[cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 68, Issue 3
Suman Basnet
suman_basnet at asiapacific.amarc.org
Wed Jul 8 11:17:54 IST 2009
Dear Dr. Shreedhar,
Please note that the directory is a work in progress and we do hope to
achieve a more comprehensive compilation as we progress from edition to
edition.
The AMARC Asia Pacific Community Radio Directory is an open platform -
community radio stations and organisations promoting community broadcasting
can decide to be enlisted by simply emailing back a duly filled entry form,
which we circulate in email-lists like this preceding publication of each
edition. You would have noticed that the call for entries along with an
entry form was circulated in this e-list as well. I am thankful for the
entries we received from India, which is almost double than what we received
for the first edition.
Entries in the directory are based on first hand information received from
responsible representatives of these organisations. All information given in
the directory must be directly received from the respective organisation, as
matter of policy. I would like to clarify that the organisations listed in
the directory under India or any other country is not at all 'completely
wrong,' as stated by you. I would like to have more entries from India. It's
an evolving work and is only as good as the participation it receives.
I thank you for allowing me the opportunity to provide these clarifications.
With warmest regards, Suman
From: cr-india-bounces at sarai.net [mailto:cr-india-bounces at sarai.net] On
Behalf Of sreedher ramamurthy
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:51 PM
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Subject: Re: [cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 68, Issue 3
Dear Suman
I feel that there is a hidden agenda at AMARC. An year back Steve spoke at
the Asia Media summit in KL about a non existent community radio in
Nagappatinam as the only Cr station in India. Even the Govt of India
representative present in KL countered this false claim.
You yourself attended the launch of CR course at IGNOu and is aware of the
situation in India. It could not happen due to oversight. India is a country
with worlds 25% of population living in.
The Indian Chapter of AMARC if at all it exists and the Asian Vice president
of AMARC are very well of aware of the developments in this country.
Such a glaring omission has happend when AMARC is hosting a major conference
in Bangalore in October 2009 and the data relating to the host country is
completely wrong.
Without giving some sort of explanations, please request your vice president
at Bangalore to get someone compile the factual data and bring out an
amended version of the directory immediately.
I am glad the first response came from Sajan and Mahesh Acharya. You will
have to understand the situation in each country and come out with a
publication which relates to reality and not false idealism
regards
sreedher
Today's Topics:
1. Re: AMARC Asia Pacific community Radio directory 2009
(Suman Basnet)
2. Re: AMARC Asia Pacific community Radio directory 2009
(mahesh acharya)
3. radioexpert (George Lessard)
4. Celebrating 200th broadcast of Ek Duniya Ek Awaaz on 8th
July 2009, from 3.30pm at Dilli Haat, New Delhi (Satish Nagaraji)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:21:46 +0545
From: "Suman Basnet" <suman at wlink.com.np
Subject: Re: [cr-india] AMARC Asia Pacific community Radio directory
2009
To: <cr-india at sarai.net
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Dear Sajan,
Thank you very much for the frank comments on the directory. Even as we
struggled to get the number of entries that we eventually managed to
receive, we do realise that the current number of entries do not reflect the
real picture of community broadcasting in the region. In addition to our
inability to inspire broadcasters to respond to call for entries, language
has been a barrier too. Many community broadcasters in Thailand, Indonesia,
the Philippines, and countries in the Pacific cannot communicate in English.
Many still do not use emails. I hope that these will be overcome as AMARC
grows in these countries. The current edition of the directory and the first
one as well, are at best seeds for a much comprehensive version to grow in
future.
Any support from you as well as members of this list will be
enthusiastically welcomed.
Thanks a lot once again and with warmest regards, Suman
From: sajan venniyoor [mailto:venniyoor at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:11 AM
To: CR India
Subject: Re: [cr-india] AMARC Asia Pacific community Radio directory 2009
Dear Suman,
Thank you for issuing the 2009 edition of the AMARC Asia Pacific CR
directory.
I am afraid I found it rather diasppointing, at least as far as the CR scene
in India is concerned. The Directory seems to give the impression that there
are just about five (non-operational) CR initiatives in India, along with
half a dozen consultants, academic institutions and NGOs with an interest in
CR. That is not the case.
At the last count, 50 licenses were issued to CR stations in India, of which
45 are now operational, including 40 campus-based CRS. CR stations like
Sangham Radio (Pastapur) and Radio Bundelkhand (Orchha) have been running
successfully for almost a year now, but they don't figure in the Directory.
Anna University's 'Anna FM' completed five years in February this year.
The number of production houses, academic institutions and NGOs with an
interest in community radio would run into the hundreds.
I am also disappointed to see that countries like Thailand, with its
hundreds -- if not thousands -- of community radio stations, don't figure in
the Directory at all.
