The Healthy Community Radio Station
Key Guidance
Wits Radio Academy;Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) (2013), 72 pp.
CC-like licence
"This publication is a diagnostic tool for a "health check" or assessment of the sustainability of community radio stations. The check includes five areas: mission and governance of a community radio station; management and staffing; infrastructure and finances; programming; and community involvement. Core aspects of these five areas are succinctly described in the first part of "The healthy community radio station". The second part provides checklists of ten factual questions (which require a simple yes/no answer) and two qualitative questions for each of the five sectors, and proposes combining the "checklist scores" and "judgement scores" to get an overall picture of the "health" of a given radio station. Also included are guidelines for focus group discussions. This publication is highly recommended, both because of its convincing concept of five "pillars" of community radio sustainability and its practical approach." (CAMECO Update November 2013)
I. MODELS OF HEALTH
Chapter 1: The Search for Health and Sustainability in Community Radio, 6
1: Mission and Governance, 14
2: Management and Staff, 19
3: Infrastructure and Finance, 24
4: Programming, 28
5: Community Involvement, 33
II. STATION HEALTH CHECK TOOL
Introduction, 37
Chapter 1: Method and Process, 38
Chapter 2: Checking for Health in Five Dimensions, 42
a) Mission and Governance, 42
b) Management and Staff, 43
c) Infrastructure and Finance, 44
d) Programming, 46
e) Community Involvement, 47
Chapter 3: Analysis and Action, 48
Bibliography, 52
Appendix 1: Sources and Types of Income, 53
Appendix 2: Analysing a Show, 54
Appendix 3: Guidelines for Focus Group Discussions, 56
Appendix 4: The Structure of a Report, 59
Chapter 1: The Search for Health and Sustainability in Community Radio, 6
1: Mission and Governance, 14
2: Management and Staff, 19
3: Infrastructure and Finance, 24
4: Programming, 28
5: Community Involvement, 33
II. STATION HEALTH CHECK TOOL
Introduction, 37
Chapter 1: Method and Process, 38
Chapter 2: Checking for Health in Five Dimensions, 42
a) Mission and Governance, 42
b) Management and Staff, 43
c) Infrastructure and Finance, 44
d) Programming, 46
e) Community Involvement, 47
Chapter 3: Analysis and Action, 48
Bibliography, 52
Appendix 1: Sources and Types of Income, 53
Appendix 2: Analysing a Show, 54
Appendix 3: Guidelines for Focus Group Discussions, 56
Appendix 4: The Structure of a Report, 59
