[cr-india] The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook: A Guide to Sustainable Radio

[George Lessard]

[Having read this, I know it will be of assistance to any Community 
Radio station management]

The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook: A Guide to Sustainable Radio

This handbook, published by AMARC Africa, aims to be a guide on how 
to manage a community radio station in a sustainable manner. It 
offers information on the relationships that need to be built with 
stakeholders and gives ideas on how to make these relationship work 
better for the station.

http://www.comminit.com/africa/materials/ma2006/materials-3110.html
Contact amarc at amarc.org


The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook
A Guide to Sustainable Radio
by AMARC Africa

This handbook, targeted at station managers and anyone involved in 
community radio, aims to be a guide on how to manage a community 
radio station in a sustainable manner.

The handbook does not aim to be prescriptive, but aims to offer 
guidelines on issues that need to be considered when setting up and 
operating a community radio station and at what stage of the process 
they need to be considered. It offers information on the 
relationships that need to be built with stakeholders and gives ideas 
on how to make these relationship work better for the station.

The handbook covers guidelines on the following issues:
How to get the Government to support you
How to identify what you want to do for the community, then doing 
that in your radio station
What is a volunteer
How to work with volunteer
How to get the community involved and how to keep them involved
How to market the station
What is an audience survey?
How to make money for your station
How to keep your station independent
How to manage conflict
How to manage change
How to help a community radio station to grow
How to make a training plan for the station
How to solve common problems you may face.


Click here for this resource in PDF format.
http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://africa.amarc.org/files/AfricanCRHandbook.pdf

Publisher: AMARC Africa
Cost: Free download
Date of publication: 2000
Number of pages: 185
Language(s): English
Contact:
AMARC International
705 Bourget Street
Suite 100
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
H4C 2M6
Tel : +1-514-982-0351
Fax : +1-514 849-7129
amarc at amarc.org
AMARC website

Source: The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook
http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://africa.amarc.org/files/AfricanCRHandbook.pdf