By: RnM Team 05 Jul 10 17:06 IST
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MUMBAI: Mangalore based community Radio station Sarang 107.8 FM will be celebrating its first birthday by hosting a new weekly series 'Sarang-Raknno Samvaad Vedi' and bring on air several Konkani writers and poets.

The official announcement states, "Listeners who have read these writers but had no chance to listen to them, can now listen to their voices and hear what they have to say."

The show is planned as a 52-episode radio serial, and will commence on 22 July at 7.30 a.m. with a repeat telecast at 1.00 and 6.30pm.  ...

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By: Anita Iyer 27 May 10 13:01 IST
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MUMBAI: Allotment of same frequency, 107.8 FM has created discord between two community radio stations in Mumbai.

The frequency 107.8 FM was allotted to Mumbai University in February 2008 and the community radio station has been since operational as Must FM.

The problem started when the Wireless planning and coordination (WPC) wing of the Ministry of Communication allotted the same frequency to Bandra based community radio ‘Jago Mumbai’. ...

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By: Anita Iyer 24 May 10 16:21 IST
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MUMBAI: Although India embraced 3G technology with the recent bidding, there are still corners in the country with no means of communication for the locals.

One such area is the tribal belt of Chattisgarh and inspite of population growth upto four million, the tribals are alienated from the outer world. There is no penetration of newspapers or television in the area and All India Radio also fails to fill in the vaccum. In such a scenario, freelance journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary has initiated mobile community radio in the region....

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By: RnM Team 28 Apr 10 12:40 IST
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MUMBAI: As a part of its silver jubilee celebration this year in July, Ranchi University (RU) is all set to launch its own community radio station.

Vice-chancellor of the university A A Khan said that they would soon approach the Prasar Bharti for the licence to operate a station shortly so that it could be on the air before the launch of the celebrations.

Ranchi University will be the second in the line to start a community radio in the state. Last year, the Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) launched a community radio Hariali, specially dedicated for farmers. ...

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By: RnM Team 16 Mar 10 16:15 IST
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NEW DELHI: The Central India Institute of Science and Technology in Indore has been permitted to operate a community radio station with the information and Broadcasting Ministry signing a Grant of Permission Agreement.

With this, the number of CRs in the country has gone up to 67. The Letter of Intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of the Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries, and the CR station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement....

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By: RnM Team 12 Mar 10 14:10 IST
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MUMBAI: Uttarakhand's first community radio which will cater to 15 villages was today inauguarted by Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva.

The 'Kumaon Vani', which has been set up by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will benfit nearly 2000 villagers, according to agency report.

Alva said the community radio would prove to be effective medium of communication for the people of Uttarakhand and also play an important role in women empowerment. ...

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By: RnM Team 10 Mar 10 11:19 IST
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NEW DELHI: With the grant of permission to the National Institute for Visually Handicapped in Dehradun to start its own radio station, the number of Community Radio Stations has gone up to 66 in the country.

The first CRS being set up specifically for the visually handicapped, the station is expected to be operational within three months. The Letter of Intent by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of the Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries....

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By: RnM Team 04 Mar 10 11:10 IST
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NEW DELHI: The number of sanctioned community radio stations has risen to 65 with the government permitting the M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering in District Karur of  Tamil Nadu to operate a station.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating the Station. The Letter of Intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries.  ...

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By: RnM Team 02 Mar 10 17:16 IST
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MUMBAI: A community radio station will soon come up at “The Energy Resources Institute”, Disttt. Mukteshwar, Uttaranchal.

The Letter of Intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC). The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 64 in the country. ...

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By: RnM Team 29 Jan 10 13:41 IST
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MUMBAI: Hint Institute of Mass Communication will set up its own community radio station in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh within an estimated three months.

With this, the number of CRS in the country will increase to 64.recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC). The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agree...

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By: Ann Abraham 21 Mar 09 17:02 IST
Average: 4.4 (12 votes)

MUMBAI: Students of IIT Bombay have launched their own campus web based radio station.t have their own successful on campus radio stations. Sajid Shariff, the general secretary of cultural affairs, IIT Bombay, says that they intend to provide the students through their LAN based radio station with a platform to voice their opinions, take part in debates and allow them to be more informed. The shows will include campus, city, national and international news, music, reviews of websites, information on boo...

