Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India Compendium 2012 Community Radio Stations in India Compiled and Edited by Jayalakshmi Chittoor Published by R Thyagarajan, Head, Administration and Finance, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, Commonwealth of Learning, 13/14 Sarv Priya Vihar, New Delhi. Designed and printed by Mensa Design Pvt. Ltd., [email protected]. Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi Conceptualisation and Research of the Compendium 2012 Dr R Sreedher, Director, CEMCA, (Team Lead) Ms Supriya Sahu, IAS, Joint Secretary (Broadcasting), MIB, GOI Ms Jayalakshmi Chittoor, Knowledge Management Consultant Research Support Rukmini Vemraju, Vipin Sharma, Chittoor P Krishnan, Poonam Shrivastava, Pravesh Sharma, Nilofar Ali, Rupica Saxena and Monica Sharma Cover Photo Courtesy Radio Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh Design and Layout Mensa Design Private Limited Published by Mr R Thyagarajan on behalf of Commonwealth Education Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Limits of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the Publisher and Authors have used their best efforts in preparing the compendium, they make no representation or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this compendium. 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We thank Mr Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, for entrusting us with this task and for his vision documented in this publication. Ms Supriya Sahu, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, the visionary behind this venture need special mention and we would like to place on record the important role that she played in bringing out this compendium. I also would like to thank Mr Inderjeet Grewal and his team from the CRS cell of the Ministry for unstinted cooperation. This volume was painstakingly collected, compiled, designed, and edited by Ms Jayalakshmi Chittoor and was assisted by Mr Chittoor P Krishnan. We would like to mention her hard work and also sleepless nights she had in bringing out this edition on time. I have to place my appreciation for my colleagues at CEMCA, Ms Rukmini Vemraju, Mr R Thyagarajan, Ms Nutan Bharati, Ms Monica Sharma, Mr Sunny Joseph and Mr Sanjeev for their continued cooperation in the venture. I would like to mention the role of youngsters like Charu Sharma, Rupica Saxena, Hema Priyadarshini, Poonam Shrivastava, Nilofar Ali, Pravesh Sharma, and the consultants Mr Vipin Sharma and Ms Bharti Malhotra. Our thanks are due to M/s Mensa Design and their designing team for their painstaking professional printing of this compendium. I am leaving CEMCA in June 2012 with the great satisfaction of organising more than 30 awareness workshops for the Ministry of I & B, GOI, from 2007 in nook and corners of the country and also for having organised two National Community Radio Sammelans and do hope that in the years to come CEMCA will continue to work with Government of India in taking forward this great social communication revolution forward. Dr R Sreedher Director Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Community Radio