The manner in which the Directory is compiled leads to these imbalances, I
know, but with the accelerating growth of CR in the Asia Pacific, we need to
find better ways of putting it together. Documenting CR initiatives in the
region could be one of the issues that we discuss at the AMARC Regional
Conference in October.
warm regards,
Sajan
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Suman Basnet <suman at wlink.com.np wrote:
Dear friends and colleagues,
I am very happy to inform you that the second edition of the AMARC Asia
Pacific CR directory 2009 is available online at
http://asiapacific.amarc.org/index.php?p=2_Conference_Asia_Pacific_2009 and
please follow the link in that page. Or you can also directly visit
http://amarcwiki.amarc.org/upload/documents/AMARC_CR_Directory_2009_Final.pd
<http://amarcwiki.amarc.org/upload/documents/AMARC_CR_Directory_2009_Final.p
df>
f.
Please circulate this information in your networks.
With warmest regards, Suman
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Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:40:51 +0530
From: mahesh acharya <mahesh at radio4agri.com
Subject: Re: [cr-india] AMARC Asia Pacific community Radio directory
2009
To: CR India <cr-india at sarai.net
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Hi Suman, Sajan and all others,
I read with interest the directory and though I appreciate the teams effort
to compile it, but I feel it gives a very micro picture of community radio
in India. India is very unique when it comes to CR policy. One of its kind
I must say. After allowing academic institutes to run CR it took policy
makers four long years to consider for grant of license to CBO/NGO's!!
Collectively our job to simplify the CR situation for the benefit of new be
community radio station operators and present a balanced picture which I
think is the purpose of the directory.
As I see it CR in India is...
1. University run
2. Colleges run
3. School run (may come in future)
4. NGO run, with two sub categories. First one owned by a NGO while the
other..who broadcast over All India Radio. Of course such NGO's will not
come under community radio at all and hence should be labeled differently.
5. Run by/ started by community based organizations which got support from
NGO and not other way round. I know of five such groups that I trained in
Uttrakhand who have lost their identity as some NGO helped them out for
license etc. These groups from Uttranchal were formed during two week
Community Radio workshop that I conducted. Post training some of the groups
got help from NGO's since they did not have resources to carry it forward.
These are the kind of organizations I and others would like to be included
in the directory.
Thus....it would be great if CR in India are categorized as mentioned above
next time the directory comes up and the team thinks it appropriate.
Some other observations are that in order to qualify for being included in
the directory, ' NGO with interest in community radio' is not enough. By the
time your next directory comes up, believe it or not such ngo's will double
in number. So there got to be a bench mark for inclusion. Maybe this could
be chalked out in the forthcoming consultation in Bangalore. Plus I also
noticed that in the format, information mentioned is not accurate in some
cases. I presume it to be oversight. For example. In year of establishment
for an NGO it states - yet to be established. But under types of programs
broadcast it says two hours per week.
Best Regards,
Mahesh Acharya
Bangalore
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:55 AM, sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com wrote:
Dear Suman,
Thank you for issuing the 2009 edition of the AMARC Asia Pacific CR
directory.
I am afraid I found it rather diasppointing, at least as far as the CR
scene in India is concerned. The Directory seems to give the impression
that
there are just about five (non-operational) CR initiatives in India, along
with half a dozen consultants, academic institutions and NGOs with an
interest in CR. That is not the case.
At the last count, 50 licenses were issued to CR stations in India, of
which 45 are now operational, including 40 campus-based CRS. CR stations
like Sangham Radio (Pastapur) and Radio Bundelkhand (Orchha) have been
running successfully for almost a year now, but they don't figure in the
Directory. Anna University's 'Anna FM' completed five years in February
this
year.
The number of production houses, academic institutions and NGOs with an
interest in community radio would run into the hundreds.
I am also disappointed to see that countries like Thailand, with its
hundreds -- if not thousands -- of community radio stations, don't figure
in
the Directory at all.
The manner in which the Directory is compiled leads to these imbalances, I
know, but with the accelerating growth of CR in the Asia Pacific, we need
to
find better ways of putting it together. Documenting CR initiatives in the
region could be one of the issues that we discuss at the AMARC Regional
Conference in October.
warm regards,
Sajan
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Suman Basnet <suman at wlink.com.np wrote:
Dear friends and colleagues,
I am very happy to inform you that the second edition of the AMARC Asia
Pacific CR directory 2009 is available online at
http://asiapacific.amarc.org/index.php?p=2_Conference_Asia_Pacific_2009and
please follow the link in that page. Or you can also directly visit
http://amarcwiki.amarc.org/upload/documents/AMARC_CR_Directory_2009_Final.pd
f.
Please circulate this information in your networks.
With warmest regards, Suman
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Subject: [cr-india] radioexpert
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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:06:47 +0530
From: Satish Nagaraji <satish.n at oneworld.net
Subject: [cr-india] Celebrating 200th broadcast of Ek Duniya Ek Awaaz
on 8th July 2009, from 3.30pm at Dilli Haat, New Delhi
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