Community radio stations to be opened in Delhi


Residents of south Delhi can now make themselves heard
as the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC)
is about to begin its own community radio channel
within the next two weeks. The Jamia Milia University
was the first to set up such a project in Delhi two
months ago.

The FM channel, to be aired on a frequency of 96.9
MHz, will span a 10-km area around the IIMC campus and
will cover Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
University's South Campus, IIT and adjoining areas.

"The basic concept behind this venture is to inform
those at the grassroots. Therefore,there will be
programmes on health, legal aid and others, apart from
talks, features and music. And the music will also be
our own, whether it's a local music band or some folk
music by slum dwellers", S .Raghavachari, professor of
Broadcast Journalism at IIMC, said.

Students of Delhi University's Kamla Nehru College
have already prepared a programme on road safety;
there is one on the problems faced by rickshaw pullers
and another on monsoon festivals and the Taj Mahal.
College principal Minoti Chatterjee says her students
have been given a half-an-hour slot on the channel.

Some programmes have educative as well as
entertainment value like the one on varieties of
music. Slum dwellers can educate the community about
various kinds of folk music and the residents can tell
us about the water or electricity problems in the
area, Professor Hemant Joshi, one of the project
co-ordinators, said.

IIMC's Prof Raghavachari says: "With two offline and
one online studio, we have infrastructure which is
more than enough to start a radio channel at this
level. Our editing system is also digital and another
customised software developed by Broadcasting
Engineering Corporation of India Limited. Soon we will
also have a radio OB van too."

Two-way communication programmes are what distinguish
community radio from All India Radio. "We do not want
to sit on an ivory tower and teach people, the way it
is with AIR. Neither is it a commercial venture like
other FM channels. It's simply providing a platform to
the people to come up with their problems and find
their own solutions," Raghavachari said.

The channel, which will be on air initially for two
hours only, plans to involve the Resident Welfare
Associations (RWAs) also. "If we have to keep it
running, we better be cautious in the beginning," the
professor said.

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