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[HCDX] South Africa: Government to License More Campus Radio Stations
South Africa: Government to License More Campus Radio Stations
http://allafrica.com/stories/200712060316.html
A recent four-day workshop to discuss community development principles
and strategies for campus radio stations in Lokoja, capital city of Kogi State
in the sourthern part of Nigeria, applauded the government's decision to
license more radio stations for the country's tertiary institutions.
Participants in the conference who came from approved and licensed radio
stations as well as those awaiting approval; all concurred that the decision
indicates positive developments for access to media, communication
pluralism and national development in general.
The workshop organised by the Institute of Media and Society (IMS) and the
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) also observed that the
government policy reform in this regard, which began in 2004, is long
overdue for submission.
The workshop attendees also commended the National Broadcasting
Commission (NBC) for its sterling work in creating a conducive environment
regulatory environment for campus radio stations and for community radio
stations to thrive.
Participants also pointed out that the operations of campus stations would
have an immense impact in the development of Nigerian academic
communities, and the demand to open more campus radio stations remains
very high in Nigerian educational institutions.
According to the conference communiqué the demand is so high that
current licensing measures are coming under immense scrutiny from
academic institutions who want to establish more radio stations. The
communiqué' said: "...[T]he licence approval process is not keeping pace
with demands from academic communities."
However, in line with regulatory requirements education authorities also
require capacity-building training to facilitate appropriate management and
optimization of benefits of campus radio.
Participants equally called for continuous regulatory reviews between NBC
and stakeholders, decrying, however, that licence approvals have so far
been limited to academic communities while applications for licences by
other types of community such as rural, sub-urban remain inclusive before
the regulatory body.
They further recommended that educational institutions who have obtained
or about to obtain broadcast licences should recognise the diversity of the
campus community in the management of campus radio stations.
In addition school authorities should understand and manage campus radio
as non-profit and community development tools and encourage all campus
radio stations to generate programmes that would be relevant to their
primary and secondary communities, as well as establish mechanisms that
will ensure accountability and transparency in the day-to-day running of the
campus radio stations, among others.________________________
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