Stations in India CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY RADIO StatiONS Index ANDHRA PRADESH Page No. 1. Bol Hyderabad @90.4 MHz 1 2. Deccan Radio @107.8 MHz 3 3. KMIT Tarang @90.4 MHz 5 4. SVFM Tirupathi @90.4 MHz 7 5. Vishnu CR @90.4 MHz 10 ASSAM 6. Jnan Taranga @90.4 MHz 13 7. Radio Luit @90.8 MHz 16 CHANDIGARH 8. Jyotirgamaya Radio - Padho aur Padhao @91.2 MHz 19 DELHI 9. Krims CR @90.8 MHz 22 10. Radio JIMS @90.4 MHz 24 11. Delhi University (DU CR) @90.4 MHz 27 12. Jamia Community Radio @90.4 MHz 30 13. JIMS Community Radio, Rohini, @96.9 MHz 32 GUJARAT 14. Samudayik Rudino Radio Station @90.4 MHz 34 HARYANA 15. CCS Haryana Agricultural University @91.2 MHz 37 16. Radio Manav Rachna @107.8 MHz 40 17. Radio Sirsa @90.4 MHz 42 18. Gurgaon ki Awaz Samudayik Radio @107.8 MHz 44 19. Radio Mewat @90.4 MHz 46 HIMACHAL PRADESH 20. Hamara MSPICM Solan @90.4 MHz 49 KARNATAKA 21. Antarvani CR Statio @90.8 MHz 51 22. Divya Vani Neladani @90.8 MHz 54 23. KCRS Dharwad @90.4 MHz 57 24. Namma Dhwani @90.4 MHz 61 25. Radio Active CR @90.4 MHz 64 26. Community Radio Manipal @90.4 MHz 67 27. Community Radio Sarang @107.8 MHz 70 28. Radio Siddhartha @90.8 MHz 72 29. Radio Universal @106.8 MHz 75 30. Ramana Dwani @90.4 MHz 77 KERALA 31. Community Radio Benziger @107.8 MHz 80 32. Radio DC Community Radio @90.4 MHz 83 33. Radio MACFAST @90.4 MHz 86 34. Radio Mattoli @90.4 MHz 89 MADHYA PRADESH 35. Chanderi Ki Awaaz @90.4 MHz 93 36. Kisanvani @90.4 MHz 95 37. Radio Bundelkhand @90.4 MHz 98 38. Radio Dhadkan @107.8 MHz 102 39. Radio Popcorn @90.4 MHz 104 40. Vanya Radio Chandrashekhar Azad Nagar (Bhabra) @90.4 MHz 106 MAHARASHTRA 41. DY Radio Dnyanvani @90.4 MHz 108 42. Green Radio @90.4 MHz 110 43. Jago Mumbai @90.8 MHz 113 44. CRS KVK Pravara @90.8 MHz 116 45. KVK Sharda Krishi Vahini @90.8 MHz 119 46. Mann Deshi Tarang Vahini @90.4 MHz 122 47. MUST Radio @107.8 MHz 125 48. Radio FTII @90.4 MHz 128 49. Radio Nagar @90.4 MHz 131 50. Radio Vishwas @90.8 MHz 133 51. Swaranant CR @90.4 MHz 135 52. Vasundhara Krushi Vahini @90.4 MHz 138 53. Vidyavani @107.4 MHz 141 54. Yeralavani @91.2 MHz 144 ODISHA 55. Radio Namaskar @90.4 MHz 147 56. Radio Sanskar @91.2 MHz 150 57. Ravenshaw Radio @90.4 MHz 152 PUDUCHERRY 58. Honey CR @90.8 MHz 154 59. Nila Community Radio @90.4 MHz 156 60. Puduvai Vani @107.8 MHz 159 RAJASTHAN 61. Aapno Radio Banasthali @90.4 MHz 162 62. Radio 7 @90.4 MHz 165 63. Radio Eminent @90.4 MHz 168 64. Radio Madhuban @90.4 MHz 170 65. Tilonia Radio @90.4 MHz 173 TAMIL NADU 66. Holy Cross CR @90.4 MHz 175 67. KSR CR @90.4 MHz 177 68. Loyola CRS @107.4 MHz 179 69. MOP CRS @107.8 MHz 182 70. Muthucharam CR @90.4 MHz 185 71. PARD Vaanoli @91.2 MHz 187 72. Pasumai CR @90.4 MHz 189 73. Periyar CR @90.4 MHz 191 74. PGP CRS @90.8 MHz 194 75. PSG Community Radio @107.8 MHz 196 76. Kalpakkam Community Radio @90.8 MHz 199 77. Sivanthi CR @90.4 MHz 202 78. SSM CR @90.8 MHz 204 79. TNAU CRS @107.4 MHz 206 80. Vayalaga Vanoli @90.4 MHz 209 81. Kongu Community Radio @90.4 MHz 212 82. Anna Community Radio @90.4 MHz 215 83. Ilanthalir CR @107.2 MHz 218 UTTAR PRADESH 84. Aap Ki Awaaz @90.8 MHz 221 85. Agra Ki Aawaz @90.4 MHz 223 86.