scholarly journals Community radio: an instrument for good governance in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 348-361
Author(s):  
‘Rantimi Jays Julius-Adeoye
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Theatre Arts ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Radio Broadcasting ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Cost

Decree No. 38 of 1992 enacted under the administration of General Ibrahim B. Babangida put a stop to fifty seven years of government’s exclusive ownership and operation of broadcasting in Nigeria. However, with the cost of setting-up, management and obtaining license for media station being prohibitively expensive, the system can only be accessed by the rich and powerful in the society, thereby depriving rural communities’ involvement in the development of the country. As part of the panoply of strategies to ensure rural communities’ participation in democratic governance, there is need for the establishment of rural community radio stations, which is very much different from educational institutions’ type currently being paraded as community radios but rather a training room for communication and theatre arts students. Using historical-analytic method, this article looks at the role community radio could play in making good governance in Nigeria accessible to every segment of society, especially the rural populace. Therefore, it is recommended that Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) policy should consider the inclusion of community radio as the third in the sector of radio broadcasting in Nigeria after public and commercial ownership. Furthermore, since community radio is essentially non-for-profit, government should make the operation licence free or at a minimal cost to the host community. Keywords: Community radio, NBC, Good governance, People’s participation, Nigeria

Automation Broadcast Radio Controlled by Using Audio Mute Clock

2015 ◽  
Vol 781 ◽  
pp. 11-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adisak Pattanajakr ◽  
Apirat Siritaratiwat ◽  
Anan Kruesubthaworn
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
Voice Of America ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Radio Broadcasting ◽  
High Dependency ◽  
Plc Program ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Very High ◽  
Master Clock

This paper presents distribution and automation radio broadcasting organization that is operated by international radio stations such as Voice of America (VOA) using the control center that must rely on the cost of the electrical and electronic instruments and the operation and must be very high dependency computer technology that is relative to clock and must be done regularly to ensure the accuracy. The changing schedule of automation radio broadcasting controlled by programmable logic controller, PLC [1] and the master clock [2] is time in second is required to execute the PLC program for every changing of the schedule program. The ideology of silence of sound signal (Audio Mute) is used when each program ends instead using the master clock to execute the PLC program for changing the schedule radio program. The application of audio mute for changing new schedule when each program ends can be compared with the using the master clock controlling the PLC will be also minimum deviation of the time that will impact on automation radio broadcasting.

scholarly journals ETNISITAS DAN RADIO KOMERSIAL STUDI TERHADAP PROGRAM SIARAN BETAWI DI BENS RADIO DAN PROGRAM SIARAN JAWA DI RADIO CEMERLANG

Epigram ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaenal Abidin Eko Putro ◽  
Gibran Maulana Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Community Program ◽  
Radio Broadcasting ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Commercial Radio ◽  
Community Issues

AbstractCommercial radio which contains ethnical broadcasting program is different from community radio that focuses only on a particular ethnic community problem as well as ethnic community issues. Although commercial radio broadcasts ethnical community program just like other community radio does so, goal of braodcasing ethnicity in both radio forms remain unsimilar. This paper departs from this problem and trays to respond it.This paper is based on a field research with its qualitative method that organized by investigating two radio stations in Jakarta’ greater area, namely MPM Radio Cemerlang Depok and Bens Radio Jakarta. One of the research findings is that ethnic voices broadcasted in both radios deals with commercial goal to gain profit as radio broadcasting enable to gain such profit or capital. However, broadcasting ethnicity program in radio has the goal to connect both radio audiences with their own culture background.Key words: radio, commercial radio, ethnicity, radio audience and radio positioningAbstrakRadio komersial yang memuat siaran bernuansa etnis amatlah berbeda dengan keberadaan radio komunitas. Perbedaan itu paling tidak ditinjau dari unsur perangkat siaran dan isi siaran. Sebagai radio yang menyuarakan suara komunitas, memang keberadaan radio swasta komersial juga sama-sama berpeluang mengangkat siaran komunitas. Hanya pertanyaannya apakah radio swasta komersial juga sama kedudukannya dengan radio komunitas dalam hal pemenuhan kebutuhan untuk komunitas tertentu. Paper ini berusaha merespon masalah terkait terpenuhi atau tidaknya kebutuhan komunitas dalam siaran radio komersial.Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif, penelitian ini menyasar siaran bernuansa Betawi di Bens Radio dan program siaran bernuansa Jawa di Radio Cemerlang. Dua radio ini dipilih berdasarkan lokasi stasiun radionya dan audience mereka yang berada di Jabodetabek. Dua stasiun radio tersebut sampai hari ini masih secara aktif mengudarakan siaran-siaran bernuansa etnis yang dikemas dalam berbagai bentuk. Berdasarkan hasil pencarian data dapat dikatakan bahwa elemen etnisitas yang dibangun oleh kedua radio tersebut memiliki keterkaitan erat dengan makanisme industri dan perniagaan yang dijalankan kedua radio tersebut. Suara etnisitas dikumandangkan untuk menetapkan posisi (positioning) radio di antara radio yang lain serta juga untuk mengakomodir kerinduan akan budaya etnis para pendengarnya.Kata kunci: radio, radio komersial, etnisitas, pendengar radio dan penetapan posisi (positioning)

