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"This study assesses the role and impact of this local radio station network as well as its sustainability prospects, focusing on four pillars of sustainability in particular: Financial sustainability: at a minimum, radio stations need to be able to support their activities, and ideally enjoy some s
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The Need and the Opportunities for Sustainability: The Case of Local Radio Stations in Tanzania
Journal of Media Business Studies, volume 14, issue 1 (2017), pp. 38-59
"Local radio stations have mushroomed in Africa, including Tanzania, partly due to increased support from international donors. However, research results show that the lack of economic viability is a major constraint for local radio stations. They can hardly generate sufficient revenues from adverti
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Como sea: Sostenibilidad económico-administrativa en radios comunitarias de Argentina
Deep Insights
Buenos Aires: Ediciones del Jinete Insomne; Centro de Producciones Radiofónicas (2017), 298 pp.
"Una radio social (comunitaria, alternativa, popular, local, etc.) posee múltiples y diversas fuentes de financiamiento. Múltiples: en el sentido de que no se sostienen con una sola fuente de financiamiento. Primero, porque es difícil conseguir una sola fuente que cubra completamente los gastos d
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Community Radio and Governance: Leadership, Relationship and Organizational Identity
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 15, issue 2 (2017), pp. 227-242
"This study examines the challenges of good governance for community radio stations. It does this by exploring how volunteers, managers and members of the Boards of Directors at four community radio stations in Ireland view governance issues. The article finds that there are three key requirements f
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Pattern of Community Radio Ownership, Regulation and Usage for Development in Anglophone West African Countries
Journal of Research and Development, volume 3, issue 2 (2017), pp. 30-38
"The findings show that community radio stations in Anglophone West African countries are owned and controlled by the community; the community radio in Anglophone West African countries is regulated along the broad guidelines that guide broadcasting in those countries; and community radio is used fo
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Comparative Analysis of Sustainability of Selected Community Radio Stations
International Journal of Extension Education, volume 12 (2016), pp. 39-45
"The community radio has made an impression in all grounds of rural society with specific need of sustenance in the long run. The study was taken up to compare the status of three community radios operational each under State Agricultural University (SAU), Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and Non-Governme
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Assessing Sustainability of Rural Community Radio in Kenya: A Case of Radio Mangelete
New Media and Mass Communication, issue 53 (2016), pp. 23-32
"Rural communities rely on radio for communication and community radio remains the most accessible medium of communication. Rural community radio is the voice of the unprivileged members of the society. In Kenya, community radio stations are growing rapidly and extensively. Radio Mang’elete has be
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How Community Broadcasting is Funded: A Useful Resource for Community Broadcasters
3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication, issue 8 (2016), pp. 29-39
"This article is intended as a resource for community broadcasters and researchers. It draws on interviews and discussion with community broadcasters and activists to identify practical examples of funding methods. The seven common methods of funding a community station are detailed. These are: supp
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Community Radio Sustainability: Policies and Funding
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 20 pp.
Community Radio and Sustainability: A Participatory Research Initiative
Haryana; New Delhi: Ideosync; Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA); UNESCO (2015), 46 pp.
"Community Radio is still nascent in Bangladesh while in India it has completed a decade and in Nepal it has existed in its myriad forms without a policy for much longer [...] The existence or non-existence of a guiding national CR policy plays an important role in determining the kind of Community
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International Seminar on Community Media Sustainability: Recommendations
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 6 pp.
Quand des voix construisent la communauté: Radios communautaires et empowerment
In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 61-79
"Revenant sur une longue expérience personnelle en Afrique et en Asie, Birgitte Jallov met en avant les éléments fondamentaux nécessaires à la consolidation [des radios communautaires] dans la durée. Elle dissèque les facteurs qui garantissent la durabilité sociale, organisationnelle et fina
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"A contramano": Modelos de gestión y estrategias económicas de las radios comunitarias argentinas en búsqueda de la sustentabilidad (2005-2015)
Bernal: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Master Thesis (2015), 198 pp.
"La presente tesis presenta un panorama de la problemática particular de los medios audiovisuales sin fines de lucro y de la radiodifusión comunitaria en particular. Desde la perspectiva de la Economía Política de la Comunicación (EPC) analiza aspectos vinculados a la industria de la radiodifus
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Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit
Key Guides
New Delhi; Hyderabad: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA); UNESCO Chair on Community Media, University of Hyderabad, version 2.0 (2014), vii, 64 pp.
Provides indicators of performance along 9 parameters: 1. Content Generation and Programming; 2. Policies and Guidelines; 3. Volunteers; 4. Technology: Access and Management; 5. On-Air Standards of Broadcasting; 6. Governance; 7. Feedback and Grievances; 8. Content Sharing and Networking; 9. Revenue
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"For nearly 30 years, the widely accepted economic-rationalist model used to explain Pacific island development has been variations of Bertram and Watters’ (1985) MIRAB model, or that of development based on the extraction of “rents” from Migration, Remittances, Aid and Bureaucracy. This paper
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An Exploration into the Operations and Sustainability of Community Radio Stations in South Africa
Braamfontein: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI); RAITH Foundation (2014), 31 pp.
"Community radio remains the most readily available means of access to information for the majority of poor communities in South Africa. In this regard, the purpose served by community radio within communities is elevated to encompass greater significance in the promotion of active citizens and part
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