[cr-india] Community Radios connected by satellite network in Nepal

[Vickram Crishna]

I believe such interconnection (by any means whatsoever) is specifically 
disallowed for community radio in India, no doubt to ensure, as you mention, 
[the options for receiving and sharing of information are few and limited]. But 
then, we aim to be a superpower. 


 Vickram
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com


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>From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
>To: CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>
>Sent: Fri, 20 August, 2010 8:48:35
>Subject: [cr-india] Community Radios connected by satellite network in Nepal
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>COMMUNITY RADIOS CONNECTED BY SATELLITE NETWORK IN NEPAL
>http://www.amicaltmedia.net/research.php?pid=31
>Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB) has launched 
>Community Information Network (CIN) connecting 105 community radios of Nepal 
>into a single satellite network on 29 th of May 2009, providing a platform for 
>information sharing. The Network will allow the stations to receive news and 
>information from the studios of ACORAB as well as to share information among the 
>stations.
>Most of Nepal’s community radios are located in remote areas of the country and 
>hence the options for receiving and sharing of information are few and limited. 
>Internet connectivity is not widespread. Most stations are dependent on dial-up 
>based low speed connectivity. Sharing of content among the stations has been 
>mostly based on exchanging of audio CDs. However, given the regular road 
>blockades pertaining to natural as well as human-made reasons, delivery of CDs 
>has been inefficient.
>The satellite network is expected to help the stations overcome these 
>challenges. Through CIN, community radios will be able to share their radio 
>programs and voice clips with other stations in the network. ACORAB has set up a 
>recording studio along with a small but a professional news production team in 
>Kathmandu. It will dispatch news twice, everyday. Participating stations will 
>also receive the news in text to allow them to repackage and localize.
>In the next phase, member community radios and ACORAB will work together to 
>produce programs in Kathmandu on the basis of information and content received 
>from the stations. This way, CIN will help to centralize local issues and 
>localize central issues.
>The CIN will function in close collaboration with community radios. It will 
>focus on encouraging critical dialogues from local perspective on various 
>current issues such as national identity, democracy, human rights, 
>good-governance, social-cohesion, socialinclusion and social-justice, 
>peace-building, constitution making process, development and other 
>socio-political issues.
>In order to ensure a high level of participation of the community radio stations 
>and as part of the CIN plans, ACORAB will work to enhance the capacity of radios 
>by organizing internship opportunities for the staffs of the stations. During 
>internship, local producers and reporters will get change to hone up their 
>skills and knowledge for news and program production.
>ACORAB will soon begin to broadcast live, the proceedings of the Constituent 
>Assembly where assembly members are working to write the new constitution of 
>Nepal. The broadcast is expected to increase the level of accountability of the 
>legislators towards their constituencies and local communities. The broadcast 
>will also feed into content creation to enhance dialogue between the policy 
>makers and members of their constituency, with the aim of providing input to the 
>constitution making process.
>Source: AMARC-AP Newsletter June 2009 


      
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