find Limbaugh's
political calls as the leader of the "take back the nation" campaign to be
inappropriate for a radio host have a more immediate option: to withdraw
support.

This is a dangerous time for the American radio industry. Advertising
revenues are drying up. While leading Republican industrialists are among
those who support Limbaugh's calls for action by the wealthy few against
the government, many of these same leaders are dependent upon the Obama
Recovery Plan to bail them out of the mess they have put themselves and
the nation in. Media companies are dependent upon a national economic
recovery. Media owners must think long and hard about their role in
society and the messages they want to communicate about their support for
Limbaugh and what many consider to be his politics of hate.

---------------------------------

The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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1b. Re: Rush Limbaugh's Radio Stations and Advertisers Consider Withdra
Posted by: "00001m@centurytel.net" 00001m@centurytel.net mrice54656
Date: Thu Mar 5, 2009 6:51 am ((PST))

I hope the effort to take down Rush Limbaugh succeeds. He's a windbag and a
demagogue, but more than that, he's trivial. Essentially, he's just
an entertainer
who gins up policy ideas not for their efficacy in real government
and politics, but
to get a rise out of his 11 million listeners a week. For too long
trivial pursuit
maestros like Limbaugh have been leading people too inarticulate to speak and
understand for themselves, around by the nose. Rush's ravings are an instance
of the blind (he's deaf too!) leading the blinder. The big fat cigar
jutting from the
corner of the Limbaugh Mouth over a corpulent body is not exactly a positive
image for a nation concerned about Obesity and the Fat Cats of Wall Street and
the Big Three.

Mike Rice

At 10:59 PM 3/4/2009, George Lessard wrote:

>Radio Stations and Advertisers Consider Withdrawing Support
>for Rush Limbaugh
>Jack Myers Jack Myers Tue Mar 3, 10:15 pm ET
>Huffington Post
><<http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20090304/cm_huffpost/171598>http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20090304/cm_huffpost/171598>
>
>Rush Limbaugh's rhetoric has crossed the line between free speech and a
>political campaign. It's appropriate and necessary for media to give voice
>to political opposition, but it is inappropriate when on-air media talent
>becomes the voice for a political opposition party. Limbaugh's lengthy
>Castro-like speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
>was his coming out party for a run for president of the United States and
>as he emerges as the new leader and voice of the Republican Party, radio
>stations and advertisers have an obligation to reconsider their support.
>
>It is essential to question whether Limbaugh should continue to have
>access to the public airwaves and whether advertisers should continue to
>support him. The support of advertisers could be easily perceived as a
>statement of political support for Limbaugh's policies. Advertisers and
>radio stations that support Limbaugh could -- and perhaps should -- be
>interpreted as providing explicit support for the far right wing of
>conservative politics. Giving a political party control over the press is
>a dangerous precedent, and a Sustainable Free Press requires that the
>people believe that media takes responsibility for the content it
>delivers. An editorial voice is far different than a politician's control
>over the press, which throughout history has been the first step toward
>dictatorship.
>
><snip>
>
>But we should not ignore Rush Limbaugh's oratory. He has taken over the
>political leadership of the far right wing activist group in our country
>-- a group who appear to believe the last eight years were the best in our
>nation's history and a group who may count among them advocates for
>violent anti-government actions. Limbaugh, in his (CPAC) speech, explained
>why he believes it's acceptable to hope for the President of the United
>States to fail. He essentially has called for the overthrow of the current
>government, saying "it is time to take back our nation." Politicians are
>subject to being voted in or out of office. Those who find Limbaugh's
>political calls as the leader of the "take back the nation" campaign to be
>inappropriate for a radio host have a more immediate option: to withdraw
>support.
>
>This is a dangerous time for the American radio industry. Advertising
>revenues are drying up. While leading Republican industrialists are among
>those who support Limbaugh's calls for action by the wealthy few against
>the government, many of these same leaders are dependent upon the Obama
>Recovery Plan to bail them out of the mess they have put themselves and
>the nation in. Media companies are dependent upon a national economic
>recovery. Media owners must think long and hard about their role in
>society and the messages they want to communicate about their support for
>Limbaugh and what many consider to be his politics of hate.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>The complete article may be read at the URL above.
>
>

