[cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 122, Issue 4
Uday Godbole
udayg2 at gmail.com
Sat May 2 08:30:53 CDT 2015
प्रिय मित्रो
मुझे लगता है वो ऑर्डर ठीक तरह से पढा गया नही है क्यो कि उसमे लिखा ह जब
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आपका
उदय गोडबोले
येरळा वाणी सांगली.
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> 1. Re: Fwd: cr-india Digest, Vol 122, Issue 2 (Ram Bhat)
> 2. Re: Fwd: cr-india Digest, Vol 122, Issue 2 (geeta seshu)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 11:00:49 +0100
> From: Ram Bhat <ramnathbhat.13 at gmail.com>
> To: Vasuki Belavadi <vb at uohyd.ac.in>
> Cc: Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>, CR India
> <cr-india at sarai.net>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Fwd: cr-india Digest, Vol 122, Issue 2
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>
> whether the CR station wants to stream their programmes online should be
> their choice
> it should not be forced upon them because some babu in delhi wants to
> monitor them.
> it kills innovation and free reporting. Its commonly called "Chilling
> Effect".
> Govt has no business checking what CR stations are up to. It goes against
> Article 19
> and I'm quite sure the Supreme Court will teach the govt a good lesson.
>
> Coming to accountability, let us follow what the TV and Press do anyway.
> We have representative bodies - allow CRS to have a self-regulatory
> mechanism.
> Govt has no business interfering with the media.
>
> Ram
>
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Vasuki Belavadi <vb at uohyd.ac.in> wrote:
>
> > Points to consider:
> > Do all CRs have internet connections and the speeds to upload a day's
> > programme and on a daily basis? Can the volumes be handled by CRs?
> > CRs that have the speeds and resources are indeed streaming their
> > programmes as per schedule. Some are also uploading them as podcasts.
> > CRs do upload some interesting programmes on EDAA or Manch.
> > The govt.'s order reeks of suspicion. It could probably learn to trust.
> >
> > Warm regards
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, 2 May 2015, sreedher ramamurthy <r.sreedher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you Frederick Noronhoa, I support your suggestion . If I had
> >> suggested I would have been ridiculed and humiliated . There is a lot of
> >> advantage in live streaming or audion on demand or archiving
> >>
> >> On Saturday, 2 May 2015, <cr-india-request at mail.sarai.net> wrote:
> >>
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> >>> Today's Topics:
> >>>
> >>> 1. "I&B min not to implement order on community radio
> stations"
> >>> - PTI (Sajan Venniyoor)
> >>> 2. Re: "I&B min not to implement order on community radio
> >>> stations" - PTI (Richie Rego)
> >>> 3. "Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship? move" -
> >>> Times of India (Sajan Venniyoor)
> >>> 4. Re: "Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship?
> >>> move" - Times of India
> >>> (Frederick FN Noronha * ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Message: 1
> >>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 07:26:00 +0530
> >>> From: Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> >>> To: CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>> Subject: [cr-india] "I&B min not to implement order on community radio
> >>> stations" - PTI
> >>> Message-ID:
> >>> <
> >>> CA+2EU73_ehVYeLScy4t4rFYfGm6Uxro5Lie-5RYVP7Jvj8dBgA at mail.gmail.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>>
> >>> *[Thanks to Vinod Pavarala for this link]*
> >>>
> >>> I&B min not to implement order on community radio stations
> >>> <
> >>>
> http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-b-min-not-to-implement-order-on-community-radio-stations-115050100962_1.html
> >>> >
> >>> Press Trust of India | New Delhi | May 1, 2015
> >>>
> >>> The Information and Broadcasting ministry today said it would not take
> >>> any
> >>> action against community radio stations that hampers their functioning
> >>> and
> >>> also not implement an order that asked them to submit content on a
> daily
> >>> basis.
