Bhushan Nagpal 07 Apr 11 19:20 IST

* �Re 1 per minute rate shameful'

* �Community Radio Fund being considered'

NEW DELHI: Admitting that it was �shameful' that the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity had fixed a rate of just Re 1 per minute for advertisements on community radio stations, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni today said a committee under the Economic Advisor of the Ministry was examining raising these rates....

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RnM Team 04 Apr 11 14:53 IST

MUMBAI: Ofcom has opened the door to a fresh intake of applications for community radio licences. This comes in response to significant interest expressed by more than 270 individuals and community groups wanting to take to the air and provide services for their local community.re now able to tune into community r...

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RnM Team 14 Dec 10 10:45 IST

NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Ministry Secretary Raghu Menon today said community radio has to be a two-way medium so that people could make better use of the information being imparted.ction should be set up for networking and content sharing amongst the Community Radio. He also hoped that the content would not only meant for the institution that sets up the community radio, but inhab...

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RnM Team 13 Dec 10 13:12 IST

* National level consultation being attended by UK, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, among others

* Jointly organized by I&B Ministry, UNESCO;  partnered by Community Radio Forum India, Ford Foundation oundation. This consultation, the third in the ser...

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RnM Team 23 Aug 10 15:35 IST

MUMBAI: What about communicating your ideas on air but without the cumbersome formalities of an official media broadcast?

If you have something to communicate that has a social relevance and artistic value, the �Community Radio' station that has been beaming from the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune makes the job easier for you by avoiding all the unnecessary regulations....

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RnM Team 21 Aug 10 18:10 IST

NEW DELHI: A total of 82 community radio stations have become operational in India, according to data available till 31 July.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has so far issued 233 Letters of Intent and 110 organisations have been signed Grant of Permission Agreement (GOPA) with the Ministry.

The number of community radio stations was 57 in May 2010....

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RnM Team 09 Aug 10 10:47 IST

NEW DELHI: Although letters of intent have been issued to 233 applicants and grant of permission signed with 102, only 71 community radio stations (CRS) are presently functioning in the country.

This is a marginal increase over the 57 channels functional by March.

A total of 727 applications have been received by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, of which 264 were from educational institutions.

A total of 105 applications were rejected while 389 were under process....

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RnM Team 26 Jul 10 13:24 IST

NEW DELHI: Though the number of community radio stations licensed in the country went up to 100 by March 2010, the number of stations actually operational stands at just 57.

The number of licensees in December 2009 had been 88 and operational stations were 50.

The total number of applications received by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry for Community licenses has been 659, and Letters of Intent have been issued to 219 while 87 applications were rejected....

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RnM Team 05 Jul 10 17:06 IST

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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RnM Team 23 Jun 10 10:33 IST

NEW DELHI: All applicants who have signed Grant of Permission Agreement (GoPA) or received letters of intent (LoI) for setting up Community Radio Stations have been asked to furnish up-to-date information on their status.of GoPA or LoI respectively, date of application to WPC Wing, date of receipt of frequency allocation, and date of commission of station (as applicable)...

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Ann Abraham 21 Mar 09 17:02 IST

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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Anita Iyer 08 Dec 09 17:20 IST

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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RnM Team 20 Sep 08 17:21 IST

MUMBAI: Community radio station Jamia 90.4 FM played an important role in maintaining harmony in a tense atmosphere during the terrorist encounters in Delhi on 19 September.

This community radio station, started in 2005, is run by the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia University. The station turned out to be one of the reasons why the university adjoining the area remained completely peaceful and the Friday prayers were peacefully carried out inspite of the chaos that happened next door....

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RnM Team 23 Dec 08 13:45 IST

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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Anita Iyer 30 Jan 09 15:17 IST

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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Ann Abraham 17 Apr 09 12:38 IST

MUMBAI: The revamped avatar of IIT Roorkee's online radio station CampusBeats has just completed a year of operations.

The Audio Section, Cultural Council, IIT Roorkee launched its beta version of CampusBeats in August 2007  After monitoring the response by students to the online radio channel and testing its feasibility, the new and improved version of CampusBeats was launched by IIT Roorkee director Dr S C Saxena on 2 April 2008. ...

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RnM Team 24 Jun 09 15:48 IST

MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given the go ahead to Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School, Mussoorie in Uttarakhand to operate its own Community radio station, â€?Radio Khushi' 

The school has been granted its GOPA by the ministry for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station and the station is expected to be operational within three months, as per the agreement. ...

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Anita Iyer 29 Jun 09 11:22 IST

MUMBAI: Gram Vaani, an initiative to empower community radios by developing low cost technological tools, has formulated an enhanced radio automation system. The automation system called, GRINS, standing for the Gramin Radio Inter Networking System is available for download on Gram Vaani's website, www.gramvaani.org....

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Harpreet Khokhar 30 Jun 09 17:18 IST

MUMBAI: The University of Pune's community radio station Vidyavani aired an hour long programme run for, of and by the visually impaired, on 27  June.

The programme, Braille Webradio �Dnyanadrushtiche Saadhak Aamhi' (In pursuit of Knowledge) had students from Jagruti School for Blind Girls, Alandi, and sighted students from Aksharnandan participating. ...

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RnM Team 02 Jul 09 18:00 IST

MUMBAI: Lucknow University is all set to launch its own community radio station.

The Mass Communication department of the university had received the grant of permission agreement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The station has received its letter of intent two weeks ago and it will start operating within six months.

Dr Mukul Srivastava, a faculty member in the mass communication department says, The department had applied for a licence around one-and-a-half-years ago, but could get clearance only now.... ...

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