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Status of Content and Programming by Community Radio Stations in Kenya

Nairobi: Kenya Community Media Network (KCOMNET) (2014), 73 pp.
"This assessment was done to determine the level of quality content at the community radio stations in Kenya, as well as the key determinants of this content quality, with the aim of informing interventions to address the identified challenges or gaps at the various targeted radio stations. The assessment is part of a project to strengthen the capacities of community radio stations in Kenya better their content, and hence develop the much needed identity, funded by Hivos, through its Kenya Media Programme. In developing this report, a desk review summarizing key findings from the recent assessment reports on the kind of content and programming being carried out by community radio stations in Kenya was done, as well as a sample of actual practice on the content and programming by three partner community radio stations: Baliti FM (Isiolo), Koch FM (Nairobi) and Ekialo Kiano (Homa Bay)." (Executive summary)
1 Understanding community radio, 1
2 Community radio content status in Kenya, 11
3 Study findings: A brief analysis of content quality and programming, 26
Ekialo Kiona Assessment findings, 32 -- Koch FM assessment, 43 -- Baliti FM assessment, 55
4 The way forward: Enhancing the capacities of community radio stations in Kenya to develop better content and programming, 67