Dec 24, 2015 | Lead Stories
India’s first emergency FM station in flood-hit Cuddalore, TN, 107.8 FM is on air. Ekta Mittal of Maraa reports. A phone call from John Nelson, Managing Trustee of Sarnalayam Trust, in Cuddalore is what it took to get the ball rolling to set up the first...
Mar 14, 2015 | Special, Tributes
Noted Journalist B G Verghese, who passed away recently, was also a supporter of community radio in India. Apart from a long stint at Prasar Bharati in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Verghese also chaired the Official Committee on Autonomy for AIR and Doordarshan...
Mar 14, 2015 | CR Updates/Tracking CR
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Ideosync Media Combine has initiated FREE/DEM – an initiative designed to build capacities of Community Radio towards enhancing pluralism and strengthening democracy, in order to fulfill its mandate as a...
Mar 14, 2015 | Articles, International, Interviews
Community radio movement in the United States got a big boost with the passing of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010, with about 3000 low-power (about 100 watts) FM stations spread all across the country. Kanchan K. Malik and Vinod Pavarala spoke with Pete Tridish,...
