Beyond the Bars: Prisoners' Radio Strengthening Community

2013 ◽  
Vol 149 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Community Connections ◽  
Media Form

This article examines the connections between prisoners' radio and community, drawing on a case study of an annual Indigenous prisoners' radio project from Melbourne, Australia called Beyond the Bars, coordinated by community radio station 3CR. It demonstrates that an important aspect of prisoners' radio is its ability, as a media form, to sustain relationships between those inside and outside of incarceration, and as a result maintain community connections. The success of Beyond the Bars as a whole can be attributed in part to the special relationship forged between the local Indigenous community and the radio station itself, which has featured over 30 years of Indigenous broadcasting.

scholarly journals Radio Adelaide: A case study of community radio change and resilience within the non-profit industrial complex

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Bedford
Keyword(s):  
Radio Station ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
Financial Survival ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Source Of Information

The Australian community radio sector is a rich source of information for researchers, activists and practitioners working to support and develop community broadcasting worldwide. With a 46-year history, it represents an established and enduring third tier of independent local broadcasting with over 450 non-profit radio services legislated to provide opportunities for community engagement and participation. This article focuses on the political, economic and institutional factors involved in a change of ownership and management of Radio Adelaide, the countrys longest running community radio station. The process illustrates the impact and effects of the non-profit industrial complex as stations struggle for financial survival and independence in an increasingly competitive, corporatized environment. It is a case study which questions the contemporary understanding of a strong and resilient sector, highlighting themes to inform community media research and practice internationally.

Challenging Voices? Going Public on Community Radio

2002 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowan Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
Radio Station ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Going Public ◽  
The Public ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Public Nature ◽  
Community Access

Presenting a program on community radio can be immensely rewarding for community access broadcasters. Yet the experience of ‘going public’ is not always positive. Based on a case study of the participation of women at one community access radio station in Aotearoa/New Zealand, this paper argues that, particularly for programmers from minority communities, the public nature of broadcasting can be problematic. Whether or not they desire such a role, such broadcasters often become positioned as public representatives of their community. This representative aspect of going public makes it problematic, because public representatives attract criticism as well as praise, and the validity of their voices can be challenged. Drawing on the narratives of women involved at community access station Plains FM and the work of John Hochheimer (1993), this paper addresses issues of participation, representation and legitimacy, and explores the challenges that they pose for the democratic potential of community access media.

Negotiating context as a survival strategy: The case of Mugambo Jwetu FM

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102
Author(s):  
Rose N. Kimani
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
National Level ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
The Political ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
A Value ◽  
International Funding ◽  
National Media ◽  
And Training

Kenyan community radio works between international and national media paradigms, while seeking to meet the expectations of its local communities. International funding and training organizations active in the sector focus on enhancing technology for development, freedom of expression, democracy and governance. At the national level, community stations are expected to act as development-oriented media. While development is a value embraced by most stations, freedom of expression is embraced more cautiously, given the political contexts in which they exist. Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2014 and 2016, this article explores the operational choices that community broadcasters make in view of their funding and training partnerships, all the while negotiating their local, social and political contexts in order to survive. It focuses on Mugambo Jwetu FM, a community radio station in Kenya, as a case study.

Methodologically sound? Participatory research at a community radio station

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Way

This chapter discusses the nature of participatory research by giving a case study of KCC Live, a volunteer youth-led community radio station in Knowsley, UK. It talks about the co-production of audio artefacts and illustrates how the young participants change the way scholars approached the term ‘participatory’. In addition, the chapter details how the methods evolved within the field, owing to the participatory design of the project. It problematises the alleged emancipatory potential of participatory research and, in detailing the co-production of audio artefacts in this project, argues that the meaning of ‘participatory’ in participatory research should be determined in communication with study participants. Only then can research be considered truly participatory.

scholarly journals Social Marketing Techniques in Community Radio Practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2914-2918
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Set Up

The first Community Radio Station was set up in India in the year 2006, and presently there are over 251 such operational radios in the country. The paper sets out to locate Community Radio in Indian context, and its practices based on the conceptual definition and framework of social marketing as proposed by Philip Kotler, Alan Andreasen and others. Historically Community Radio has evolved as an alternative to the mainstream media which failed to focus and give due attention to issues and concerns of rural people in general and marginalised sections of the society. The paper maps the practice of Namma Dhwani Community radio which has been broadcasting for over a decade in the state of Karnataka to the Social Marketing techniques, in promoting social ideas to bring out a change in the attitudes and behaviour. The specific objectives of the paper are to explore how Namma Dhwani draws from the theory of Social Marketing, in its implementation of commercial marketing techniques and to understand the role of Community Radio in empowering the community and bringing about a change in behaviour. A case study method approach has been adopted and the paper is conceptual and descriptive in nature.

scholarly journals An Examination on Challenges and Prospectus of Radio 7

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3S) ◽  
pp. 484-488
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Campus Community ◽  
University Management ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
The University ◽  
Management Council

In real, it is not just good enough to obtain license, establish and start functioning radio station dedicated to society that called community radio station. The success of any body is hinged on the fulfillment of the objectives of that body. It is based on this premise that this research work is to find out and examine the present operational nature of campus Community Radio Station Radio 7 supported by The IIS University, Jaipur as a case study taken in comparison with the Objectives of its establishment, researcher also trying to find out the challenges and prospectus of the radio station in the process with the hope that it will be useful to the university management council on different issues regarding the operation, policy’s, financial sustainability and equipping of the radio station.

scholarly journals STRATEGI BERJARINGAN RADIO KOMUNITAS ISLAM MADU FM TULUNGAGUNG

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Redi Panuju
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Radio Broadcasting ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this study to determine the strategy of community radio broadcasting in particular contestation Madu FM community radio in Tulungagung in East Java Indonesia. Madu FM community radio phenomenon is interesting to study because it is a community radio station that managed to grow in the midst contestation broadcasting. Community radio gets limitation restriction (restriction) of the state through the Broadcasting Act (Act No. 32 of 2002 on Broadcasting). Besides, the community radio still has to compete with the private radio and private television. Madu FM is able to adapt to circumstances without violating the rules. The result is a strategy of community radio broadcasting successfully innovate innovation so that it becomes exist. This research approach is qualitative approach with the method of observation and in-depth interviews. The study was conducted during the period from March to August, 2016.Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui strategi penyiaran radio komunitas khususnya dalam kontes radio komunitas Madu FM di Tulungagung di Jawa Timur Indonesia. Fenomena radio komunitas Madu FM sangat menarik untuk diteliti karena merupakan stasiun radio komunitas yang berhasil tumbuh di tengah penyiaran kontestasi. Radio komunitas mendapat pembatasan pembatasan (pembatasan) negara melalui Undang-Undang Penyiaran (UU No. 32 Tahun 2002 tentang Penyiaran). Selain itu, radio komunitas masih harus bersaing dengan radio swasta dan televisi swasta. Madu FM mampu beradaptasi dengan keadaan tanpa melanggar peraturan. Hasilnya adalah strategi penyiaran radio komunitas berhasil berinovasi inovasi sehingga menjadi ada. Pendekatan penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode observasi dan wawancara mendalam. Penelitian dilakukan selama periode dari bulan Maret sampai Agustus 2016.Keywords: Community Radio, contestation, strategies, adaptation and rational choice.

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