14/02/2012
World Radio Day. Some new technologies supporting community radio, including open-source broadcast management software, an SMS application to aid listener interaction, and a wind-up solar radio
To mark UNESCO's inaugural World Radio Day, Click this week celebrates the original wireless-enabled mass medium. Guy Berger describes the thinking behind the day; from an event held at London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), some of the sharpest new technologies for developing community radio, including open source broadcast management software, a powerful wind-up solar receiver and MP3 player, and an SMS application for building listener interaction. We hear from Joseph Sekiku, Director of FADECO Community Radio in Tanzania.
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Guy Berger, UNESCO
UNESCO Director of Freedom of Expression and Media Development on World Radio Day.
Duration: 03:55
Amy O'Donnell, FrontlineSMS: Radio
FrontlineSMS provides software for community radio stations to aid listener interaction.
Duration: 04:42
Elsewhere at the SOAS symposium鈥�
Other technologies on show include a wind-up/solar powered radio receiver for listeners and an open-sourced, cloud-based radio content management system for broadcasters.
Duration: 05:09
Broadcasts
- Tue 14 Feb 2012 19:32GMT蜜芽传媒 World Service Online
- Wed 15 Feb 2012 04:32GMT蜜芽传媒 World Service Online
- Wed 15 Feb 2012 12:32GMT蜜芽传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 19 Feb 2012 05:32GMT蜜芽传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 19 Feb 2012 11:32GMT蜜芽传媒 World Service Online
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