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2. New AMARC Africa - Coordonnateur Coordinator -coordinador AMARC Afri
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Thu Mar 5, 2009 1:03 am ((PST))

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [Asiapacific-general] AMARC Africa - Coordonnateur Coordinator
-coordinador AMARC Afrique
From: "info@africa.amarc.org" <info@africa.amarc.org>
Date: Wed, March 4, 2009 19:20
To: "info@africa.amarc.org" <info@africa.amarc.org>
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English Follows...
Portugais sigue....
El español sigue...

Annonce : Le réseau mondial de radios communautaires accueille le
nouveau Coordonnateur de l'AMARC Afrique

Le 4 mars 2009. L'association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs
communautaires en Afrique (AMARC Afrique) annonce le recrutement de
monsieur Alymana Bathily pour le poste de Coordonnateur de l'AMARC Afrique.

Mr Bathily est un spécialiste des médias et de la communication pour le
développement avec plus de 17 années d'expérience dans la recherche, la
production, la définition des politiques et le plaidoyer, les relations
publiques et la diffusion. Il a fait des recherches approfondies sur les
médias dans l'Afrique de l'Ouest et a une expérience reconnue dans le
développement et la mise en œuvre des programmes.

En tant que coordonnateur de l'AMARC Afrique, monsieur Bathily
contribuera à la réorganisation du réseau de l'AMARC Afrique et à la
réussite de la 4ème conférence panafricaine en Côte d'Ivoire du 27 au 30
avril 2009. Il assurera le soutien au conseil d'administration de
l'AMARC Afrique et les communications avec les membres, il coordonnera
le développement des projets et l'organisation des activités du plan
stratégique défini par les membres lors de la 4ème conférence
panafricaine. Il peut être contacté à info@afrique.amarc.org

Announcement: World Community Radio Network Welcomes the New Coordinator
of AMARC Africa

March 4th 2009. The World Association of Community Radio broadcasters in
Africa (AMARC Africa) announces the recruitment of Mr Alymana Bathily as
the new AMARC Africa Coordinator.

Mr Bathily is a senior media and communication specialist with over 17
years of experience in research, production, policy and advocacy
advisory and in public relations and outreach capacities. He has done
extensive research on the media in West Africa and has proven experience
in developing and implementing advocacy programs for progressive
communication regulations and legislation.

As the new coordinator of AMARC Africa, Mr. Bathily will support the
reorganisation of the AMARC Africa network and the success of the 4th
Pan African Conference to be held in Ivory Coast 27-30 April 2009. He
will ensure the support to the board of directors and the communication
with the members; he will coordinate project development and the
organisation of the strategic plan activities defined by the members at
the 4th Pan African Conference. He can be reached at: info@africa.amarc.org

Anuncio : La red mundial de radios comunitarias acoge el nuevo
coordinador de AMARC Africa

4 de Marzo de 2009. La Asociación Mundial de Radios comunitarias en
Africa (AMARC Africa) anuncia el reclutamiento de Bathily Alymana en el
puesto de Coordinador de AMARC Africa.

El señor Bathily es un especialista de medios y de la comunicación para
el desarrollo con más de 17 años de experiencia en la investigación, la
producción la definición de políticas y la abogacía, las relaciones
públicas y la diffusión. El ha hecho investigaciones detalladas sobre
los medios de comunicación en Africa del Oeste y tiene une experiencia
reconocida en desarrollo y la implementación de programas.

Como Coordinador de AMARC Africa, el señor Bathily contribuirá a la
reorganización de la red de AMARC Africa y al éxito de la 4a Conferencia
Pan Africana en Costa de Marfil del 27 al 30 de Abril de 2009. El
aseguraráa el apoyo al Consejo de Administración de AMARC Africa y las
comunicaciones con los miembros, el coordinará el desarrollo de
proyectos y la organización de las actividades del plan estratégico
definido por los miembros en la 4a conferencia Panafricana.. Puede
contactarle en info@afrique.amarc.org

Anuncio : A rede mundial das rádios comunitárias acolhe o novo
coordenador da AMARC África.