> >>>
> >>> I&B Secretary Bimal Julka said the ministry would continue to support
> >>> community radio stations and the order in which such channels had been
> >>> asked to submit their content would not be implemented.
> >>>
> >>> Julka said that the ministry values the work community radio stations
> are
> >>> doing and no coercive action will be taken as far as they subscribe to
> >>> the
> >>> AIR code.
> >>>
> >>> Earlier the Ministry had ordered that the community radio stations that
> >>> broadcast anywhere between eight and 20 hours, to mail their content
> >>> every
> >>> day. The ministry had said that the recordings should be submitted in
> MP3
> >>> format.
> >>>
> >>> There had been much consternation among community radio operators
> >>> following
> >>> the order.
> >>>
> >>> Sources, however, said that as per the existing norms, community radio
> >>> stations have to keep a record of their content for around 90 days,
> which
> >>> is sufficient for the purposes of monitoring the content, if required.
> >>>
> >>> *Source:
> >>>
> http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-b-min-not-to-implement-order-on-community-radio-stations-115050100962_1.html
> >>> <
> >>>
> http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-b-min-not-to-implement-order-on-community-radio-stations-115050100962_1.html
> >>> >*
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> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Message: 2
> >>> Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 19:43:01 -0700
> >>> From: Richie Rego <richiersj at yahoo.com>
> >>> To: Sajan Venniyoor CR Forum <venniyoor at gmail.com>, CR India
> >>> <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [cr-india] "I&B min not to implement order on community
> >>> radio stations" - PTI
> >>> Message-ID:
> >>> <
> >>> 1430534581.28788.YahooMailAndroidMobile at web141703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>>
> >>> Hahaha!
> >>> This is a joke!
> >>> This Govt is good at playing any cheap trick. First pass an order and
> >>> then say it's not implementing it! So, what's coming up next, and when?
> >>>
> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Message: 3
> >>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 10:44:53 +0530
> >>> From: Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> >>> To: CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>> Cc: crf-india at googlegroups.com
> >>> Subject: [cr-india] "Community radio stations protest I&B?s
> >>> ?censorship? move" - Times of India
> >>> Message-ID:
> >>> <CA+2EU70UbfeRXEsbQyTd3g1b5Z6iLTak9gNTm=
> >>> oQqj9hF-a-ug at mail.gmail.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>>
> >>> Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship? move
> >>> <
> >>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>> >
> >>> Himanshi Dhawan | Times of India | May 2, 2015
> >>>
> >>> NEW DELHI: Community radio stations (CRS) are up in arms against a
> >>> government order mandating daily submission of programmes that they
> >>> broadcast. The move, they say, smacks of censorship and will prove to
> be
> >>> a
> >>> logistical nightmare. The Community Radio Forum and several CR stations
> >>> plan to protest against the decision and hope to meet information and
> >>> broadcasting (I&B) ministry representatives next week.
> >>>
> >>> In an order dated April 30 the I&B ministry directed CRS to "provide
> >>> recordings of all programs broadcast by CRS on a daily basis from the
> >>> date
> >>> of receipt of this letter along with log books/Q sheet..."
> >>>
> >>> Unesco chair on community media Prof Vinod Pavarala said, "This is a
> >>> ridiculous order which will amount to a logistical nightmare. It evokes
> >>> fears of censorship and worse."
> >>>
> >>> The concern was echoed by Gurgaon Ki Awaaz station director Arti Jaiman
> >>> who
> >>> expressed concern over the huge financial burden complying with the
> order
> >>> would bring. "I have no problem being accountable but this is a
> >>> bureaucratic response to some pressure they are feeling. ''
> >>>
> >>> India has only 179 operational CR stations though the ministry has
> >>> granted
> >>> over 450 licenses since 2008 indicating the difficulty of running such
> >>> stations. Most CR stations are run by volunteers and have a small band
> of
> >>> paid, trained staff if at all. There are also logistical issues like
> high
> >>> speed broadband connectivity to transfer the data, use of local
> languages
> >>> and dialects, lack of resources like adequate computers and people to
> do
> >>> the job.
