The power of community radio

The head of the Asia-Pacific branch of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), Ashish Sen, says that Feba's FIRST Response training taking place in Bangalore, India this week is "the first step in the journey towards introducing mobile broadcasting in India for disaster management". He was speaking to participants of the workshop which will culminate in a field trial in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Ashish, who is also head of the Community Radio lobby group, VOICES, believes that community radio will be a powerful force for the development of communities in India and that they are on the threshold of the first station being granted a broadcast licence in the next few months.

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• community
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After spending a little time in Nepal working with community radio, I understand the role that community radio can play, but also the difficulties. There is a handy book called Participative Marketing for Local Radio that can help new and established community radio develop sustainably and effectively, do a search on the book title to find the website.