Filter
108
Featured
Free Access
87
Inspiring Practice
3
Key Guidance
7
Top Insights
5
Topics
Community Radios
35
Community Radio Management
24
Community Radio Regulation & Licensing
17
Community Media Financing & Sustainability
10
Media Assistance: Community Radios
9
Community Media Policies & Regulation
6
Financing Radio
6
Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
5
Community Radio Associations & Networks
5
ALER
5
Community Radio Setting-Up
5
Self-Financing
5
Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
5
Good Practice Examples
5
Community Participation in Community Media
4
Catholic Radios
3
Alternative Radios
3
Community Media
3
Community Radio Contents & Programming
3
Community Radio & Gender
3
Community Radio Governance & Ownership
3
Community Reporters, Media Volunteers
3
Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
3
Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
3
Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
3
Public Funding & Support Policies for Media
3
Organisational & Governing Structures of Media
3
Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
3
Local Ownership, Local Stakeholder Participation
3
Radio Advertising
2
Alternative Communication & Media
2
Comunicación Popular
2
Community Radio Policies
2
Community Television
2
Radio for Development
2
Local Media Economics & Markets, Local Media Financing
2
Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
2
MDDA - Media Develoment and Diversity Agency (South Africa)
2
Financing Media, Financial Media Management
2
Organisational Development & Capacity Building
2
Starting Media Outlets, Creation of Digital Businesses
2
Political Influence
2
Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
2
University Radios
2
Radio Production Equipment & Technologies
2
Advertising
1
Local Advertising & Local Advertising Markets
1
Nonprofit Advertising, Advertising for Noncommercial Purposes
1
Audiences & Users
1
Audience Clubs & Listener Groups
1
Audience Research
1
Radio Santa Clara (San Carlos, Costa Rica)
1
Radio Sutatenza (ACPO) (Colombia)
1
Christian Churches: Media Assistance
1
Christian Radios: Evangelical / Protestant & Others
1
Communication Rights
1
Editorial Independence: Influence of Media Donors
1
Community Media Impact
1
Community Radio Training Methods & Training of Trainers
1
Faith-Based Community Radios
1
Participatory Communication
1
Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
1
Popular Cultures
1
Financing Nonprofit Organizations
1
Nonprofit Management, NGO Management, Management General
1
Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
1
Development and Media
1
Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
1
E-Discussions
1
Ethnic Media, Minority Media
1
Media Concentration
1
Radio Marketing, Branding & Promotion
1
Nonprofit Journalism, Nonprofit Media
1
Political Economy of Media
1
Commodities, Raw Materials, Extractive Industries, Mining
1
Microcredits, Microfinance, Small-Scale Loans
1
Rent-Seeking, Rentier States
1
Educación Popular
1
Radio Schools
1
Nonformal Education
1
Training
1
Vocational Training
1
Radio Entertainment
1
Ethics in Nonprofit & Community Journalism
1
Indigenous Media, Indigenous Language Media Productions
1
News
1
Local Communication & Media
1
Local Television
1
Media Assistance
1
Media Assistance: Local Journalism & Media
1
Media Assistance: Radio
1
Media Assistance: Regional Approaches & Experiences
1
COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
1
Media & Communication Policies
1
Licensing of Media
1
Media Management
1
Failures, Mistakes, Shortcomings: Experiences & Learnings
1
Financing Not-For-Profit & Community Media
1
Human Resources Development, Personnel Management
1
Nonprofit Governance & Boards
1
Media Outlets, Media Associations
1
Asociación de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
1
Radio Music
1
Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
1
Trade Unions & Labor Movements: Communication Strategies
1
Stakeholders, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Participation
1
Call-In Dedication & Greeting Programs
1
Radio Progress (Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana)
1
Religion and Communication
1
Research in Media & Communication
1
Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
1
Non-Western Communication Approaches
1
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Journals
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Community Media for Development and Participation: Experiences, Thoughts and Forethoughts
Top Insights
Ibadan: John Archers (2013), xxii, 422 pp.
"A collection of debate and report articles on community media and community communication, this book presents experiences, thoughts and forethoughts from Cyprus, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria. In the first section of the book are found studies of the practice and impact of community media, esp
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Empowerment Radio: Voices Building a Community
Key Guidance
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
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Community Participation at Local and Community Radio Stations: An Explorative Study in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2012), 19 pp.
"This report presents the main findings of three regional surveys on participation at local and community radio stations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. The studies examined the involvement of the radio stations’ communities in programming, management, ownership and funding. Partic
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La participation de la communauté dans les radios locales et communautaires: Une étude exploratoire en Afrique, en Asie, en Amérique latine et en Océanie
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2012), 19 pp.
"Ce rapport présente les principales conclusions de trois enquêtes régionales sur la participation dans certaines stations de radio locales et communautaires en Afrique, en Asie, en Amérique latine et en Océanie. Les enquêtes ont porté sur la participation des communautés dans la programmati
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La participación de la comunidad en las radios locales y comunitarias: Un estudio exploratorio en África, Asia, América Latina y el Pacífico
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2012), 19 pp.
"Este informe presenta los principales resultados de tres sondeos regionales sobre la participación en las radios locales y comunitarias en África, América Latina, Asia y el Pacífico. Los sondeos investigaron la participación de las respectivas comunidades en la programación, la gestión, la p
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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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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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Abiding Voices: Sustainability of Community Radio in India
New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA);UNICEF (2012), 131 pp.
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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Models of and Approaches to the Station Management of Six African Community Radio Broadcasters
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, volume 28, issue 52 (2012), pp. 7-27
"This article is a political economy critique that contributes to current scholarship on community radio and development by examining the question of the management of six networks from Mali, Mozambique and Uganda. This discussion argues that understanding the models and functions of management comm
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Participation Pays: The Sustainability of Community Broadcasting in Perspective
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);fesmedia Africa (2012), 36 pp.
Papier de discussion : Complémentarités entre services financiers de proximité et offreurs d’information locale. Des pistes de solutions pour un financement des médias communautaires par l’intermédiaire des institutions de microfinance
Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (2011), 19 pp.
"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
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Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook
Inspiring Practice
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
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The Sustainability of Community Broadcasting in Namibia: An Assessment and Plan of Action
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 83 pp.
"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
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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 (
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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
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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
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Impact of the Department of Communications’ Community Radio Support Programme: Report and Recommendations
Pygma Consulting (2011), 80 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
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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
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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
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