> >>>
> >>> Others felt that the issue should have been at least discussed with the
> >>> stakeholders. Radio Mewat's Archana Kapoor described it as a
> "insensitive
> >>> and unreasonable demand" taken without understanding constraints faced
> by
> >>> CR stations.
> >>>
> >>> Calling the order "extremely worrying" Ashish Sen from the World
> >>> Association of Community Radio Broadcasters said that CR stations were
> >>> dying because of lack of resources and the decision smacked of a
> >>> "grudging
> >>> attitude" towards them.
> >>>
> >>> When contacted I&B secretary Bimal Julka said that he would have the
> >>> issue
> >>> examined. "We will not put CR stations under any constraint. Anything
> >>> implemented will be done so only after consultation with stakeholders,"
> >>> he
> >>> said.
> >>>
> >>> *Source:
> >>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>> <
> >>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>> >*
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> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Message: 4
> >>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 12:41:12 +0530
> >>> From: Frederick FN Noronha * ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????
> >>> <fredericknoronha1 at gmail.com>
> >>> To: Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> >>> Cc: crf-india at googlegroups.com, CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [cr-india] "Community radio stations protest I&B?s
> >>> ?censorship? move" - Times of India
> >>> Message-ID:
> >>> <
> >>> CAE9-sPqTUN59OcgJR1thAWenYovhY-C4u203Fc8Ro76OcRHzqQ at mail.gmail.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>>
> >>> Could the CR stations upload their content to some permanent archiving
> >>> site
> >>> which has a lot of available space (like http://archive.org) and just
> >>> email
> >>> the link to the government?
> >>>
> >>> This is not to justify ludicrous expectations/demands from the
> >>> authorities,
> >>> but to see how an challenge could be turned into an advantage.
> >>>
> >>> It would be great to hear CR content from any part of the globe, via
> the
> >>> Net! For instance, it was really thrilling to hear Konkani programmes
> >>> from
> >>> distant Canada: http://www.radiomango.ca/
> >>>
> >>> FN
> >>>
> >>> On 2 May 2015 at 10:44, Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship? move
> >>> > <
> >>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>> >
> >>> > Himanshi Dhawan | Times of India | May 2, 2015
> >>> >
> >>> > NEW DELHI: Community radio stations (CRS) are up in arms against a
> >>> > government order mandating daily submission of programmes that they
> >>> > broadcast. The move, they say, smacks of censorship and will prove to
> >>> be a
> >>> > logistical nightmare. The Community Radio Forum and several CR
> stations
> >>> > plan to protest against the decision and hope to meet information and
> >>> > broadcasting (I&B) ministry representatives next week.
> >>> >
> >>> > In an order dated April 30 the I&B ministry directed CRS to "provide
> >>> > recordings of all programs broadcast by CRS on a daily basis from the
> >>> date
> >>> > of receipt of this letter along with log books/Q sheet..."
> >>> >
> >>> > Unesco chair on community media Prof Vinod Pavarala said, "This is a
> >>> > ridiculous order which will amount to a logistical nightmare. It
> evokes
> >>> > fears of censorship and worse."
> >>> >
> >>> > The concern was echoed by Gurgaon Ki Awaaz station director Arti
> Jaiman
> >>> > who expressed concern over the huge financial burden complying with
> the
> >>> > order would bring. "I have no problem being accountable but this is a
> >>> > bureaucratic response to some pressure they are feeling. ''
> >>> >
> >>> > India has only 179 operational CR stations though the ministry has
> >>> granted
> >>> > over 450 licenses since 2008 indicating the difficulty of running
> such
> >>> > stations. Most CR stations are run by volunteers and have a small
> band
> >>> of
> >>> > paid, trained staff if at all. There are also logistical issues like
> >>> high
> >>> > speed broadband connectivity to transfer the data, use of local
> >>> languages
> >>> > and dialects, lack of resources like adequate computers and people to
> >>> do
> >>> > the job.
