[cr-india] 3rd Annual Meet of CRF-India

[Stalin K]

COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM-INDIA
> invites all community radio broadcasters and enthusiasts to its
> 3RD ANNUAL MEETING
> on 
> 14, FEB, 2009. 10 AM TO 6 PM
> at
> Radio Bundelkhand Community Radio Station
> TARAgram, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
> 
> More than two years after we managed to create space for people¹s
> organizations to apply for radio licenses, we only have two operational CR
> Stations in the this country. According to the 30 Nov 2008 figures, the
> ministry of Information & broadcasting has received 297 CR license
> applications, including 141 from NGOs and CBOs, 105 from educational
> institutions and 51 from agricultural universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
> 107 Letters of Intent have been issued, and 13 Grant of Permission Agreements
> (GOPA) have been signed. There are currently 38 operational radio stations in
> the country under the CR Policy of which two are CRs and the rest are Campus
> Radios.
>  
> This is not the situation we had all envisaged while fighting to democratize
> our airwaves. There are many reasons for this dismal numbers. We intend to
> discuss some of these key reasons so that we could foster a true CR movement
> in this country.
> 
> Agenda: Visit to Radio Bundelkhand; CRS experiences of Sangham Radio and Radio
> Bundelkhand; Programming for CRS; Copyrights and royalties; Ads, revenues and
> funding of CRS; Application procedures ­ screening committees, survey forms,
> expensive follow ups; CR in urban India ­ potential and disappointments;
> Nurturing and protecting true CR in India;
> 
> Venue: TARAgram, Orchha Tigela, Orchha, Dist. Timkamgarh 472246, Madhya
> Pradesh. Tel: 07680-252866
>  
> Confirmation: Please send in your confirmations to Priya Panicker at
> priya.panicker11 at gmail.com. Kindly let her know how many people from your
> organization would be attending and your travel schedules.
>  
> Contribution: All participants are requested to contribute Rs.200 (per
> participant) at the venue. This is to cover the cost of lunch and teas during
> the meet. Development Alternatives, our host, has kindly agreed to take care
> of the cost of venue and will also host the dinner on 14th.
>  
> Travel: Participants will need to take care of their own travel cost and
> arrangements. Orchha is a 20-minutes drive from Jhansi railway station. Please
> book in advance to get reservations.
>  
> Stay: At TARAgram, Orchha DA has a dormitory with 28 beds. Please contact Wg.
> Cdr. Pramod  Sahney of Development Alternatives at 09415031058.
> You can also stay in hotels in the city of Jhansi. DA recommends Sita (0510
> 2444690) and Srinath (0510 2445555)
>  
>  
> CRF sincerely appreciates all at Radio Bundelkhand and Development Alternative
> for hosting us. We hope that you would all take this opportunity to stay on
> for a day or two to learn more about Radio Bundelkhand (Please see note
> below).
>  
> Looking forward to meeting you all.
>  
> Stalin K.
> Convener, CRF-India
> 
> CRF-India is a registered society committed to fostering true community radio
> in India through trainings, advocacy, research and lobbying. CRF India
> represents the civil society organizations and individuals committed to the
> ethos of a community owned and managed media.
> 
> ------
> Radio Bundelkhand at TARAgram, Orchha
>  
> Radio Bundelkhand 90.4 is an initiative of Development Alternatives in
> partnership with the communities of Bundelkhand, to give voices to the
> deprived and marginalised communities of Bundelkhand region of Central India.
> The project was initiated by DA in early 2007 with a mission of disseminating
> relevant information to the rural audience. It covers a radius of 600 acres.
> 90.4 FM seeks to promote development interactive communication. It aims at
> broadcasting 
>  
> The target community of the project are women, youth and men from marginalised
> caste and class of Bundelkhand, the central Indian Belt of Bundelkhandi (local
> dialect) speaking communities.
>  
> The goal is to bring a progressive social change in the area of Bundelkhand.
> The objective is to provide a platform to the people of the region to gain
> wider access to information, understand their own needs, express their
> concerns, be heard and exchange ideas amongst themselves - all in their own
> language. 
>  
> The activities involve in the project are community mobilization, training of
> community reporters, construction of the station and installation of the
> equipments, formation of governing and management bodies, managing the
> operations of the station and making it sustainable. The major output of these
> activities is establishment of Radio Bundelkhand as ICT tool of villagers for
> voicing their own stories and concerns. The idea is to make it ³for the
> people, of the people and by the people² of Bundelkhand.
>  
> How does the Radio Bundelkhand station work?
> The purpose of this radio is to work along with our communities in the radius
> of the proposed radio station the communities and use this communication
> medium - to create awareness, give information, participate in local self
> governance and provide entertainment - all based on requests and feedback from
> the community. 
>  
>  It was agreed upon that they would like information related to employment and
> livelihood opportunities, development of women, women education, legal rights,
> farmers' issues, training, their culture and history, how to ensure the
> availability of basic infrastructure such as water, energy and roads,
> development issues, and any other information sought by the communities.
>  
> The programs of the station are based on the issues and content identified by
> the communities and broadcasting in the formats which they prefer that
> includes the use of traditional Bundelkhandi songs, folk music and nataks,
> discussions, reports, commodity prices, phone ins, experts speak, coverage of
> events in villages, jokes and satire, listeners' letters and feedback. A
> participatory activity is contacted time to time in villages to find out the
> need of the listeners/villagers, their likings, etc. The communities with DA
> representatives decided what they would like to listen through Radio
> Bundelkhand.
>  
> Radio Bundelkhand has a core team includes the station manager, producer of
> the programs and most importantly 5 community reporters. These reporters are
> members of the communities, living the villages where the radio has its reach.
> These 5 reporters collect information from ground, get feedback from the
> villages and make programes that the community wants to listen.
>  
> Management of the Radio Bundelkhand Station
> The management of the station is handled by the management committee members
> including village representatives (Sarpanch, representatives from women SHG
> group), representative of Development Alternatives, Radio Bundelkhand All
> India Radio; Medical Officer Public Health Center and school teacher.
>  
> The daily operation is managed by the Radio Bundelkhand team.
>  
> In addition, a Public Advisory Council  (PAC) which comprises member
> representatives from the villages covered and  local policy makers from the
> region functions in an advisory capacity to  ensure buy-in from district
> authorities in an advisory capacity to ensure buy-in from district authorities
>  

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