Ground Realities: Community Radio in India
New Delhi: UNESCO (2011), 75 pp.
ISBN 978-81-89218-44-7
CC-like licence
"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 heard and to receive critical and locally relevant information. Their voices remain absent in an environment dominated by the mainstream media, disseminating only entertainment and national level or state level information. This publication brings some of these voices to the foreground. It includes pieces by some of the community radio practitioners who have been engaging with their communities for many years at the grassroots level, and address issues critical to community radio, such as capacity building, sustainability, technology and other aspects of their experience. It also includes write-ups by specialists from various other fields who have contributed to equally critical aspects of community radio, such as copyright issues, policy perspectives, knowledge sharing and capacity building." (Foreword)
1 The Story so Far: The Status of Community Radio in India / Ramnath Bhat, 1
2 New Spectrums for Communities: An Introduction to the IPDC Framework / Ekta Mittal, 3
3 Hands-on Community Radio: Sharing Capacities with Community Radio Practitioners / Ekta Mittal, 5
4 Making Airwaves Affordable: Low-cost Technology Options / Rakesh Singh, 11
5 Storytellers from the Field: Perspectives on Programming / Anuja Shukla, 15
6 Play Your Part: Approaches to Community Participation / Nagaraj G., 19
7 Community Radio: Guidelines on Management and Ownership / Kanchan K. Malik, 23
8 The Nuts and Bolts of Community Radio: Towards Drafting Internal Policy Documents / Ramnath Bhat, 27
9 Joining the Dots: Towards Building a Peer Group of Community Radio Practitioners / Ekta Mittal, 33
10 The Left and Right of It: Copyright Legislations for Community Radio in India / Daniel McIntosh, 39
11 The Long and Winding Road: Challenges Ahead for the Community Radio Forum / Ramnath Bhat, 47
Annexures
1 Application Form for Grant of Permission for Setting Up Community Radio Station, 49
2 Community Radio Survey Questionnaire, 55
3 Project Planning Guide for Community Radio, 60
4 Programme Schedule Sample, 62
5 Listenership Survey Sample, 63
6 Operational Plan of Community Radio Station, 65
7 Cost Analysis for Revenue, 69
8 Charter of Radio Bundelkhand, 71
2 New Spectrums for Communities: An Introduction to the IPDC Framework / Ekta Mittal, 3
3 Hands-on Community Radio: Sharing Capacities with Community Radio Practitioners / Ekta Mittal, 5
4 Making Airwaves Affordable: Low-cost Technology Options / Rakesh Singh, 11
5 Storytellers from the Field: Perspectives on Programming / Anuja Shukla, 15
6 Play Your Part: Approaches to Community Participation / Nagaraj G., 19
7 Community Radio: Guidelines on Management and Ownership / Kanchan K. Malik, 23
8 The Nuts and Bolts of Community Radio: Towards Drafting Internal Policy Documents / Ramnath Bhat, 27
9 Joining the Dots: Towards Building a Peer Group of Community Radio Practitioners / Ekta Mittal, 33
10 The Left and Right of It: Copyright Legislations for Community Radio in India / Daniel McIntosh, 39
11 The Long and Winding Road: Challenges Ahead for the Community Radio Forum / Ramnath Bhat, 47
Annexures
1 Application Form for Grant of Permission for Setting Up Community Radio Station, 49
2 Community Radio Survey Questionnaire, 55
3 Project Planning Guide for Community Radio, 60
4 Programme Schedule Sample, 62
5 Listenership Survey Sample, 63
6 Operational Plan of Community Radio Station, 65
7 Cost Analysis for Revenue, 69
8 Charter of Radio Bundelkhand, 71
