[cr-india] Community radio to hit airwaves soon

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COMMUNITY RADIO TO HIT AIRWAVES SOON

PTI[ FRIDAY, MAY 07, 2004 08:23:29 PM ]
 
NEW DELHI: The government is likely to come out soon with a new policy on community radio, enabling the communities to own and run radio stations. 

This was indicated at a workshop jointly organised by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, United Nations' Development Programme and UNESCO (on 5 & 6 May, 2004).

"What we have now is good but we need to proceed to a new model that allows communities themselves to own and run their radio stations," U S Bhatia, joint secretary, Broadcasting, was quoted as saying in a UNDP release. 

The existing policy, which allows only established institutions to have radio stations, would be revised holistically to ensure not merely setting up of community radio stations but sustaining it also, the release said. 

The two-day workshop on "Designing an enabling framework for community radio in India" was attended by a wide spectrum of experts from India and abroad.