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Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit
Key Guides
New Delhi; Hyderabad: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA); UNESCO Chair on Community Media, University of Hyderabad, version 2.0 (2014), vii, 64 pp.
Provides indicators of performance along 9 parameters: 1. Content Generation and Programming; 2. Policies and Guidelines; 3. Volunteers; 4. Technology: Access and Management; 5. On-Air Standards of Broadcasting; 6. Governance; 7. Feedback and Grievances; 8. Content Sharing and Networking; 9. Revenue
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Reflections on a Two-Week Global LinkedIn Debate: Community Participation for Radio Financial Sustainability
Glocal Times, issue 21 (2014), 10 pp.
"A lively debate on (community) radio sustainability took place on the LinkedIn platform, with more than 200 people, from all continents, sharing and discussing simultaneously in English, French and Spanish. The debate was initiated in April 2014 by the communication consultancy CAMECO, run by its t
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Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press (2014), 254 pp.
"Examining experiences at a wide variety of community papers – from a 7,000-circulation weekly in West Virginia to a 50,000-circulation daily in California and a 150,000-circulation Spanish-language weekly in the heart of Chicago – "Saving Community Journalism" is designed to help journalists an
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Qualitätsmodelle im Hörfunk: Mehr als Quoten und Formate
Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2., aktual. Aufl (2014), 148 pp.
"Das von uns unter anderem vorgestellte Qualitätsmodell QMB (Qualitätsmanagement in Bürgermedien) beinhaltet beispielsweise die Aufforderung zu definieren, welche Vision den Sender oder das Radio leitet. Wie stellt man sich in der Redaktion „gelungenes Radio“ vor? Eine spannende Frage, die vi
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"For nearly 30 years, the widely accepted economic-rationalist model used to explain Pacific island development has been variations of Bertram and Watters’ (1985) MIRAB model, or that of development based on the extraction of “rents” from Migration, Remittances, Aid and Bureaucracy. This paper
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The Healthy Community Radio Station
Key Guides
"This publication is a diagnostic tool for a "health check" or assessment of the sustainability of community radio stations. The check includes five areas: mission and governance of a community radio station; management and staffing; infrastructure and finances; programming; and community involvemen
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Qualitätsmodelle im Hörfunk: Mehr als Quoten und Formate
Bad Honnef: Katholisch-Soziales Institut (KSI) (2013), 164 pp.
"Das von uns unter anderem vorgestellte Qualitätsmodell QMB (Qualitätsmanagement in Bürgermedien) beinhaltet beispielsweise die Aufforderung zu definieren, welche Vision den Sender oder das Radio leitet. Wie stellt man sich in der Redaktion „gelungenes Radio“ vor? Eine spannende Frage, die vi
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"This report offers four case studies on how different foundations used information to improve the healthy functioning of their communities. The cases highlight the following: Why did each foundation support local media? How did it connect to their strategic priorities? What steps did they take to m
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Participation, Effective Management and Governance: Key Aspects in Promoting Sustainable Community Broadcasting
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 22 pp.
"To be successful and sustainable, community broadcasters need all or at least some of the following: a favourable regulatory framework; comprehensive and meaningful participation mechanisms for the communities they serve; effective management and governance structures. From 18-19 March 2013 communi
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Sostenibilidad de las radios comunitarias: Una mirada a las fuentes de financiamiento
Opción, volume 29, issue 71 (2013), pp. 107-124
"El presente artículo tiene como objetivo describir las fuentes de financiamiento manejadas para la sostenibilidad de las radios comunitarias del municipio Maracaibo, tomando como base los postulados de Lamas (2003); a través de un estudio descriptivo, usando como técnica de recolección de infor
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Abiding Voices: Sustainability of Community Radio in India
New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA); UNICEF (2012), 131 pp.
The Growing Pains of Community Radio in Africa: Emerging Lessons Towards Sustainability
Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 135-148
"Community radio is considered as an intervention strategy of choice for deepening participation and community ownership. Donors have funded a proliferation of community radio projects in the Global South, prompted by stories attesting to the power of radio as a tool for social change. The evidence
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Sustainability of Community Radios: A Training Guide. Module 4
Search for Common Ground, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2012), 15 pp.
"This Module IV focuses on the particular characteristics of community radio stations and how these different features influence the way one determines programming. The first section examines ownership questions and the different forms of collaboration between the radio station and the community. Th
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Sustainability of Community Radios: A Training Guide. Module 3
Search for Common Ground, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2012), 11 pp.
"This third module focuses on elaborates on the various aspects of human resources management such as evaluation and training, compensation for employees, communication and conflict prevention among staff members. The guide provides practical suggestions and guidance on how to motivate staff, how to
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The Wanakonnect Pilot Project: Using Mobile Money to Create a Revenue System for Local Radio Stations in Kenya
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 66 pp.
"The community radio stations participating in the pilot project offer special dedication and greeting programs that allow community members to send greetings to friends and family on air. The main objective of this pilot was to understand whether these generally underfunded radio stations could mon
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Community MHz II: Assessing Community Radio Performance in Nepal
Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ); Open Society Foundation (2012), 94 pp.
"The Community Radio Support Centre (CRSC) at the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) assessed the performance of 15 community radios based on the Community Radio Performance Assessment System (CR-PAS) in 2012. The assessment was a first full-fledged test after a successful piloted the
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