MIB Study Makes A Case for Strengthening Community Radio in Rural India
Recognising the power of community radio stations (CRS’s) as a tool for positive social change in...
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MIB kerfuffle over monitoring blows over?
The strange order from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) received by community radio stations across India on Friday, April 30 proposed a novel method of monitoring the content broadcast by the stations. The...
Read MoreIndian community radio monitored, expanded
Following the change in the country’s government earlier this year, the Indian Information and Broadcasting Ministry has ordered that its Electronic Media Monitoring Centre (EMMC) begin real-time broadcast radio monitoring as...
Read MoreChange of guard at MIB
R Jaya appointed JS (Broadcasting) Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer R Jaya has taken over as joint secretary (Broadcasting) in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry following the end of the extended term of...
Read MoreCR Regional Sammelans to enhance sharing of best practices
The first three-day Regional Community Radio Sammelan was organised by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) in collaboration with OneWorld Foundation India (OneWorld) at Puducherry from September 28-30, 2014. Forty...
Read MoreMIB initiates Phase 2 of Peer Review
Encouraged by the enthusiastic response from community radio practitioners and the positive results of the first phase of Peer Review Programme in which 30 Community Radio Stations (CRS) participated, the Ministry of Information...
Read MoreNational CR Sammelan held from 13 – 15 March, 2014
The 4th edition of the Community Radio (CR) National Sammelan was organised at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi from 13-15 March, 2014. The official MIB release for the Sammelan states that it would further an understanding among all...
Read MoreCommunity Broadcasting in India: Time to review, reflect and advance
Suddenly there is a whole lot of buzz around community radio in the country. The Government of India has announced a special scheme with an allocation of Rs 100 crore to promote community radio stations in the interim budget for...
Read MoreMIB initiates peer review for CR stations
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) initiated a self assessment process for community radio (CR) stations in India at a three-day workshop on ‘Peer Review’ for CR practitioners organised by MIB in association with...
Read MoreMIB calls for applications for grants under CR support scheme
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India has called for applications to avail of grants under its Community Radio Support Scheme. The last date for applications is: April 15, 2014. Detailed guidelines...
Read MoreMIB includes CR-CIT for peer review
Dr. Kanchan K. Malik, Associate Professor, Department of Communication & Faculty Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Community Media represented the Chair at the Peer Review Process Orientation Workshop held in New Delhi from February...
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