management resources for community media

This publication on Public Service Broadcasting best practices is the result of a series of discussions, conferences, and seminars that have been held over the past few years on the role and future of public service broadcasting. The main impetus for this publication came from the Communication and Information Sector of UNESCO, which provided the terms of reference for the sourcebook.

Download Public Service Broadcasting. A Best Practices Source Book: UNESCO-CI

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Manual Urgente Radialistas Apasionados y Apasionadas - José Ignacio López Vigil
Es un manual. Es decir, son páginas para aprender a producir, para dominar el lenguaje del medio radiofónico y desempeñarse con profesionalismo en sus principales géneros y formatos.

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Radio Regen, Community FM Toolkit for Community Radio and the Community Radio Toolkit ‘taster’ website.

This website accompanies the Community Radio Toolkit, a book by Manchester, England’s Radio Regen.

While written for the UK, much of the toolkit is exportable to the rest of the world. Very well-written and very practical.

Radio Regen, Community FM Toolkit for Community Radio

UNESCO: Community Radio Handbook - English PDF
UNESCO: Manuel de la Radio Communautaire - Français PDF

By Colin Fraser and Sonia Restrepo Estrada. - UNESCO, 2001.

This Community Radio Handbook aims to show that ordinary people, even non-technical rural folk, can plan, set up, manage and produce radio programmes by themselves with a minimum of dependence on outside help, whether for technical advice and training or for funds and equipment. Although quite a number of radio stations began with a big helping hand from outside, many community stations that are on air today were self-start-ups”. They began with a minimum of equipment and technical knowledge, but a strong community organization and a group will to push ahead and succeed.

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Nonprofit Organizations

One of the ABOUT group of websites. Contains information on a broad range of topics related to operating an NGO. The site contains information on how to do Web-based fundraising, staff training, donor information, management information, public relations, technology, and managing volunteers.

What is Community Radio? - A resource guide - (MS Word)
This booklet discusses the role of community radio stations in building participatory democracy and development in Africa - and offers ideas as to how such stations can be established. It provides an understanding of the renewed popularity in community radio, as well as the reasons why it is controversial, and perhaps threatening, from the point of view of commercial and public broadcasters.

It has to be remembered that the definitions and examples referred to in this booklet are dynamic and that the concept of ‘community radio’ should be re-visited or redefined as societal developments dictate.

Published by AMARC Africa and Panos Southern Africa.