> >>> >
> >>> > Others felt that the issue should have been at least discussed with
> the
> >>> > stakeholders. Radio Mewat's Archana Kapoor described it as a
> >>> "insensitive
> >>> > and unreasonable demand" taken without understanding constraints
> faced
> >>> by
> >>> > CR stations.
> >>> >
> >>> > Calling the order "extremely worrying" Ashish Sen from the World
> >>> > Association of Community Radio Broadcasters said that CR stations
> were
> >>> > dying because of lack of resources and the decision smacked of a
> >>> "grudging
> >>> > attitude" towards them.
> >>> >
> >>> > When contacted I&B secretary Bimal Julka said that he would have the
> >>> issue
> >>> > examined. "We will not put CR stations under any constraint. Anything
> >>> > implemented will be done so only after consultation with
> >>> stakeholders," he
> >>> > said.
> >>> >
> >>> > *Source:
> >>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>> > <
> >>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>> >*
> >>> >
> >>> > Join the Community Radio Forum.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha
> >>> Goa,1556 Shared Content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556
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> >>> End of cr-india Digest, Vol 122, Issue 2
> >>> ****************************************
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dr. R. Sreedher
> >> Media expert and Community Radio Practitioner
> >> Emeritus Professor Apeejay Stya University, Sohna India
> >> B 1/ 43 Hauz Khas
> >> New Delhi 110016
> >> Phone: +91 *9810778459 <9810778459>*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Vasuki Belavadi
> > Sent from Gmail iPad
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Vasuki Belavadi
> > Sent from Gmail iPad
> >
> > Join the Community Radio Forum.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 17:21:19 +0530
> From: geeta seshu <geetaseshu at gmail.com>
> To: Ram Bhat <ramnathbhat.13 at gmail.com>
> Cc: CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>, Sajan Venniyoor
> <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [cr-india] Fwd: cr-india Digest, Vol 122, Issue 2
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>
> I agree with Ram Bhat.
>
> Pre-censorship, as we are seeing in the so-called certification process for
> film, is fraught with the danger of curbs and bans for a range of reasons.
> Self-regulation, as practised in print and television, is not perfect but
> it is the best way forward.
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Ram Bhat <ramnathbhat.13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > whether the CR station wants to stream their programmes online should be
> > their choice
> > it should not be forced upon them because some babu in delhi wants to
> > monitor them.
> > it kills innovation and free reporting. Its commonly called "Chilling
> > Effect".
> > Govt has no business checking what CR stations are up to. It goes against
> > Article 19
> > and I'm quite sure the Supreme Court will teach the govt a good lesson.
> >
> > Coming to accountability, let us follow what the TV and Press do anyway.
> > We have representative bodies - allow CRS to have a self-regulatory
> > mechanism.
> > Govt has no business interfering with the media.
> >
> > Ram
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Vasuki Belavadi <vb at uohyd.ac.in> wrote:
> >
> >> Points to consider:
> >> Do all CRs have internet connections and the speeds to upload a day's
> >> programme and on a daily basis? Can the volumes be handled by CRs?
> >> CRs that have the speeds and resources are indeed streaming their
> >> programmes as per schedule. Some are also uploading them as podcasts.
> >> CRs do upload some interesting programmes on EDAA or Manch.
> >> The govt.'s order reeks of suspicion. It could probably learn to trust.
