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BNNRC urges revival of CR in Japan Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has written to Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s Minster of Internal Affairs and Communications, to express their concern regarding the...
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SNIPPETS: South Asia Focus
A peek into the latest news and happenings related to CR in South Asia. India: As part of India’s 12th Five-Year Plan, the government has announced a Community Radio Support Scheme to enable the functioning of...
Read MoreCivil Radio in peril
In Hungary, community radio was functional from 1996 and by the end of 2010 there were sixty-eight small community radio stations across the country. By the beginning of 2011, the new law and political changes have been averse...
Read MoreCR journalists seek safe work conditions
Community radio journalists from over thirty stations raised concerns about their security while participating in a national workshop on ‘Safety of Radio Journalist’ in Kathmandu in February. The program was...
Read MoreSouth Africa to step up support for CR
In a meeting held at Pretoria recently, the State Owned Entities Communicators’ Association (SOECA) and the State Owned Enterprises Procurement Forum (SOEPF) have committed to up their support for community media in South...
Read More16 new CR stations for Bangladesh
Ministry of Information (MOI) of Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has primarily approved sixteen initiators to set up new community radio stations. Bangladesh started community radio broadcasting as recent as...
Read MoreUNESCO Chair speaks at The Great Debate, United Kingdom
Professor Vinod Pavarala and Tony Durcan took part in The Great Debate: “Media, Culture, Voice: Tackling Inequality and Marginalization”, held at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK on 15th July 2013. The speakers touched upon...
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