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A Case Study of Community Radio: As an Emerging Platform to Discuss Developmental Issues in Rajasthan

"Radio as a medium is continuously playing a significant role not only in the dissemination of information but also in the propagation of culture and nation-building, providing many minorities, remote, and disenfranchised areas with a low-cost civic sphere. Radio is an essential and useful tool for communication. The phrase “a radio service by the people, close to the people and for the people” sums up the essential features of this service. So, we can say that Community Radio must not only be run by but also serve the welfare of the society. It aims to help and benefit the public group through its programming. In this paper, the researcher intends to observe the community radio as an emerging platform to discuss developmental issues programming of broadcasts by total four CRS. So, two stations from educational category and two is from Ngo category from Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Alwar and Sirohi district of Rajasthan as a case study." (Abstract)