4 de Março de 2009. A Associação Mundial de Radios Comunitárias em
África (AMARC África) anuncia o recrutamento do Sr Alymana Bathily para
coordenador da AMARC África.

Sr Bathily é um especialista dos médias e da comunicação para o
desenvolvimento, com mais de 17 anos de experiencia em investigação,
produção, definição de políticas e argumentação, relações públicas e
difusão. Investigou sobre os médias em África do Oeste e tem uma
experiencia reconhecida em desenvolvimento e realização de projectos.

Como coordenador da AMARC África, o Sr Bathily contribuirá à
reorganização da rede da AMARC África e ao sucesso da quarta conferência
pan africana na Costa do Marfim de 27 a 30 de Abril de 2009. Assegurará
apoio ao conselho de administração da AMARC Africa e nas comunicações
com os membros, coordenará o desenvolvimento de projectos e a
organização das actividades do plano estratégico definido pelos membros
durante a quarta conferência pan africana. Pode contacta-lo em:
info@afrique.amarc.org

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Asiapacific-general@lists.amarc.org
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3. 'Curious Minds' produce lively, award-winning youth radio i
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Thu Mar 5, 2009 7:02 am ((PST))

'Curious Minds' produce lively, award-winning youth radio in Ghana

NEW YORK, USA, 4 March 2009 – A group of 20 youths packed together in a
small radio studio, crowded over a few microphones, are speaking with
great intensity. They laugh often and sometimes talk over each other.

VIDEO: Watch now
http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/ramfiles/8135_Curious_Minds_Studio_Clip_HIGH.ram

The young people are live on air, discussing educational reform and AIDS
education – just two of the many social topics that are covered on
'Curious Minds', a talk radio programme of the Ghana Broadcasting
Corporation.

'Curious Minds' has over 60 youth members who participate in all levels of
production on the show.

full article
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ghana_48419.html

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4. World Summit on Media for Children and Youth Karlstad Sweden 2010
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Thu Mar 5, 2009 7:09 am ((PST))

World Summit Karlstad Sweden 2010 has changed the congress dates to June
14-18, 2010.

http://www.wskarlstad2010.se/index.php

World Summit on Media for Children and Youth Karlstad Sweden 2010 will be
a summit for 2000 delegates, 100 students from 100 countries preparing
with children and youth for a new mediaworld in the 21st century. It will
offer you great opportunities to network, to be part of debates, to be
interactive and to be part of workshops to share your perspective,
experience and expertise.

Central theme and strands
The central theme for World Summit Karlstad 2010 is Challenges in young
people's world of communication. This great area is divided into five
strands with the following perspectives:

Communication for change
- How, from your perspective, can communication in different media support
needed social change?

Children and young people's education and development
- How can media literacy and educational media make a difference?

Children and young people's digital content creation
- How can today's and tomorrow's media world gain quality from young
people's digital own media content creation?
- How can young children and youth of the world help improve global
understanding when creating media content?
- From the core perspectives of equity, equality, inclusion and
intercultural dialogue, what happens when young people are able to
digitally create media content?

Economics, policies and law
- From a child and youth perspective, what measures and steps must be
taken to meet the challenges of today's media world?

Ethics and social responsibilities
- In a non-regulated global media world how, in your perspective, can
quality in media for children and young people improve?

ABOUT WORLD SUMMIT
World Summits are held every three years and provide a forum for
producers, broadcasters and regulators of media for children and other
professionals and community leaders committed to the improvement of
quality media for children.

The Summit has travelled around world cities since 1995 when it started in
Melbourne, Australia. Since then it has been in London, Thessaloniki, Rio
de Janeiro, and Johannesburg. Now it's time for Scandinavia and Karlstad
to host the World Summit.

