Thursday, 13 August 2009

[creative-radio] The Forgotten Soldiers: PANOS RADIO SOUTH ASIA's Latest Panoscope Issue, 14 August 2009

 

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The Forgotten Soldiers

In this edition, we will focus on the issue of equality in the British Army between its loyal Gurkhas and the English soldiers. For nearly 200 years, the Nepali men have been serving in the British Army to which they have remained so fiercely loyal and have sacrificed their lives side-by-side their British comrades in the battlefields from the First and Second World Wars, and most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. But now, the loyal British Gurkhas are forced to fight an old battle: a fight against injustice done to them by the British government. They are struggling to end the utterly discriminatory policy of the British in relation to benefits. Although they did the same soldiers' job, they got so little pay and pension as compared to their British counterparts.
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Re: [creative-radio] INDIA: Farm Radio for Kuttanad soon

 

I find this report slightly misleading... my comments inline below:

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

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From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxclub@yahoo.co.in>
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.

>>It is hard to see how this proposed station can be defined as 'community radio', given that it is going to be both government owned and controlled. Of the government, by the government... for the farmers? Altruistic, for sure. What is the benefit to (presumably) hundreds of thousands of people who live in the area but do not actually farm?

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.

>> 30 lakhs (approximately equivalent to USD 75,000) is a pretty high price to pay for a station in India with a reach of 25 km. That would take a tx of around 100W EIRP, the highest permitted for 'community radio' stations.

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.

>> While it is true that community radio stations are beginning to get licenses now, and gradually reaching take off point, with a handful having already begun broadcasting, it is rather ambitious to imagine that this single unit will get four such licenses in a hurry. In fact, license conditions actually permit only one transmitter per licensee. Incidentally, such surveys are a mandatory part of the license application process.

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.

>> This is the first I am hearing that the fishermen stations (afaik, just one station) have run into trouble. This needs some investigation. As far as sustainability goes, the license conditions are so restrictive (limits on both advertising time and rates, no sponsored programmes, etc) that virtually all CR stations will need hefty dollops of external (ie, non-broadcasting income) funding to sustain (or else be continually dependent on volunteer staffing). However, the actual operational data is too limited to be able to generalise yet. It is also hard to understand how a fishermen's self-operated station can be said to be similar to a government owned and run set-up. It is probably true that the fishermen's collectives themselves face serious financial sustainability issues, with rampant competition from remote corporate ownership seine fishing trawlers that have laid waste to coastal fishing grounds, not to mention the slow post-tsunami recovery.

>> It is also not at all clear from this report why a station that will broadcast only twice a day does not simply use time from the existing state-owned (All India Radio) network to broadcast agricultural-related information, instead of creating new broadcasting infrastructure. AIR has regularly been running such programs in varuous parts of India for at least 50 years now.

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

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[creative-radio] New book on 'Community Radio - Performance Assessment System (CR-PAS)

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Community Radio Performance Assessment System (CR-PAS)
by Raghu Mainali, Yadab Chapagain and Bikram Subba

Available online at http://www.nefej.org/pdf/crpa_book.pdf

After 12 years of the establishment of community radios in Nepal,
community radio movement now is in its crossroads. Some radios are
moving on the way of politicization, some others towards
commercialization, some are NGOisation and some are on the way to real
community radio.

Because of the ambiguity in the classification of community radios and
emerging new trends within the Nepali radio movement, it is facing the
problem as to which radios to be provided support, which one to be given
priority and whose request to ignore. And community radios themself do
not have a roadmap where to go.

With a view to address this concern, the Community RadioSupport Centre
(CRSC) has developed a tool – Community Radio Performance Assessment
System (CR-PAS) manual in Nepal. The manual describes the tool and the
system of assessment.

Community Radio Support Centre (CRSC) Publications

The CRSC has over the years come up with topical books and manuals with
the objective of further consolidating community radio and their
performance with the support of Free Voice, the Netherlands. While some
have been rendered into the English language given their global
relevance, others are available in Nepali and have been listed below in
PDF format all for free downloading.

The strategy is aimed at producing books and reference materials for
community radio journalists, managers and leadership in the form code of
conduct, production manual which cover fundamental dynamic of community
radio and include strategic plan, organizational development,
sustainability, technical aspect and benchmarking of community radio
stations.

Further information at http://www.nefej.org/index.php/en/crsc


Further information on the Community Radio Support Centre (CRSC) at
http://www.nefej.org/index.php/en/crsc


Contact Info

For more information on community radio, please contact:
Raghu Mainali
COORDINATOR COMMUNITY RADIO SUPPORT CENTRE (CRSC)
NEPAL FORUM OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS (NEFEJ)
POB 5143, THAPATHALI, KATHMANDU, NEPAL
TEL : 977-1-4261991/4260248
FAX : 977-1-4261191
E-MAIL: crsc@nefej.org.np or nefej@mos.com.np

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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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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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