> >>
> >> Warm regards
> >>
> >>
> >> On Saturday, 2 May 2015, sreedher ramamurthy <r.sreedher at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thank you Frederick Noronhoa, I support your suggestion . If I had
> >>> suggested I would have been ridiculed and humiliated . There is a lot
> of
> >>> advantage in live streaming or audion on demand or archiving
> >>>
> >>> On Saturday, 2 May 2015, <cr-india-request at mail.sarai.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Send cr-india mailing list submissions to
> >>>> cr-india at mail.sarai.net
> >>>>
> >>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> >>>>
> >>>> http://mail.mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india_mail.sarai.net
> >>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> >>>> cr-india-request at mail.sarai.net
> >>>>
> >>>> You can reach the person managing the list at
> >>>> cr-india-owner at mail.sarai.net
> >>>>
> >>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> >>>> than "Re: Contents of cr-india digest..."
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Today's Topics:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. "I&B min not to implement order on community radio
> >>>> stations"
> >>>> - PTI (Sajan Venniyoor)
> >>>> 2. Re: "I&B min not to implement order on community radio
> >>>> stations" - PTI (Richie Rego)
> >>>> 3. "Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship? move" -
> >>>> Times of India (Sajan Venniyoor)
> >>>> 4. Re: "Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship?
> >>>> move" - Times of India
> >>>> (Frederick FN Noronha * ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Message: 1
> >>>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 07:26:00 +0530
> >>>> From: Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> >>>> To: CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>>> Subject: [cr-india] "I&B min not to implement order on community radio
> >>>> stations" - PTI
> >>>> Message-ID:
> >>>> <
> >>>> CA+2EU73_ehVYeLScy4t4rFYfGm6Uxro5Lie-5RYVP7Jvj8dBgA at mail.gmail.com>
> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>>>
> >>>> *[Thanks to Vinod Pavarala for this link]*
> >>>>
> >>>> I&B min not to implement order on community radio stations
> >>>> <
> >>>>
> http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-b-min-not-to-implement-order-on-community-radio-stations-115050100962_1.html
> >>>> >
> >>>> Press Trust of India | New Delhi | May 1, 2015
> >>>>
> >>>> The Information and Broadcasting ministry today said it would not take
> >>>> any
> >>>> action against community radio stations that hampers their functioning
> >>>> and
> >>>> also not implement an order that asked them to submit content on a
> daily
> >>>> basis.
> >>>>
> >>>> I&B Secretary Bimal Julka said the ministry would continue to support
> >>>> community radio stations and the order in which such channels had been
> >>>> asked to submit their content would not be implemented.
> >>>>
> >>>> Julka said that the ministry values the work community radio stations
> >>>> are
> >>>> doing and no coercive action will be taken as far as they subscribe to
> >>>> the
> >>>> AIR code.
> >>>>
> >>>> Earlier the Ministry had ordered that the community radio stations
> that
> >>>> broadcast anywhere between eight and 20 hours, to mail their content
> >>>> every
> >>>> day. The ministry had said that the recordings should be submitted in
> >>>> MP3
> >>>> format.
> >>>>
> >>>> There had been much consternation among community radio operators
> >>>> following
> >>>> the order.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sources, however, said that as per the existing norms, community radio
> >>>> stations have to keep a record of their content for around 90 days,
> >>>> which
> >>>> is sufficient for the purposes of monitoring the content, if required.
> >>>>
> >>>> *Source:
> >>>>
> http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-b-min-not-to-implement-order-on-community-radio-stations-115050100962_1.html
> >>>> <
> >>>>
> http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-b-min-not-to-implement-order-on-community-radio-stations-115050100962_1.html
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> >>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Message: 2
> >>>> Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 19:43:01 -0700
> >>>> From: Richie Rego <richiersj at yahoo.com>
> >>>> To: Sajan Venniyoor CR Forum <venniyoor at gmail.com>, CR India
> >>>> <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [cr-india] "I&B min not to implement order on community
> >>>> radio stations" - PTI
> >>>> Message-ID:
> >>>> <
> >>>> 1430534581.28788.YahooMailAndroidMobile at web141703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>>>
> >>>> Hahaha!
> >>>> This is a joke!
