17 Community Radio Programs Nominated for 14th Meena Media Award-2018
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Tag: Bangladesh
Radio Magazine & Talk Show on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) through Community Radio in Rural Bangladesh
A total of 48 magazines and 48 talk shows titled of “Prochesta” were conducted by two Community Radio Stations – Radio Borendro 99.2FM and Radio Sarabela 98.8FM located in northern part of the country in the...
Read More‘Community media is making the media landscape of South Asia more pluralistic’
AHM Bazlur Rahman is an iconic figure in the community radio movement in South Asia. As the CEO of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC), Rahman energized the government and civil society in his country to...
Read More‘South Asia CR stations must advocate for liberal legislation’
Between August 9 and 10, 2016, participants from Bangladesh, India and Nepal met at the South Asian community radio conference organized by Association of Community Radio Broadcasters of Nepal (ACORAB) to discuss community...
Read MoreCommunity Radio Stations in Coastal Bangladesh in addressing Cyclone ROANU in Disaster Risk Reduction
Eight community radio (CR) stations in the coastal region of Bangladesh broadcast a combined total of 348 hours of programs for 3 continuous days from May 19 to May 21, 2016 as they addressed Cyclone Roanu in the region. The...
Read MoreCR-CIT – Bangladesh edition (Bengali Version) released
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Bangladesh edition (Bengali) of the Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit (CRCIT) developed by the UNESCO Chair on Community Media with the support of Commonwealth...
Read MoreFour Community Radio stations received the highest number of prizes in the Radio Category of the UNICEF Meena Media Awards, 2015
Four community radio stations of the country received 13 awards in the radio category of the Meena Media Award 2015 for their contributions in innovation in media and the protection of child rights in the year 2015. As with...
Read MoreBangladesh CR stations played key role in addressing cyclone Komen
Note: Cyclone Komen underscored the importance of community radio in reckoning with disaster. Even before the cyclone struck the country, seven community radio stations ensured that timely information reached local communities...
Read MoreCommunity Radio in Bangladesh – Including the excluded
Over the years, phrases like voice of the voiceless and including the excluded have been increasingly associated with community radio. But what do they really mean? Unfortunately, their frequent usage by advocates of community...
Read MoreCommunity radio and sustainability – a participatory research initiative
Community radio has completed a decade in 2012 in India and boasts of 183 operational stations in India and 15 in Bangladesh. In addition, Nepal, which has a longer history of CR has 246 stations on air. Due to the...
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