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RADIO EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY

Involving and empowering the community: When community members join the radio, they are usually trained by the Media Sciences students before they conduct programmes independently, says Malliga, recounting her training period. “I was taught how to talk to audience and interview experts, how to avoid background noises, and many more techniques,” she elaborates.  “If not for Anna Community Radio, women like me would have never gone out of our neighbourhoods. I joined the radio station without the knowledge of my family in 2007. I used to enter and exit Anna University, afraid that someone will recognise me,” says S Selvakumari, an administrative employee from Velachery. After three months, her family came on board, thanks to the Media Sciences students of Anna University. “They came to neighbourhoods like mine to convince families to encourage the women to get involved with the community radio,” she adds. A few others did not face as many hurdles. “My family was happy, and encouraged...
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History of Anna FM: In December 2002, the government of India approved policy for the grant of licenses for setting up of community radio stations to well-established educational institutions including IITs/IIMs. On 1 February 2004, Anna FM was launched as India's first campus “community” radio station by Dr. Sreedher Ramamurthy, the then Director of its Audio visual Research centre of the Anna University. He is regarded as the father of community radio in India. Anna University has applied for the community radio in the month of May, 2003, a full five months after the scheme was announced. It was fortunate to get its application forwarded and recommended by the State Government in June, 2003. Then we were told that we have to submit a bank guarantee which was not originally envisaged. After submitting the bank guarantee, our application was referred to the Home Ministry. Home Ministry made discrete enquiries, collected some documents, verified antecedents of the people who manage ...
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Anna FM 90.04

Anna University became the first in the country to commission the campus community radio on 1st of February, 2004. Anna University has applied for the community radio in the month of May, 2003, a full five months after the scheme was announced. It was fortunate to get its application forwarded and recommended by the State Government in June, 2003. Then we were told that we have to submit a bank guarantee which was not originally envisaged. After submitting the bank guarantee, our application was referred to the Home Ministry. Home Ministry made discrete enquiries, collected some documents, verified antecedents of the people who manage the Anna University and submitted its report sometime in August, 2003. Then, the file was referred to the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Telecommunication. The Ministry of Defence, Ministry of External Affairs had taken long time to clear and asked some clarifications. The Ministry...
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