> >>>> This Govt is good at playing any cheap trick. First pass an order and
> >>>> then say it's not implementing it! So, what's coming up next, and
> when?
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>> Message: 3
> >>>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 10:44:53 +0530
> >>>> From: Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> >>>> To: CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>>> Cc: crf-india at googlegroups.com
> >>>> Subject: [cr-india] "Community radio stations protest I&B?s
> >>>> ?censorship? move" - Times of India
> >>>> Message-ID:
> >>>> <CA+2EU70UbfeRXEsbQyTd3g1b5Z6iLTak9gNTm=
> >>>> oQqj9hF-a-ug at mail.gmail.com>
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> >>>>
> >>>> Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship? move
> >>>> <
> >>>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>>> >
> >>>> Himanshi Dhawan | Times of India | May 2, 2015
> >>>>
> >>>> NEW DELHI: Community radio stations (CRS) are up in arms against a
> >>>> government order mandating daily submission of programmes that they
> >>>> broadcast. The move, they say, smacks of censorship and will prove to
> >>>> be a
> >>>> logistical nightmare. The Community Radio Forum and several CR
> stations
> >>>> plan to protest against the decision and hope to meet information and
> >>>> broadcasting (I&B) ministry representatives next week.
> >>>>
> >>>> In an order dated April 30 the I&B ministry directed CRS to "provide
> >>>> recordings of all programs broadcast by CRS on a daily basis from the
> >>>> date
> >>>> of receipt of this letter along with log books/Q sheet..."
> >>>>
> >>>> Unesco chair on community media Prof Vinod Pavarala said, "This is a
> >>>> ridiculous order which will amount to a logistical nightmare. It
> evokes
> >>>> fears of censorship and worse."
> >>>>
> >>>> The concern was echoed by Gurgaon Ki Awaaz station director Arti
> Jaiman
> >>>> who
> >>>> expressed concern over the huge financial burden complying with the
> >>>> order
> >>>> would bring. "I have no problem being accountable but this is a
> >>>> bureaucratic response to some pressure they are feeling. ''
> >>>>
> >>>> India has only 179 operational CR stations though the ministry has
> >>>> granted
> >>>> over 450 licenses since 2008 indicating the difficulty of running such
> >>>> stations. Most CR stations are run by volunteers and have a small band
> >>>> of
> >>>> paid, trained staff if at all. There are also logistical issues like
> >>>> high
> >>>> speed broadband connectivity to transfer the data, use of local
> >>>> languages
> >>>> and dialects, lack of resources like adequate computers and people to
> do
> >>>> the job.
> >>>>
> >>>> Others felt that the issue should have been at least discussed with
> the
> >>>> stakeholders. Radio Mewat's Archana Kapoor described it as a
> >>>> "insensitive
> >>>> and unreasonable demand" taken without understanding constraints faced
> >>>> by
> >>>> CR stations.
> >>>>
> >>>> Calling the order "extremely worrying" Ashish Sen from the World
> >>>> Association of Community Radio Broadcasters said that CR stations were
> >>>> dying because of lack of resources and the decision smacked of a
> >>>> "grudging
> >>>> attitude" towards them.
> >>>>
> >>>> When contacted I&B secretary Bimal Julka said that he would have the
> >>>> issue
> >>>> examined. "We will not put CR stations under any constraint. Anything
> >>>> implemented will be done so only after consultation with
> stakeholders,"
> >>>> he
> >>>> said.
> >>>>
> >>>> *Source:
> >>>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>>> <
> >>>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
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> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Message: 4
> >>>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 12:41:12 +0530
> >>>> From: Frederick FN Noronha * ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????