The objectives of World Summit on Media for Children and youth are:

# To achieve a greater understanding of developments in children's media
around the world.

# To raise the status of children's media.

# To draw to the attention of key players in broadcasting the importance
of issues relating to children.

# To promote a charter of guiding principles in children's media.

# To ensure the provision of programs for children will be guaranteed as
the communication revolution proceeds.

# To assist in the developing world to provide opportunities for quality
children's meda in the future.

For more information about the World Summit Foundation and the Board,
please follow the link below.

http://www.wsmcf.com

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Wednesday, 4 March 2009

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2585

There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. 'The pirates' view of pirate radio', BBC News, 3 Mar 2009
From: Salvatore Scifo

2. UK: The pirates' view of pirate radio
From: George Lessard

3. Soul Beat Extra: Community Radio - March 4 2009
From: George Lessard

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1. 'The pirates' view of pirate radio', BBC News, 3 Mar 2009
Posted by: "Salvatore Scifo" salvatore.scifo@communitymedia.eu salvatorescifo
Date: Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:22 pm ((PST))

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7920067.stm

(Please note that this article includes two videoclips and that there is
a slightly reworked article at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7919748.stm ('Pirate radio 'puts
lives at risk') that includes another videoclip, a full feature by BBC's
reporter Ben Ando, 3'12" long)

The pirates' view of pirate radio
By Daniel Emery
Technology reporter, BBC News website

Drive through any big city, turn on your car radio, and the odds are
that you will stumble across a pirate radio station.
For some they are the sound of the street and a way of getting new music
out to the masses. For others, they are a nuisance that can drown out
legitimate radio stations.
It is 10 o'clock on a Monday morning. In a property in south London,
Paul Edwards, a DJ for Supreme Dance FM, is filling the airways with
house, funk and electronic music, with its listeners texting or
e-mailing the show. The DJ name checks each of them with a 'shout'.

For the audience, it is a way of hearing new music before it is even in
the shops, let alone before it gets played on commercial radio stations.
For the authorities, the pirate station is breaching the 2003
Communications Act.
It is thought there are now more than 150 pirate radio stations
operating across the UK, half of which operate in London and the South
East of England.
Many stations serve a particular genre of music, or demographic, with
clear transmission localised to a few square miles.

Ray Gambeno, a record producer from south London, told the BBC that
pirate radio gave up and coming artists the opportunity for exposure and
airplay that would be hard, if not impossible, to get on commercial
radio stations.
"Pirate Radio stations are able to play what they want to play.
"With a legal radio station, they have a set play list, so you're not
going to get to hear what you want to hear."

Last week, officers from the Metropolitan Police and officials from
Ofcom pulled the plug on one alleged pirate radio station in North London.
Ofcom had received more than 100 complaints that a transmission had been
interfering with the commercial broadcaster LBC and the regulator was
out to "put them out of business".
The operation was supposed to get underway just after 2 o'clock, as soon
as the adverts on the station had finished, although it was 40 minutes
before the last advert was over and a new DJ started his set.
It did not last long.

Officers stormed a business centre in Tottenham and, after some initial
confusion, located a radio studio. Five people were arrested, music and
broadcast equipment was seized and a considerable amount of money was
found on the premises.
Technicians on the roof, examining a microwave link to a remote
transmitter, also found a cable linking to a second alleged pirate
station, that while not transmitting, contained radio equipment which
officials also seized.
An unexpected bonus for the officers on the raid.
One of the criticisms levelled at pirate radio stations is that they are
just in it for the money.

Not all bad
However, Ofcom's head of investigations, Paul Mercer, told the BBC that
while some stations were purely driven by profit that was not always the
case.
"As we tune into illegal broadcast radio stations, we become acutely
aware of some stations that carry lots of advertisements of night club
events. And those that never seem to have any advertisements
"We take from that there are some stations who seek to serve the
community, rather than generate some of the vast sums of money that can
be generated through pirate radio."
So what motivates people to set up and play on a pirate radio station?
Steve, who manages the pirate radio station Ice Cold FM, told the BBC
that most people did it for the love of music.
"I still have to hold down a full time job. If I was raking it in, I
wouldn't be getting up for work at seven every morning."

Certainly the people working at Supreme Dance FM appear to be doing it
for the love of music, rather than trying to make a fast buck. The
station is remarkably free of adverts and the owners say they do their
best to ensure the station keeps a clean signal which does not cause any
interference.

