Frequencies that touch lives: India's growing community radio stations

Gurgaon Ki Awaaz, Lalit Lokvani, Chanderi ki Awaaz ...India's community radio stations are reaching out to touch lives and livelihoods in little hamlets and towns across the country with useful nuggets of information spiced up with local folk music and radio plays.

More at :

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/268231/frequencies-touch-lives-indias-growing.html

Gurgaon Ki Awaaz 107.8 FM - Rural population gets its own FM stn

Sanjeev K Ahuja, Hindustan Times
Gurgaon, February 11, 2010

At 107.8 MHz, the low-cost round the clock FM radio station broadcasts folk songs, bhajans, group chats and other programmes recorded on field or at the studio by the local folks. The station is being supported by The Restoring Force (TRF), an NGO that works in government schools of Gurgaon district in the area of infrastructure enhancement and career counseling.

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http://tinyurl.com/y9lk5bm

Related Links :

TRF Website :
http://www.trfindia.org/community_radio.php

Photo's at HT epaper
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