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Seventh
World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters
Milan, 23-29 August 1998 Main | Activities | Local information | Register now! | Virtual Forum | Other links Septième
Assemblée mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires
Séptima
Asamblea Mundial de Radios Comunitarias
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SACRIN PROJECT, SOUTH AFRICA (PART 2) ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE THE SERVICE STARTED Income generation for stations: In October/November 1997 the satellite service secured 2 x 30 second announcements and 2 x 15 minute info programmes from the Gauteng provincial government, and in early 1998 a Cosatu (labour federation) recruitment national advert. This year the adverts & announcements from the Gauteng government included: * 5 community radio's live satellite broadcast links for Gauteng govt. * gaming license, Housing delivery, Child welfare, Gauteng '89/99 budget & Tender board precaument. * community radio stations presenters were active in that we rotated the presenters from stations as full participants in the SACRIN project. * a contract for a monthly live broacast for all MEC's in the Gauteng govt. until March 1999. Our stations have benefited in all of these programmes as we secured payment for all airtime. There are much more to come their way. A number of quotes are currently considered by them for approval. Other work in the pipeline include: * National Welfare Department announcements * 30 IDASA democracy programmes will go on satellite in the last week of July 1998 * 20 x 15 minute HIV Aids educational will follow * 15 minute Gender programmes - leading up to women's week in August with live satellite national broadcast * Human Rights tender- 1,7 million NCRF/SABC - national * We are also in the process of completing 12 musical election songs with a group of artists who are blind - to be broadcast via satellite TRAINING The satellite network will also serve as a practical training placement for community radio journalists. It is therefore essential for us to have a fully equipped news room that will compile and distribute news on a weekly basis to community radio stations via Satellite. We envisage to have a daily news bulletin broadcasted from the centre to the stations and to the sub-regions. This news service will provide the stations with an alternative news angle, and it will be up to the stations to down load these news at anytime of their convenience. We are also in the process of finalising our satellite children broadcast link to train kids to do their own shows/production (in partnership with TML - fundraising). CONCLUSION Can new technology work for community media if we have a vision? Can the hope for self sustainability of the sector be achieved through SACRIN? The SACRIN Project is aimed at developing the community radio sector through new technologies and facilitating information sharing for equal development. The success of this project is highly dependent on its project partners, those being the stations themselves. Most of the SACRIN activities will be conducted at regional levels, with the regional structures taking a leading role in them. It is our view that sustainable development is brought about by full participation of all stake holders. Indications are that this project will grow and that there is light at the end of the tunnel for the community stations. Nkopane Maphiri, NCRF Mervyn Swartz, CDC NCRF, Suite 109 Private Bag X42 Braamfontein 2017 South Africa Tel: +27.11.403.4336 (NCRF) or 403.2750 (CDC) Fax: +27.11.403.4314 (NCRF) or 403.1510 (CDC) E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Sent via the BRIDGES Information Network - Linked to the Net via Posix. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AMARC 7 Foro Virtual Forum Virtuel http://www.amarc.org/amarc7 to unsubscribe / pour se desabonner / para abandonar : e-mail "unsubscribe amarc-4 " to: [email protected]