Legality
While those involved in pirate radio acknowledge that Ofcom's job is to
enforce the law, many are blasé about the legality of their broadcasts.
Speaking to the BBC, DJ Solution - a pirate radio DJ from west London -
said that the legality had never bothered him.

"I'm not harming anyone, I'm just playing my music. We're not swearing,
we're not promoting guns or selling drugs."
Ray Gambeno said that many in pirate radio would want to go legal, but
as long as it did not compromise the music that they wanted to play.
"They must feel bad about it, because they must wake up in the morning
thinking that not everything they do is completely legitimate."

Of course, there are ways to run a radio station and not fall foul of
the law. One way is to set up as a community radio station.
Steve from Ice Cold FM said that it was difficult to win a community
radio station licence.
"I wanted to go legal. We tried to get a community based licence and
even went off air for a while.
"But once we looked into it, they wanted us to show that we had £25,000
in sponsorship to prove that we could establish the business for a
length of time, which is far more than we would actually need.
"Even to apply costs money and Ofcom can still say no, so it's just not
worth the effort."

Internet radio
Another way is to set up as an internet radio station. You don't need a
licence, you can play whatever you like and then stream it all over
broadband.
Internet radio is legal and can reach a global audience
Many pirate stations already stream on the internet, but with the
majority of their listeners either driving a vehicle, or living in parts
of the community where a PC and broadband is an unaffordable luxury,
they are unlikely to put an end to their illegal broadcasts.
Paul Edwards explained why, for now, Supreme Dance would continue to
broadcast on FM radio.
"Radio is a major part of my life. People can listen to it in their
cars, it's great.
"You can always have a radio near you, but with the internet, sometimes
you can't get the access to listen to the music when you want and where
you want."

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2. UK: The pirates' view of pirate radio
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Wed Mar 4, 2009 6:20 am ((PST))

The pirates' view of pirate radio
BBC News - UK
One way is to set up as a community radio station. Steve from Ice Cold FM
said that it was difficult to win a community radio station licence. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7920067.stm>

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3. Soul Beat Extra: Community Radio - March 4 2009
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Wed Mar 4, 2009 7:03 am ((PST))

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Subject: Soul Beat Extra: Community Radio - March 4 2009
From: "The Soul Beat" <soulbeat@comminit.com>
Date: Wed, March 4, 2009 04:28
To: media@web.net
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Soul Beat Extra: Community Radio
March 4 2009

For people using community radio for social change...

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The Soul Beat (SB) Extra: Community Radio updates you on community radio
related programme experiences, awards, trainings, evaluations, research
results, and resource materials recently placed on the Soul Beat Africa
website.

SB Extra: Community Radio complements The Soul Beat newsletter through a
specific focus on Community Radio.

SB Extra: Community Radio subscribers: 6701
Communication Initiative Portal User Sessions, past 12 months: 2,646,748

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For further information on Community Radio in Africa visit Soul Beat
Africa's Community Radio themesite -
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/community-radio

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If you know someone who would be interested in receiving this free
e-publication, please forward this edition to them. They can "subscribe"
by subscribing to The Soul Beat (through the registration process) and
indicating an interest in community radio. See
http://www.comminit.com/en/user/register/38

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1. Labour Community Radio Project: An Audience Research Evaluation of
Local Community Radio Stations and the Weekly Labour Show
by Yuri Ramkissoon and Mukondi Nethavhakone
This evaluation report shares finding of research conducted by the
Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE) on behalf of Workers World
Media Productions (WWMP), to assess the Labour Community Radio Project
(LCRP). The LCRP consisted of the production of a weekly one-hour labour
show broadcast live on 38 community radio stations serving the
economically poor and working class in South Africa. The aim of this study
was to assess the extent to which community radio stations and the weekly
labour shows are listened to, and whether they are relevant and meaningful
to the listeners...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280482/376

2. Media + Elections: An Elections Reporting Handbook
by Ross Howard
This handbook offers journalists basic preparation for meeting the
challenges of covering elections. It is designed for countries where
democracy is fragile or a new idea. According to the handbook, every
country has different election rules and campaign issues, but there are
some worldwide standards for an election to be considered free and fair...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189110/376

