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Chanderi Ki Awaz C handeri Ki Awaz @ 90.4 MHz was launched on 27 March 2010 and was set up by the Bunkar Vikas Sanstha in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh. Prior to the launch of the Community Radio Station, the organisation has been engaged in training on community radio programme production and sharing through the internet and narrowcasting among the community members. This organisation is a cooperative of the Chanderi weavers. The CRS broadcasts for 4 hours every day between 7:00 – 9:00 am and 5:00 – 7:00 pm and broadcasts programmes that cover all sections of the community in Chanderi.The Bunkar Vikas Sanstha was formed on 25 February 2004 by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) as a non-profit organisation. The objective was to ensure overall development of local weavers in the field of education, technical knowledge and weaving. UNIDO Delhi provided help in fulfilling these objectives. In 2007, a community multimedia
centre was started with the help of UNIDO
After building the studio, the community radio was given the name - Chanderi Ki Awaz. With the license in hand, Chanderi Ki Awaz got busy in developing programmes and broadcasting it in the community. The radio programmers are all ordinary community people like weavers, photocopiers, students, school teachers, housewives, etc. In June 2010, SIMCA organised a workshop for Chanderi Ki Awaz where the team was taught how they can make programmes more interesting and effective. In January 2011, Basil India Corporation provided the CRS a fully equipped studio with a solar panel of one kilowatt so that the radio can be run without using electricity. A small project on tuberculosis was started with REACH Chennai in July 2011. The road has been extremely arduous and fraught. This success story has been peppered with challenges. Despite facing many problems, this community radio is dedicated towards its commitment, aim and mission and is working hard to provide awareness to the community. q Swadesh
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UNESCO for the weavers’ families and children where 200 children were
trained in services like basic computer, photocopy, internet, fax, etc.
In the meanwhile, One World South Asia gave us information on the basics
of the community radio such as why it is necessary for communities. This
was done though a training session held on 14 February 2008 by One World
South Asia, Delhi, wherein 70 participants were trained on topics
including making radio programmes, editing software, recording,
scripting, etc. With this, some basic equipment necessary for a
community radio such as computer, recorder, mixer, mike, etc., were also
provided. But the organisation did not have a studio to run the radio.
To overcome this hurdle, the CRS team with the help of One World South
Asia, established a studio worth Rs 32,000. A sound proof studio room of
10 x 12 proportions was built using foam, egg tray and cotton cloth. One
World South Asia also helped in completing the license process for the
radio.