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By: Anita Iyer 08 Dec 09 17:20 IST
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MUMBAI: In a move aimed at encouraging more community radio stations in India, the ministry of Information and Broadcasting is organising a series of state-level workshops across the country.

The ministry has already held three consultations in November at Rajashthan, Shillong and Haryana. Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia are the facilitators for the workshop....

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By: RnM Team 23 Dec 08 13:45 IST
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MUMBAI: The Sharanbasaveshwar Vidya Vardhak Sangha will set up its community radio station in Gulbarga, Karnataka within an estimated three months' time.

With this, the number of CRS will increase to 39 in the country.

According to a government release, the ministry of information and broadcasting has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station (CRS) with the Sharanbasaveshwar Vidya Vardhak Sangha, a Gulbarga base NGO....

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By: Anita Iyer 30 Jan 09 15:17 IST
Average: 4.3 (3 votes)

MUMBAI: Gurgaon based NGO, TRF (The Restoring Force) would be soon launching its community radio in Udyog Vihar, villages of Garhi Harsaru, Dhankot and adjoining areas. TRF had already been allotted frequency of 107.8 MHz by the Information and Broadcasting ministry. The NGO had applied for a radio license in the start of last year and received the Letter of Intent from I & B ministry in August 2008. ...

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By: RnM Team 09 Jul 09 16:20 IST
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MUMBAI: A Grant of Permission Agreement has been signed by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B), Government of India to establish, maintain and operate a Community Radio Station (CRS) at Manav Rachna Education Society, Faridabad, Haryana.

The Community Radio Station is likely to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of CRS will increase to 51 in the country....

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By: Anita Iyer 30 Oct 09 18:10 IST
Average: 3.5 (2 votes)

MUMBAI: 'Jago Mumbai' 107.8 FM, the community radio venture initiated by the Union Park Residents Association, Mumbai is hopeful of hitting the airwaves in January next year.Having signed the GOPA (Grant of Permission Agreement) in September 2009 with the Information and Broadcasting ministry, the NGO is on the lookout for sponsors to fund the project....

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By: Anita Iyer 31 Oct 09 11:28 IST
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MUMBAI: Mangalore based community radio station by St. Aloysius College- Radio Sarang 107.8 has introduced a new dimension to their programming by airing a phone-in program this month. of department of Mass Communication and Journalism and Sarang director Dr Richard Rego, “We introduced the slot to create awareness about the legal procedure and educate masses on legal problems. We have a weekly half an h...

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By: RnM Team 16 Mar 10 16:15 IST
Average: 4 (1 vote)

NEW DELHI: The Central India Institute of Science and Technology in Indore has been permitted to operate a community radio station with the information and Broadcasting Ministry signing a Grant of Permission Agreement.

With this, the number of CRs in the country has gone up to 67. The Letter of Intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of the Inter Ministerial Committee and seeking requisite clearances from various Ministries, and the CR station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement....

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By: RnM Team 17 Jul 08 12:30 IST
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MUMBAI: BBC World Service announced its tie up with a Chandigarh-based community Vivek 90.4 FM. Available in some radio stations across India, Vivek FM will be the first community radio to have BBC service on air. The shows offered by BBC on Vivek 90.4 FM are a weekly science programme, Discovery, Culture shock, Top of the pops offering weekly UK music chart rundowns, The ticket, One planet, Health fact Files providing essential information about different aspects of your health, Charlie Gillett's World of Music and Science in action which looks at science stories in and behind the news fr...

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By: Anita Iyer 25 Jul 08 17:40 IST
Average: 4 (3 votes)

MUMBAI: A Maharashtra based NGO Mann Vikas Samajik Sanstha-MVSS has acquired the licence to run a community radio last week, becoming the first in the NGO sector in the country to join the CR (community radio) network. The NGO works for empowering the women in rural areas and got the license for aswad village in Satara. MVSS president Chetna Gala Sinha asserts, "Many NGOs had applied with the I&B Ministry and we were the first ones to obtain it. The radio station would be an extension of our NGO activities and will be used as a tool to propagate our financial plans. Many times, the vil...

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