scholarly journals Effectiveness Of Community Radio In Preservation And Promotion Of The Indigenous Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5678-5691
Author(s):  
Lokesh Sharma Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
The State ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Media ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Art And Culture

The main stream media has overlooked the importance of indigenous people and their culture. The failure of mainstream media in reaching and engaging the local communities has triggered the demand of Community based media. Over the years community media has been emerged as an alternate and viable option to the mainstream media. One of the popular forms of community media is the ‘Community Radio’ which is operated in a community, for the community and   by the community members. In last two decades gradually but the community radio has been expanded throughout the country in India.  Today, more than 250 community radio stations are operational in the country and most of these are serving the rural communities. This paper investigates the role of community radio stations in preserving and promoting the indigenous culture of the state of Rajasthan in India. The well known community radio stations of the Rajasthan state of India has been selected for the study. The findings of this study reveal most of the radio stations are playing an important role the preservation and promotion of folk art and culture of the state. 

Profaning the Sacred: The Unorthodox Financial Activities of Catholic Clerics During the Napoleonic Period, 1796–1814

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-542
Author(s):  
Christopher Korten
Keyword(s):  
Precious Metals ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Sacred And Profane ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Times ◽  
First Time ◽  
Insight Into

This article reveals for the first time how Catholic clerics survived financially during the Napoleonic period in Italy (1796–1814). Despite the very rich, 200-year historiography on one of the Church's most critical periods, there is almost nothing on how religious clerics coped at this time. Their institutions had been despoiled by the French, often in collaboration with locals, negating traditional forms of clerical income, such as alms or rental income from non-ecclesiastical properties. This caused clerics to search out unorthodox – at times, non-canonical – ways of eking out a living, either for themselves, their religious communities or both, as such distinctions were often blurred. Masses were monetized and traded; ecclesiastical paraphernalia composed of precious metals were smelted and commodified, and relics were sold for profit. The uncovering of these controversial acts by men who in normal times were upstanding reveals the desperation of the times and provides insight into the rich discussion on determining the degrees of separation (and overlap) between the sacred and profane.

scholarly journals Design and Development of a Low Cost Personal Computer Based ECG Monitor

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Siddique-e Rabbani ◽  
A Raihan Abir ◽  
AKM Bodiuzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Safety Features ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Cost

ECG equipment is vital for diagnosis of cardiac problems. However, such equipment come from the rich Western countries at a huge cost in both procurement and maintenance, and therefore cannot offer services to a large population in the Third World countries. The only solution is to design and develop such equipment in individual countries by developing local expertise. With three decades of experience, the Dhaka University group has taken a step towards developing prototypes of ECG equipment for dissemination to the healthcare service providers. This paper presents the detailed design of an PC based ECG equipment where optimized choice of components and of the design have been made keeping the cost and maintenance in view, but not sacrificing the quality, and incorporating necessary safety features to protect the patient from known hazards. Both the hardware and the software have been developed locally and are detailed in this paper. Outputs obtained from human subjects are shown which are of reasonable good quality, and have been verified using standard ECG equipment. The PC based ECG system will allow digital post processing of signals for improved diagnosis through software. Besides, this can also become part of a nationwide telemedicine system. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmp.v4i1.14701 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Physics Vol.4 No.1 2011 115-125

scholarly journals On the ethics of doctors in capitalist countries

1981 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
S. Ya. Chikin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
The United States ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Us Congress ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Cost

