to play. With a small investment, and training of few local people by NGOs working for capacity building to support CRS, a radio station can be set up with broadcasting possible in a limited area. It is run and managed by local people and the contents are for local use in their local dialect. The local radio station generally supports local programmes of development.
It gives opportunity to people to participate and express their views and also display their talents. Radio thus becomes the voice of the people, a catalyst for people’s development, and encourages youth to prepare for a career in DCJ (Development Communication Journalism). Participatory content development and appraisal along with rapport formation with the community become important prerequisites for a successful community radio initiative. NGOs and educational institutions can seek license to set up a local community radio station to broadcast information on developmental aspects.
Participation of local community is encouraged. This powerful media is also used as information dispenser about government policies, entitlements, programmes, schemes and services. There have been some successful attempts in using community A ctivity Plan and list the programmes you would broadcast for your listeners from a campus radio of your school or colony. radio in different parts of the country.
Some examples are Community radio being operated in Vanasthali Vidyapeeth (Rajasthan), Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) (Gujarat), Delhi University (DU) FM in North Delhi and many such others that are helping communities in voicing their problems and finding solutions. In September , India launched Education Satellite ( EDUSAT) which was the first Indian satellite built exclusively to serve the educational sector. EDUSAT is used to meet the demand for an interactive satellite- based distance education system in India. Television today offers a variety of programmes through several channels, international, national and local levels.
Some of the programmes have scope for people to participate in the form of talk shows, reality shows, competitions, etc. Other programmes of immense educational value like ‘Kyunki Jeena isi Ka Nam hai’ and ‘Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hun’ can be viewed on private channels.