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Radio La Voz de la Selva (Iquitos, Peru)
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Asociación de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
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Radio Performance Assessment & Evaluation
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Call-In Dedication & Greeting Programs
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Bush Radio (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Radio Ada (Ghana)
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Radio Chaguarurco (Santa Isabel, Azuay, Ecuador)
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Radio Sagarmatha (Nepal)
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Escuelita de comunicación popular de los pueblos. Módulo III y IV: Introducción a la radio: Herramientas, producción y creatividad

Comunicadores y Comunicadoras Populares por la Autonomía (COMPPA), 2nd ed. (2012), 171 pp.

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 ... more

Empowerment Radio: Voices Building a Community

Gudhjem: Empowerhouse (2012), 234 pp.
"This publication puts deep-rooted community ownership at the heart of sustainability and real impact of community radios. Jallov focuses on core processes to reach the most adequate realization of a station according to the specific needs and context of the community. Based on her rich hands-on-exp ... more

Sustainability of Community Radios: A Training Guide. Module 2

Search for Common Ground, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2012), 12 pp.
"This second module focuses on two main aspects of managing community radio stations. First, it examines the governing bodies of a station and gives succinct descriptions of each body’s function and structure as it relates to the governance of the radio. The second section of this module serves as ... more

Sustainability of Community Radios: A Training Guide. Module 1: Governance of a Radio Station

Search for Common Ground, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2012), 13 pp.
The first module covers the different aspects of administrative management. The sub-module on good governance intends to facilitate analytical thinking about good governance in order to gain a better understanding of the notion and its applicability to community radios. As a follow-up, the second su ... more
"The study found that, in their struggle to generate the income for day-to-day running costs, stations become detached from their communities, and end up competing - usually unsuccessfully - with better-resourced commercial broadcasters. The solution, the study suggests, is to invest in strengthenin ... more
"This report is based on an extensive analysis of several nonprofit news sites conducted by Community Wealth Ventures (CWV), a management consulting firm that focuses on innovative approaches to the growth and sustainability of nonprofit organizations. Knight Foundation commissioned the review as pa ... more

Community MHz: Assessing Community Radio Performance in Nepal. A Pilot Assessment of 15 Stations

Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2011), 124 pp.
"This document reports on the pilot assessment of 15 community radio stations – or of radios that claim to be community radios – based on the Community Radio Performance Assessment System (CR-PAS) developed by the Community Radio Support Centre (CRSC) / Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists ( ... more

Maintaining the Enthusiasm: Economic Viability of Community Radio in the Philippines

Singapur: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2011), 80 pp.
"AMIC undertook a research project to assess the economic viability of the Tambuli model in the Philippines after 15 years of its introduction. This book documents the opinions and the perspectives of many stakeholders in the community radio sector. It reflects both the success stories and barriers ... more

Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook

Paris: UNESCO (2011), 80 pp.
"This is a collection of case studies of good practice in community media, mainly from developing countries, and focusing especially on radio. The first section addresses the enabling environment for community media, with ten country case studies of good practice in media policies, regulations, fund ... more

Ground Realities: Community Radio in India

New Delhi: UNESCO (2011), 75 pp.
"The Government of India has recognized community radio through its guidelines in 2002 and amended guidelines in 2006. Yet, in the domain of community media, a large gap remains between policy and practice. Communities from the media dark regions of India continue to struggle to get their voices hea ... more

Cross-National Comparative Analysis of Community Radio Funding Schemes

Dublin: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) (2011), x, 108 pp.
"This research project was undertaken with the purpose of exploring the ways in which government mandated programme production schemes may contribute to the capacities and sustainability of the community radio sector. The study involved a critical policy analysis of the Irish Sound and Vision Scheme ... more

How to Start a Youth Radio Project in Your Community: Facilitator’s Handbook

Cape Town: UNICEF;Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) (2011), 63 pp.
"The Department of Communications (“DoC”) Community Radio Support Programme (“CRSP”) was initiated in 1998 and includes a range of categories of support: Infrastructure rollout to provide technical equipment to stations; Signal distribution and upgrade; Programme production support on specif ... more
"L’objectif de cet article est d’essayer de définir les contours d’expérimentations de financement des médias de proximité par les circuits de finance locale notamment dans les milieux ruraux et enclavés. Les médias de proximité et les établissements de microfinance ont considérés ic ... more

Starting a Local Radio Station: A Manual for Afghanistan

Arcata, Calif; Washington, DC; Kabul: Internews;USAID;Pact (2011), 100 pp.
"This manual describes the process for starting a local radio station—the organization of community support and planning, equipment needs, programming strategies, business growth and sustainability and journalistic ethics and standards. This manual does not insist that you follow a set of rules to ... more

Radio Santa Clara: En la punta de la ola

San Carlos (CR): Radio Santa Clara (2010), 157 pp.
"Radio Santa Clara, una emisora católica de Costa Rica, aprovechó la oportunidad de su 25 aniversario para realizar una amplia revisión de su evolución como proyecto comprometido con la población de San Carlos, en la región norte del país. Con el apoyo de ALER, la Asociación Latinoamericana ... more

Doing Community Radio: A Toolkit for Nigerian Communities

Lagos: Nigeria Community Radio Coalition;Institute for Media and Society (IMS);Panos West Africa (2010), 82 pp.
"This toolkit illustrates what it takes to set up and manage a community radio station in Nigeria. It discusses what community radio is and how it can contribute to the individual (provide relaxation, information, entertainment, promote self-expression and creativity) or to the community as a whole ... more

La radio comunitaria: Una empresa social sustentable. Herramientas para la gestión

Bogotá: Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones;Ministerio de Cultura;vive digital (2010), 78 pp.
"El texto propone un marco teórico sobre comunicación y participación, sintetiza los aspectos fundamentales de las emisoras comunitarias para detenerse en los principios y criterios que deben ser tenidos en cuenta para una gestión adecuada y para el logro de su sustentabilidad como empresas soci ... more

Gerencia y gestión en la radio comunitaria

Bogotá: vive digital;Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (2010), 100 pp.