[Imc-africa] Community Radio in Kenya

[Fun Peace]

heres links to AMARC network, maybe some know them,
some dont, im including nicks mail here in hope that
he might be able to contribute.
here in venice we have done a lot of work about
"widening the discussion", the stream is up, out radio
station is up as terrestrial only, we will join the 2
and hopefully have an official press confference at
about 6.00 pm- italian time today
ill keep you posted.
would still like to get feedback re idea of recording
forum from the kibera slums and trying to stream it

regards from metavilla

dunk

http://www.amarc.org/
AMARC - global community radio network

http://simbani.amarc.org/
simbani - african part of network - connecting the
grassroots communities

AMARC Pan-African Conference KENYA, APRIL 2005 THEME:
“Local Content For The Sustainable Development of
Community Radio in Africa”
http://simbani.amarc.org/page.php?content=article&num=725




--- Peter van Heusden <pvh at wfeet.za.net> wrote:

> Hi comrades - I don't know if anyone from Kenya can
> write a brief report
> on the status of community radio (and licensing)
> over there? A bit of
> googling has delivered a few results:
> 
> SIDAREC Telecentre in Kenya to Start Community Radio
> http://community.telecentre.org/en-tc/node/20844
> "Slums Information Development and Resource
> Centre(SIDAREC), a community
> based NGO operating in the slums of Nairobi Kenya
> has been issued with a
> permit by the Kenyan government to operate a
> community radio station
> covering the slum areas of Nairobi. The community
> radio station will be
> based at SIDAREC's Telecentre located at majengo
> (pumwani) slums, east
> of Nairobi with a population of over 500,000
> people." (this report is
> from September 2006)
> 
> CATIA Newsletter
>
http://www.catia.ws/Newsletters/200609/Newsletter%20Sept%202006.htm
> "• In Kenya, this component has been supporting
> KComNet and Econews who
> are advocacy groups for community radio. Community
> radio is clearly
> recognised in the Media and Communication Policy
> document produced as a
> result of KICTAnet activities in which the community
> radio advocacy
> groups participated."
> Kenya Community Media Network (KCOMNET) details :
>
http://radioafrica.oneworld.net/contact/company/view/10235
> EcoNews Africa details :
> http://www.econewsafrica.org/
> 
> Putting Community Radio On The Map In Africa
>
http://www.cbonline.org.au/index.cfm?pageId=12,102,3,797
> "In Kenya, Githaiga noted, the yearly licensing fee
> for all stations was
> currently a steep 1,733 dollars." and "At present,
> Kenya has only one
> community radio station, Mang'elete, which began
> operating in the east
> of the country after a decade of intense lobbying.
> Two other stations
> are reportedly awaiting licensing." (this report is
> from April 2005)
> 
> News > Kenya > Media from APC
>
http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21872n21843e_1
> 
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