In 1977, the US Congress published statistics on the operation of surgical clinics in many cities in the country. These materials cannot be read without a shudder. They once again proved that American doctors are no different from businessmen in their passion for profit. The report's conclusion was very sad. He testified that up to three million unjustified surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Naturally, they are not undertaken for the sake of the patient's health, but in order to present a more weighty bill to the patient, because the cost of the simplest surgical intervention is now estimated at at least $ 1000.

scholarly journals EU Rural Policy’s Capacity to Facilitate a Just Sustainability Transition of the Rural Areas

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 5050
Author(s):  
Barbara Wieliczko ◽  
Agnieszka Kurdyś-Kujawska ◽  
Zbigniew Floriańczyk
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Sustainability Transition ◽  
Development Capacity ◽  
Just Sustainability ◽  
The Eu

The sustainability transition of rural areas is a must due to rapid climate changes and biodiversity loss. Given the limited resources of rural communities, policy should facilitate a just sustainability transition of the EU rural areas. The analysis of EU development policies, past performance and the envisaged scope of reform, presented in this study point to a serious inconsistency between the declaration and implementation of relevant policies. Namely, the marginal role rural areas perform in common agricultural policy and cohesion policy; a result of the lack of a complex approach to rural development. The analysis was based on the concept of good governance and took a multi-level perspective. It advocates territorial justice as an approach that should be at the core of creating a comprehensive policy for rural areas in the EU, including their diversity and empowering local communities to choose the transition pathway that is most in line with their current situation and development capacity. This analysis fills a gap in research on the evolution of the rural development policy in the EU. This research can inform the reprioritization and intensification of efforts to create equitable policies for EU rural development.

scholarly journals STRUGGLING TO BREATHE: THE THORNY ROAD THAT SRI LANKAN COMMUNITY RADIO TRAVELLED THROUGH

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 291-297
Author(s):  
Ankuran Dutta ◽  
K.G.L.A.N.S. Jayawardhana
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Mass Medium ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
State Control ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Radio Broadcasting ◽  
The World ◽  
Permanent Staff

Radio is considered as the most widespread electronic mass medium in the world and a unique means of reaching the world‟s poorest communities. However, as far as community radio (CR) is concerned, it addresses issues relevant to the public interest of a particular geographic group or community. It is the foremost medium that gives the marginalised a voice, when their voices are suppressed by the haves and the mainstream mass media which is also under the control of haves. The community radio in Sri Lanka has a four decade old history; yet, the country stands the risk of having this pioneering experience with CR locked away as a memory, as, of now, there is no community radio in true sense available in Sri Lanka. This paper has attempted to find out the reasons behind the failure of community radio broadcasting in Sri Lanka. Using semi-structured indepth interviews, eight leading community radio activists, advocates and researchers in Sri Lanka were interviewed. The causes identified for the failure of CR in Sri Lanka are state control over CR stations, an inexistent legal framework for community radio, inadequate funding, and human resources, misconceptions of responsible government authorities‟, the lack of knowledge about the true sense and relevance of community radio, the appointment of permanent staff from Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation than giving more priority to the volunteers from the same community, competition with mainstream media, and less dedication to community radio.

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.

scholarly journals Imagined Community of Radio

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Rashid Ali
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Community Media ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Participatory Communication ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
Communicative Strategy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
State Body

The research paper problematises the very idea of community Radio’ as ‘participatory communicative tool.’ It uses Michel Certeau’s concept of ‘Strategy’ to understand the very evolution of Community Media in India since the setting of communicative strategy by state body polity to ameliorate the socio-economic conditions of the society. This theoretical perspective posits ‘participatory communication’ as linear, hierarchic and sedentary which is self-aggregating and creates a community of spectacle. The paper focuses on the tripartite division of community in the mediatised realm. The first division exists in the relationship between ordinary life and a specialist (Mainly civil society and NGOs). The second division looks at community as a hoodwinked entity in the wake of proxy ownership (often by politicians, bureaucrats and Armed Forces) of CR stations.  The third division exists in the semantics of the programme production and its receptivity by the ‘community.’ Through different case studies Community Radio Stations, the paper argues that ‘strategy’ is self-referential and poses a serious threat to everyday practice of life. However, it recommends that strategy as a statist tool should be replaced with tactics (Opposition of Strategy) which is in contradistinction with the idea of strategy.

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