[cr-india] New CR station inaugurated at Shiksha O Anusandhan University (SOAU), Odisha

[N.Ramakrishnan]

Odisha: Bhubaneswar gets its first Community Radio at SOA campus
Monday, October 15, 2012
 From www.orissadiary.com



Report by OD bureau, Bhubaneswar: renowned exponent of the flute, Pandit 
Hariprasad Chaurasia has inaugurated Voice of SOA Community, the 
Community Radio set up by the Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University (SOAU) today.

Inaugurating the Community Radio, Pandit Chaurasia suggested the 
students busy with their careers to make out some time for music. Pandit 
Chaurasia who had started his career as a musician at the All India 
Radio, Cuttack, recalled his association with Odisha and how his career 
commenced decades back in Odisha.

“With this launch the radio station the University had provided a voice 
to the community”, remarked SOA Vice Chancellor Rajendra Prasad Mohanty. 
The radio station is to broadcast music, discussions on education, 
health, environment and sports programmes for eight hours daily that 
will be repeated after 6 pm.

Veteran painter Jatin Das, actor Bijoy Mohanty along with Chairman of 
the National Cricket Academy Ranjib Biswal was present on the occasion. 
Artist Jatin Das commented on lack of patronisation of classical art and 
music in mass. “The new community radio station will serve the people of 
the city and its neighbourhood”, he underlined.

Though Odisha has four Community Radio Stations, all are NGO operated. 
Voice of SOA Community 90.4 FM will be the first CR to operate from a 
campus. With this, Voice of SOA Community 90.4 FM will join the elite 
group of the education institutes having CR in campus. There are only 11 
universities in India having their own in campus CR station.

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