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Community Radio Community Radio stations in Indiastations in India
Priyadarshini Kiran
Ph D student
Apeejay Stya university, Sohna, Gurgaon
Guided by DR R Sreedher, Community media Pracitioner and
Media expert
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CR Policy in India
India’s Community Radio Policy emerged from a grassroots movement
Supreme Court Judgment 1995 – Airways are public property to be used for public good
First CR Guidelines in 2002 – Only educational institutions were eligible
Policy revised and broad based –New Policy 2006
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CR Policy in India
India’s Community Radio Policy emerged from a grassroots movement
Supreme Court Judgment 1995 – Airways are public property to be used for public good
First CR Guidelines in 2002 – Only educational institutions were eligible
Policy revised and broad based –New Policy 2006
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The CR policy (2006) ‘Non-profit’ organizations, educational
Agricultural institutions registered for 3 years
Serving a specific well-defined local community
CRS ownership and management structure reflective of the community it will serve.
Programmes for broadcast must be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community
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CR Policy 2006 Contd.
Who are eligible !
– Registered Societies and Autonomous Bodies
– Public Trusts registered under Societies Act or any other such act.
– Educational institutions– Agricutlure institutions including
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CR Policy 2006 Contd. Who are not eligible
– Individuals;– Political Parties and their affiliate
organisations; [including students, women’s, trade unions and such other wings]
– Organisations operating with a motive to earn profit;
– Organisations expressly banned by the Union and State Governments.
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Technical guidelines A CRS expected to cover a range of 10 - 12 km
Maximum transmitter strength of 100W ERP
Max. antenna height above ground = 30 meters
Min. antenna height above ground =15 meters
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Cost of setting up CRS Cost of setting up a CRS- 6 -10 Lakhs Fixed Cost
– Infrastructure for the studio excluding land cost -Rs 5 Lakhs
– Computers, Furniture etc.- 1 Lakh
– Transmitter/Antenna – 2-5 Lakhs
Recurring Expenditure varies • Salaries • Content Generation • Maintenance
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Funding & Sustenance Government of India has comeout with
Community Radio Sustencance scheme for funding CRS- upto 50% capital cost reimbursed
Agriculture Ministry funds KVKs
UNICEF/UNESCO have funded some CRS
Running expenditure and partial capital cost to be borne by the CRS operators
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Funding and Sustenance Main source of revenue for CRS –
Advertisements, Project sanctioned by Aid agencies and government
Advertising permitted for only 5 minutes per hour of broadcast.
Rate for advt.- Minimum of Rs 4 per second of Broadcast Rs 1200 per hour
Sponsored Programmes only by Central & State Governments
Revenue generated to be ploughed back into primary objectives of the organisation /NGO
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1. CRS Applicat ion
3. Presentat ion to Screening
Committee and Inter Ministerial
Committee
2. Clearance from ministr ies i.e
Defence, Home, HRD, Agriculture,
Communication and IT
4. Issue of Letter of Intent (LoI)
5. Application for & Frequency
Allocation , issue of LOI and payment of
License fee to WPC
6. Issue of SACFA clearance by WPC
7. Application for Grant of
Permission Agreement
(GoPA)
9. Application for Wireless
Operating License (WoL)
10. Issue of WoL
11. Commencement of CRS broadcast (Within 3 months of signing of GoPA)
8. Issue of GoPA
The CR application/Licensing process
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Fees & Levies Processing Fee = Rs 2,500/- Bank Guarantee = Rs 25,000/- Spectrum Fee = Rs 19,500/- per
annum No permission fee required
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Challenges
Building a sustainable business model Involvement of women & marginalized Channel mangment. Creating a relevant training & capacity building
process Building local support structures/networks Building local maintenance support
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Consultancy
Not advisable to get private consultancy Community Radio Facilitation centre at the
Ground Floor of the Ministry offeres free consultancy till the issue of final license and also in getting empanelled with DAVP. It is funded by Ford Foundation and operated by One World Foundation
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Thank You
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