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Knowledge, attitude, and practices of listeners towards community radio's development programs in New Corella, Davao del Norte, Philippines

Ivy C. Parido, Ivan N. Gallegos

Journal of Development Communication, volume 35, issue 1 (2024), pp. 69-78

"Despite the assertion that radio is a dying medium due to technological advances, community radio has proven its resilience and relevance as an essential tool for development communication. Launched in 2020, the community FM radio in New Corella, Davao del Norte, has been instrumental in reaching t ... more

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Community Radio Acceptance in Rural Africa: The Nexus of Language and Cultural Affinity

K. Onyenankeya, A Salawu

Information Development, volume 39, issue 3 (2023), pp. 567-580

"Community radio has gained traction with the grassroots in South Africa, especially subaltern groups excluded from the public sphere during the colonial and apartheid years. This paper argues that rural audience acceptance of and participation in community radio is closely associated with indigenou ... more

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‘Just Like Us’: Community Radio Broadcasters and the On-Air Performance of Community Identity

Bridget Backhaus

Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, volume 36, issue 4 (2022), pp. 581-594

"While community media audiences and broadcasters have themselves been the subject of research, how a sense of community identity is created through content production is less understood. This article details a critical discourse analysis of programming from ten different community radio stations wi ... more

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Low-Data Mobile Apps: Latest Innovation Frontier for Community Radio Stations in Rwanda

Emmanuel Munyarukumbuzi

3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication, issue 10 (2020), pp. 7-23

"This paper examines the motivation of audiences to participate in the programming of community radio; the readiness of community radio stations’ management and their audiences to embrace mobile applications; whether Rwanda is a conducive environment for the deployment of mobile applications in co ... more

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‘Meaningful Participation’: Exploring the Value of Limited Participation for Community Radio Listeners

Bridget Backhaus

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 17, issue 2 (2019), pp. 253-270

"Community radio represents an opportunity for audiences to play a lead role in the production, dissemination and ownership of media channels and content. The active participation of audiences is one of the primary differences between community radio stations and their commercial and state-run count ... more

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Exploring the Link Between Community Radio and the Community: A Study of Audience Participation in Alternative Media Practices

Lei Guo

Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 10, issue 1 (2017), pp. 112-130

"Most alternative media research has examined media content and the production process, largely ignoring another important component: the audiences of alternative media. To narrow this gap, this study investigates audience participation in one alternative media outlet: community radio. Case studies ... more

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Community Radio National Listener Survey: Summary Report of Findings

Crows Nest: McNair Ingenuity Research; Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) (2017), 49 pp.

"Overall, three quarters (72%) of Australians aged 15 years and over are aware of community radio. Since 2012, this survey has also asked survey respondents which individual community radio stations they had heard of, providing the ability to verify the stated awareness with specific station example ... more

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Kenyan Community Radio: Players, Production Processes and Participation

Rose N. Kimani

Bayreuth: Doctoral Thesis University of Bayreuth (2017), ix, 311 pp.

"Community broadcasting is known as the third tier of broadcasting, occupying the space between commercial and state broadcasters. In Kenya, this sector has been active only since 2004. Despite its recognised value in other contexts across the globe, community broadcasting is still struggling to fin ... d footing in the Kenyan media landscape, and there is a paucity of research on how this sector actually operates – its structures, content and audiences. This work therefore explores the roles and relevance of community radio in the vibrant Kenyan media landscape. Using a complementary mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, three community radio stations with different social contexts, funding and management structures were investigated. The research focused on the ideas and actors behind community radio, its funding and management structures, content, content production processes, listenership patterns and participation practices. Brought to light was that this sector navigates legislation and funding challenges, and juggles between global and local ideals about community broadcasting, most distinct of which are democracy and development. The local, the national and the global inform the ideas under which Kenyan community broadcasting operates, and these ideas are interpreted differently in each context. Communities interact with each of the stations based on their particular local contexts. Not only do they listen to community broadcasters according to specific daily rhythms, but they also mobilise themselves into social formations – most often fan groups and clubs – as a way of collective participation in the life of the station. Contrary to much radio audience research, this work shows that listenership is a distinct activity and participation in and through the media is not only an individual endeavour, but a collective undertaking drawing on pre-existent social solidarities. Community radio content addresses its listeners as different kinds of communities and publics at specific times of the day, and they respond accordingly. As well, there is content transformation across diverse media platforms, which may be a step towards new genres. Despite working within different and hybrid journalistic cultures, the producers play similar roles to their communities across the three contexts including mediation, mobilisation, space-creation, information and entertainment. Of these roles, mobilisation is a strength of community radio. The research reveals the intertwined nature of state, media and audience relationships, and argues for the fact that there are no homogenous audiences even at a micro-level, and that the affective and democratic functions of media participation are intricately linked to each other." (Abstract) more

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Prove It: An Audience Research Tool for Community Radio Stations

Radio Regen (2016), 55 pp.

