Building Capacities, Empowering Communities
Recognising the growing impact of the Community Radio phenomenon as a powerful medium of community engagement and empowerment, UNESCO set up the first ever Chair on Community Media at the Department of Communication, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad, India.
Established in 2011, the Chair has been serving as a knowledge and resource centre delving into the various facets of Community Media.
UPDATES
- Radio Mewat FM 90.4, Mewat, Harayanaon July 1, 2021
Radio Mewat is located in one of India’s most disadvantaged and isolated districts of Mewat in the state of Haryana. Launched in September 2010, […]
- Radio Active CR 90.4 FM, Bengaluru, Karnatakaon July 1, 2021
Radio Active is an urban community radio station catering to diverse and heterogeneous groups in Bengaluru and it is licensed to Jain University. […]
- Nityananda Janavani 91.2 FM, Purulia, West Bengalon July 1, 2021
Nityananda Janavani, a community radio station by, of, and for the marginalized people of Purulia District, is dedicated to promoting indigenous […]
- Radio Mattoli 90.4 FM, Wayanad, Keralaon July 1, 2021
Radio Mattoli in Wayanad district of Kerala is a community radio station initiated by the Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady through its official […]
- Radio Madhuban 90.4 FM, Abu Road, Rajasthanon July 1, 2021
Radio Madhuban is India’s first value-based community radio station run by the Brahma Kumaris, an 81-year-old organisation operational in Abu […]
CR NEWS LEADS
- Funding Challenges: Can Community Radios in India Brave the Pandemic?on July 1, 2021
While the entire world is hustling to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, community radio (CR) stations in India are fighting another battle as well – a […]
- Community Radio Stations in India: Bridging the gap whilst ‘Social Distancing’ on September 28, 2020
Shruti Iyer, a summer intern with the UNESCO Chair on Community Media, documents the initiatives taken up by CR stations in India to reach out to […]
- Announcing Global Dialogues: Community Media in the Post-Pandemic Worldon June 1, 2020
Reports from various parts of the world have been talking about the active role community radios are playing in tackling the ongoing coronavirus […]
- Combatting coronavirus in India, the CR wayon April 23, 2020
Around 10 am on the morning of April 14, villagers in Sangli, a village in Maharashtra close to the Karnataka border, were getting anxious. Their […]