About 100 community radio broadcasters from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, etc., will participate in a two-day meet on August 2 and 3 here.
There will be exhibitions of best practices by the community radios. The exhibition will be opened to the public for dissemination of ideas. The national consultation aims to bring together the community radios working across the country and create platform to share and exchange their ideas, views, experience and best practices related to their work.
Notably, the community radio has been one of the very effective mediums of reaching out to the most marginalised communities whose voice has not been heard. The role of community radio has been very significant in bringing change through connecting people with information on their rights and entitlements. Also it is one of the effective means of making the voice of the community heard and collectivizing people around the issue that affect most.
As of now, 201 Community Radio Stations have become operational in the country, out of which 76 are operated by NGOs, 110 by the educational institutions and 15 by SAU/ KVKs.