[cr-india] review of campus radio stations

Stalin K stalink123 at gmail.com
Sat May 3 08:20:32 IST 2008 

Thank you Rukmini for the prompt response and clarification. I am happy that
these were all 'goofs'. Looking forward to the completed study.

Regards,
Stalin


On 5/2/08 12:53 PM, "Rukmini Vemraju" <rvemraju at col.org> wrote:

> Thank you Stalin for your interest in the CEMCA data and thanx for pointing
> out the 'goofs"-for thats just what they are. The data is under  construction,
> and the data entry people actually are in the  process of checking out the
> details- It  was put on the site only to check  out how it will pan out,
> style, lay out , number of sheets, etc.  We had also asked CRs to look at at
> and fill in missing gaps.  Sajan happened to log on and check the  site and
> provide a link that you logged on to,  before it was actually ready for public
> consumption. 
>  
> But to set the record straight anyway, let me please  clarify a few things. In
> some cases, the people who attended the meeting and filled the data made some
> errors and some were made at the data entry stage by people, not necessarily
> familiar with the hierarchy of  LOI, SACFA etc and  unable to check the logic
> (such that exists!).
>  
> Coming to specifics:
> Radio Active 108.7 ( its actually 107.8 ) at Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College in
> Karnataka does even better also pulled a rabbit from its hat. They got their
> LOI (22.09.06) a month before they even put in their application (18.10.06).
> 
> Application: 18.10.2004; LOI 22.09.2006; SACFA  12.03.2007 Commissioning
> 20.07.2007
>  
>  
> Radio Active and PSG College of Technology 107.8 MHz in Coimbatore, CRS -
> Dharwad 90.4 MHz and Vishnu CRS 90.4 MHz at Shri Vishnu Engineering College
> for Women in AP are all interesting cases. They all applied under the old
> policy and but all of them got its SACFA clearance during the period of the
> new policy (2007).
>  
> As per the  information we have, they all applied under the old policy and
> their clearances pending for one to two years. As such, these were not
> considered technically under the new policy .
>  
>  
> DU and GB Pant managed to get their LOI and SACFA on the same day - 13.08.2007
> and commissioned the station within two following two months.
>  
> DU: LOI 10.06.2007; SACFA 04.07.2007, WOL: 13.08.2007. COMMISSIONING:
> 02.10.2007 
>  
> G.B.PANT : Application: 11.07.2007; LOI 04.01.2008, SACFA: Applied, not yet
> cleared. In fact we helped file the application.
>  
> Anna Radio 90.4 MHz at Anna University, Chenna takes cake, or should say
> manages the mother of all miracles - it managed to commission the station in
> Feb 04 a couple of months before it even got SACFA clearance in April 2004!
> 
> As I understand it, those days, procedures were even more lengthy  and
> somewhat  different. A station could sign an agreement with GOI after getting
> an allotment, pending SACFA clearance. They got something called a temporary
> licence, pending SACFA clearance.
>  
> Anna Frequency allotted  14.01.2004: Test  Transmission 01.02.2004
>  
>  
> On a personal note,  Anna had Dr.Sreedher, who can indeed pull miracles. The
> good part I think is, he tries to help pull these for others too. A question
> of perspective , I guess.
>  
> Rest assured,  all the goofs will be fixed and  we will get to see the
> picture as it is. Bear with us while we sort out the and correct the  data.
> Thanks again for your feedback.
>  
> Cheers!
>  
> Rukmini Vemraju
> Programme Officer
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> From: cr-india-bounces at sarai.net on behalf of Stalin K
> Sent: Thu 5/1/2008 8:47 PM
> To: sajan venniyoor; cr-india
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] review of campus radio stations
> 
> 
> The study on CR stations conducted by CEMCA that Sajan posted makes for very
> interesting reading. Here are my observations from going through the first two
> columns of the names and the dates (of application, of issuing LOI, of SACFA
> clearance and date on which the station was commissioned):
>  
> Radio Active 108.7 at Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College in Karnataka does even
> better also pulled a rabbit from its hat. They got their LOI (22.09.06) a
> month before they even put in their application (18.10.06).
>  
> Radio Active and PSG College of Technology 107.8 MHz in Coimbatore, CRS -
> Dharwad 90.4 MHz and Vishnu CRS 90.4 MHz at Shri Vishnu Engineering College
> for Women in AP are all interesting cases. They all applied under the old
> policy and but all of them got its SACFA clearance during the period of the
> new policy (2007). I wonder if they had to go through the screening committee
> scrutiny like everyone else under the new policy? If not what rationales were
> used? Also, are these entities registered as non-profits? Does CEMCA or anyone
> else have these information?
>  
> Of the 23 stations mentioned in the study twenty were set up under the old CR
> policy and only three have applied and set up stations under the new CR
> policy. These three are Sivanthi CRS 90.4 MHz at Tiruchendur in Tamilnadu, DU
> CRS 90.4 MHz at Delhi University and GB Pant Agricultural University in
> Uttrakhand. Now here is the scoop - DU and GB Pant managed to get their LOI
> and SACFA on the same day - 13.08.2007 and commissioned the station within two
> following two months. Clearly there are plenty of lessons to be learnt from
> these two organizations on how they managed this miracle.
>  
> Anna Radio 90.4 MHz at Anna University, Chenna takes cake, or should say
> manages the mother of all miracles - it managed to commission the station in
> Feb 04 a couple of months before it even got SACFA clearance in April 2004!
>  
> Compare the above to all the rigmarole that community based organization have
> to go through to get through even the screening committee.
> 
> Best regards,
> Stalin K
> Convener, Community Radio Forum-India
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/30/08 1:10 PM, "sajan venniyoor" <venniyoor at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 13 Feb 2008, in a meeting in New Delhi, CEMCA faciliated a
>> questionnaire-based review of 23 of the reportedly 34 operational campus
>> radio stations in India. To quote the March '08 CEMCA newsletter: 'With a
>> view to ensure that the stations deliver the community service they were set
>> up to, the Ministry of Information called for a monitoring and evaluation
>> meeting of the functional community radio stations in the country. The
>> meeting, facilitated by CEMCA, revisited the original goals of the CR and
>> implemented an important decision by MIB which is that the community radio
>> stations would refer to themselves as "CR" stations rather than FM,
>> essentially to underscore the difference in purpose and content from the
>> commercial FM stations."
>> 
>> The raw data from this campus station review is available on the CEMCA
>> website - http://cemca.org/scienceforwomen/institutionaldata.pdf. The data
>> includes basic details of 23 campus radio stations, programme formats,
>> financial management, organizational structure, audience feedback and
>> programme planning.
>> 
>> Sajan
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