3. Sorting Fact from Fiction: Improving Media Reporting on TB
This document is the seventh in a series of briefing documents for the
media from Panos London's RELAY programme, which works with Southern print
and broadcast journalists to communicate the findings of academic research
in an accessible way. The briefing is premised on the claim that
journalists can lead the way in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) by
raising awareness, dispelling fear, challenging policymakers, and
providing clear, factual research information...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/279839/376

4. Ikike Umunwanyi Na Omumu (The Reproductive Rights of Women) - Nigeria
This weekly radio programme initiated by the Women Information Network
(WINET), a media-focused non-governmental organisation that operates in
Enugu State, Nigeria. broadcast information on women's reproductive rights
in the local language, Igbo, from March to December 2007. During each
show, resource people from the health sector gave information on various
topics and at the end of each programme, the presenter provided a phone
number and a postal address to obtain feedback from listeners...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/276210/376

5. Mama Ushauri (Mama Advice)- Tanzania
The Tanzania Marketing and Communication (T-MARC) Project, in
collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare's
Reproductive and Child Health Section, has produced a radio serial drama
on reproductive health called Mama Ushauri (or "Mama Advice" in
Kiswahili). The drama, which launched in March 2007 and is currently in
it's fourth season, focuses on the life and times of Mama Ushauri and the
other members of her fictional peri-urban community of Goromonzi...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/281470/376

6. Education Makes News: An Education for All (EFA) News Media Training
Resource Kit
From the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), this media training resource kit is for journalists and media
practitioners, to help them understand the international Education For All
(EFA) initiative. It is designed to give a wide range of information to
assist in writing items on educational issues for newspapers, magazines,
or radio/television programmes...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/276576/376

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VOTE IN THE NEW COMMUNITY RADIO POLL:

Communities in Africa interact with their local community radio stations...

*Sufficiently: communities influence programming content in a meaningful way.

*Infrequently: communities don't generally engage with their local
community radio stations.

*Not at all: community radio stations struggle to feature the voices of
their specific communities.

*With difficulty: communities try to engage with their community radio
stations, but the stations won't hear them or feature their voices,
struggles, and opinions.

To vote and send comments go to
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/community-radio and see the Top Right
side of the page.

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RESULTS from our last Community Radio Poll:

Which of the options below best describe the role played by community
radio stations in elections in Africa? [you may choose more than one]

*uninformed: 12%
*supportive of democratic processes: 19%
*potential is underutilised: 21%
*potential is ignored completely: 14%
*biased: 5%
*abused by political parties: 29%

A selection of comments received:

"Goverments should invest more in community radios."
"There is no democracy at all, so there are lot of abuses from the regime
in charge."
"Most times radio stations are used by the bourgeoisis to project a wrong
and unrealistic manifestoes to the public during electioneering."
"community radios play very little in many countries in Africa"

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7. Bolongodala - Gambia
Initiated by the Centre for Innovation Against Malaria (CIAM) Public
Health Research & Development Centre in The Gambia, the 26-episode
Bolongodala radio drama series was broadcast in Mandinka, the most widely
spoken national language in Gambia. The drama, complemented by radio
phone-in programmes and listeners' groups, was designed to disseminate key
messages on malaria control and prevention, such as promoting preventive
health practices, in particular the use of insecticide treated nets to
prevent malaria...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283629/376

8. Qualitative Research into Malaria Prevention in the Gambia: Focus Group
Discussions among Mothers of Under 5 Children and In-Depth Interviews with
Grandmothers
In 2006, CIAM undertook a nationwide qualitative assessment of
Bolongodala, which intended to add value and understanding to a previous
quantitative study conducted in 2004. This report looks at the evidence
from focus group discussions with the mothers and grandmothers, as primary
caregivers for children, analysing responses and making some general
observations. The report suggests that radio in general, and the drama
Bolongodala, are able to convey information and knowledge that encourage
behaviour change...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283635/376