"The Prove It toolkit is a resource for community radio stations to enable them to conduct their own audience research. It provides stations with the information and expertise to both measure their audience listener figures and assess the impact that they are having on their community of listeners." ... more

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La radio écoute ses auditeurs: Guide de l'étude d'auditoire pour les radios locales en Afrique

Fernand Nouwligbèto, Sahadou Zato Ali

Hector Sonon (illustr.)

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2015), 241 pp.

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Hearing Community Radio Listeners: A Storytelling Approach for Community Media Audience Research

Gretchen King

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 12, issue 2 (2015), pp. 121-146

"This article draws on the first extensive study of community radio audiences in the Middle East to contribute new insights about documenting the impacts of community radio, and the evaluative mechanisms that should be in place for non-profit, community media to better fulfill their mission to serve ... more

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Community Radio as a Tool for Development: A Case Study of Community Radio Stations in Malawi

Peter Matthews Mhagama

Leicester: Doctoral Thesis University of Leicester (2015), xv, 342 pp.

"The thesis investigates community radio as a tool for development drawing on case studies of Nkhotakota and Mzimba community radio stations in Malawi. The thesis employs communication for development and ‘another’ development theories to help understand the role of community radio in developmen ... more

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South Sudan Community Radio Audience Feedback Study 2012-2013: A Qualitative Analysis of the Opinions and Information Needs of Listeners in Leer, Malaulkon, Turalei and Nasir

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2013), 30 pp.

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Practical Community Radio Audience Measurement

Emma Ward, Tom Buckham, Lawrie Hallett

In: Community Radio in the Twenty-First Century

Janey Gordon (ed.)

Oxford; Bern; Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2012), pp. 347-366

"For community radio stations, one important gauge of relevance is the Popularity of their programming outputs, as without evidence of this it is difficult to justify providing access to scarce broadcast frequency resources. In part, the popularity ofprogramming outputs can be assessed through varia ... more

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The Dimitra Community Listeners' Clubs on the Move

Dimitra Newsletter, issue 22 (2012), pp. 3-10

"In Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the rate at which listeners’ clubs are being formed and the fact that the approach is now being reproduced in various settings are indications of the success of this strategy and the extent to which it is proving sustainable. In South Kivu, for ... more

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Measuring Community Radio Audiences

Lawrie Hallett

In: Radio Evolution: Conference Proceedings

Madalena Oliveira, Pedro Portela, Luís António Santos (eds.)

Braga: Communication and Society Research Centre University of Minho (2012), pp. 377-386

"This paper will use the example of the approach taken by UK Community Radio station, 'Future Radio' to obtain both quantitative data primarily through street surveys and qualitative data through on-line questionnaires, exploring why the station felt such research to be both necessary and beneficial ... more

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Desde la experiencia al saber: Sistematización de las experiencias en investigación de audiencias de ALER

María Cristina Mata (ed.)

Quito: Asociación Latinoamericana de Educación Radiofónica (ALER) (2012), 45 pp.

"Analiza el diseño, los métodos de investigación aplicados y la relevancia práctica de 23 encuestas de audiencia y estudios de evaluación realizados por la ALER entre 1981 y 2008." (commbox)

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Promoting Awareness of Women’s Human Rights Through Community Radio Listening and Media in Kenya: Evaluation Report

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2012), 17 pp.

"The project [...] was implemented in Kenya by the Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) from September 2008 to January 2011 [...] The project’s overarching goal is to promote women’s human rights by raising awareness in six communities in Kenya and strengthening social action using commun ... more

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Pamoja FM – The voice of Kibera. How young Kenyan adults in Kibera perceive the local urban community radio and how it influences the community

Sebastian Nyström, Anton Rosenblad

Linnaeus University (2011), 59 pp.

"In Kibera, the biggest slum area in Nairobi and in whole East Africa, the urban slum community radio station Pamoja FM only works for the citizens living within Kibera. We aimed to find out how the youth in Kibera perceive the efficacy of the radio station as a viable source of news and information ... more

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Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural
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Bruxelles: FAO Dimitra (2011), 56 pp.

"Cette publication fait le récit de l’expérience unique des clubs d’écoute communautaires mis en place au Niger et en République démocratique du Congo par la FAO-Dimitra et ses partenaires. Mécanismes d’information et de communication centrés sur l’action, ces clubs ont remporté un s ... more

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