> >>>> <fredericknoronha1 at gmail.com>
> >>>> To: Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com>
> >>>> Cc: crf-india at googlegroups.com, CR India <cr-india at sarai.net>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [cr-india] "Community radio stations protest I&B?s
> >>>> ?censorship? move" - Times of India
> >>>> Message-ID:
> >>>> <
> >>>> CAE9-sPqTUN59OcgJR1thAWenYovhY-C4u203Fc8Ro76OcRHzqQ at mail.gmail.com>
> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>>>
> >>>> Could the CR stations upload their content to some permanent archiving
> >>>> site
> >>>> which has a lot of available space (like http://archive.org) and just
> >>>> email
> >>>> the link to the government?
> >>>>
> >>>> This is not to justify ludicrous expectations/demands from the
> >>>> authorities,
> >>>> but to see how an challenge could be turned into an advantage.
> >>>>
> >>>> It would be great to hear CR content from any part of the globe, via
> the
> >>>> Net! For instance, it was really thrilling to hear Konkani programmes
> >>>> from
> >>>> distant Canada: http://www.radiomango.ca/
> >>>>
> >>>> FN
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2 May 2015 at 10:44, Sajan Venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > Community radio stations protest I&B?s ?censorship? move
> >>>> > <
> >>>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Himanshi Dhawan | Times of India | May 2, 2015
> >>>> >
> >>>> > NEW DELHI: Community radio stations (CRS) are up in arms against a
> >>>> > government order mandating daily submission of programmes that they
> >>>> > broadcast. The move, they say, smacks of censorship and will prove
> to
> >>>> be a
> >>>> > logistical nightmare. The Community Radio Forum and several CR
> >>>> stations
> >>>> > plan to protest against the decision and hope to meet information
> and
> >>>> > broadcasting (I&B) ministry representatives next week.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > In an order dated April 30 the I&B ministry directed CRS to "provide
> >>>> > recordings of all programs broadcast by CRS on a daily basis from
> the
> >>>> date
> >>>> > of receipt of this letter along with log books/Q sheet..."
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Unesco chair on community media Prof Vinod Pavarala said, "This is a
> >>>> > ridiculous order which will amount to a logistical nightmare. It
> >>>> evokes
> >>>> > fears of censorship and worse."
> >>>> >
> >>>> > The concern was echoed by Gurgaon Ki Awaaz station director Arti
> >>>> Jaiman
> >>>> > who expressed concern over the huge financial burden complying with
> >>>> the
> >>>> > order would bring. "I have no problem being accountable but this is
> a
> >>>> > bureaucratic response to some pressure they are feeling. ''
> >>>> >
> >>>> > India has only 179 operational CR stations though the ministry has
> >>>> granted
> >>>> > over 450 licenses since 2008 indicating the difficulty of running
> such
> >>>> > stations. Most CR stations are run by volunteers and have a small
> >>>> band of
> >>>> > paid, trained staff if at all. There are also logistical issues like
> >>>> high
> >>>> > speed broadband connectivity to transfer the data, use of local
> >>>> languages
> >>>> > and dialects, lack of resources like adequate computers and people
> to
> >>>> do
> >>>> > the job.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Others felt that the issue should have been at least discussed with
> >>>> the
> >>>> > stakeholders. Radio Mewat's Archana Kapoor described it as a
> >>>> "insensitive
> >>>> > and unreasonable demand" taken without understanding constraints
> >>>> faced by
> >>>> > CR stations.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Calling the order "extremely worrying" Ashish Sen from the World
> >>>> > Association of Community Radio Broadcasters said that CR stations
> were
> >>>> > dying because of lack of resources and the decision smacked of a
> >>>> "grudging
> >>>> > attitude" towards them.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > When contacted I&B secretary Bimal Julka said that he would have the
> >>>> issue
> >>>> > examined. "We will not put CR stations under any constraint.
> Anything
> >>>> > implemented will be done so only after consultation with
> >>>> stakeholders," he
> >>>> > said.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > *Source:
> >>>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>>> > <
> >>>>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Community-radio-stations-protest-IBs-censorship-move/articleshow/47127976.cms
> >>>> >*
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Join the Community Radio Forum.
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
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