9. Open Cage Radio Drama - Uganda
Launched in March 2008, Open Cage is a radio drama, developed by the
International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) and local women's groups in
Northern Uganda, that focuses on sexual and gender-based violence. The
drama is part of the IWTC's efforts to raise awareness of various aspects
of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which
specifically addresses the impact of war on women and women's
contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/284322/376

10. Tjoon'in - 16 Days of Peace Taxi Campaign - South Africa
Tjoon'in is an audio CD produced by Gender Links and the Ekurhuleni
Metropolitan Municipality designed to raise awareness of issues related to
the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Designed primarily for
public taxi (minibus) drivers and commuters, the CD was also distributed
to radio stations. The CD is a mix of music, spots, reports, personal
testimonies, and interviews focusing on five key issues: domestic
violence, taxi violence, xenophobia, human trafficking, and men as
partners...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/284454/376

11. OneLove Campaign - South Africa
Launched in January 2009, the overall goal of the South African Onelove
campaign is to reduce new HIV infections in South Africa by 10% by 2011.
The focus of the OneLove campaign, led by Soul City Institute for Health
and Development Communication, is on multiple concurrent partnerships
(MCP) which is one of the key drivers of the HIV pandemic in Southern
Africa. The mass media component of the South African OneLove campaign
comprises of a prime time Soul City television drama series, a Soul City
radio drama series in 9 languages, community radio station talk shows, and
outreach events. Television and radio advertisements will also be
broadcast and two booklets with over a million copies in four languages
will be distributed...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/286237/376

12. Sakaza Mngani: Kidz Community Radio Project
by Fiona Lloyd
This handbook is designed to give facilitators of children's radio
programmes insight into children's perceptions as they work together to
create their own programmes. According to the authors, the book is
reader-friendly, with pictures, text, and references combined to give a
new perspective on current trends in children's radio in South Africa...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/286856/376

13. World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) Africa 4th
Pan-African Conference (Apr 27 - 30 2009) Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
AMARC will hold its fourth Pan African radio developmental conference
under the theme "Increasing the Effectiveness of Community Radio in
Poverty Reduction, Good Governance, and Climate Change Adaptation and
Mitigation" in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The goal of the Pan African
conference will be to explore and identify effective ways to increase the
social impact of community radio in achieving development and good
governance objectives...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/286853/376

14. AfriComNet Awards for Excellence in HIV and AIDS Communication in
Africa 2009
Deadline: March 20 2009
The African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development
(AfriComNet) is calling for nominations for its Award for Excellence in
HIV/AIDS Communication in Africa. The awards are divided into 5 categories
and AfriComNet will give one award per category for outstanding
initiatives, campaigns, productions, and tools that advance the field of
strategic communication...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/266968/38

RECENTLY UPDATED SUMMARIES ON THE SOUL BEAT AFRICA WEBSITE:

Soul Beat Africa is not just seeking information on new projects, but we
also like to keep the existing project information on our website up to
date. If your project is featured on the Soul Beat Africa website, and if
you think it requires an update, please send information to
soulbeat@comminit.com We will then feature it in the next Soul Beat
Extra newsletter.

15. Media Kidocracy Konference (MKK) - South Africa
This young broadcasters' convention is designed to bring together groups
of children and young people between the ages of 13 to 18 to talk about
the Africa Charter on Children's Broadcasting. "Young people created the
Kidocracy name to denote a form of society characterised by social
equality and acceptance of young people with representation for and by
young people." The MKK is a project of Bush Radio, a community radio
Station based in Cape Town, South Africa...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/126590/376

16. Mang'elete Community Radio - Kenya
This is a project of the Mang'elete Community Integrated Development
Project (MCIDP), which brings together 33 rural women's groups from the
semi-arid Makueni District in Kenya. MCIDP originally started as radio
listening groups; participants were exchanging information on reproductive
health, agriculture, and other developmental issues when they realised
that the establishment of a radio station would enhance their knowledge.
Such an endeavour would enable them to both acquire and share more
information, as well as enhance their participation in the community...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/129915/376

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For more information, see:

Community Radio Theme Site
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/community-radio/

Edutainment Theme Site
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/edutainment.html

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