1. Introduction / Carlos Arnaldo, 1
2. SRI LAMKA
The Sound of Barefoot Radio / MJR David, 13
Field Based Community Radio Production: microphones with pots and pans / MJR David, 16
Guirandurokotte: localised community radio / MJR David, 20
Kothmale: radio browsing the Internet / MJR David, 30
3. NEPAL
Nepal’s Mass Media: the long road to community radio and Madanpokhara / Vinaya Kasajoo, 39
Madanpokhara: a handful of rice / Vinaya Kasajoo, 45
Backpack Radio / Madhu Acharya, 71
Doko Radio: bringing information to people’s doorsteps / Ninamma Rai, 73
4. PHILIPPINES
Tambuli Community Radio: a strategy for upscaling / Louie Tabing, 87
Echo from a Highland Valley / Louie Tabing, 107
Child-friendly Action is Total Development / Louie Tabing, 120
DWEE 107.1 FM: Changing Paradigms in Public Service / Dunstan Lamberto T. Decena II, 128
Children Broadcasters: small hands on radio / Gerniña C. Balagot, 136
The Voice of Manduyog / Porferio G. Bullo, 144
Balinsasayaw: the faint crier in the Sulu Sea / Louie Tabing, 162
Olutanga, the World’s Most Beautiful Island / Louie Tabing, 174
Partido: a stolen hope / Louie Tabing, 189
5. INDIA
India: sculpting the identity of community radio / Ashish Sen and Ramnath Bhat, 205
Namma Dhwani: building a community to build radio, abridged and adapted from the research report / Seema B. Nair, Megan Jennaway and Andrew Skuse, 210
Namma Dhwani : Challenges to community radio in India / Ashish Sen and Ramnath Bhat, 236
6. Project Manager’s Notes / Louie Tabing, 241
7. Epilog / Carlos Arnaldo and Louie Tabing, 281