The performance of community radio stations in southern India
An empirical study
Keywords:
performance, community radio stations, programme broadcastedAbstract
One of the media that had created great impact among the people and later became a companionship to them is Radio. The radio has influenced people who listen to its programme broadcasted on various subjects. The radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 (Degna M., 2001). It comes in different sizes to the needs of the people and it is most portable that one can carry it with them. Transformation of transistor radios in 1950s to digital radio in late nineties and later web radio was introduced. Today, listening to radio has become a hobby to many people and it has changed numerous people around the world towards better living attitude. It became a source for information. Radio has become an instrument for collecting information that happens around the world. Besides that, radio reduced the stress on the people especially those who are subjected to hard labor works. However, Wireless Radio Transmission was started during the early nineties. Along with Guglielmo Marconi, another Inventor named as Professor Reginald Aubrey Fessenden has transmitted using wireless radio across the ocean for the first time in 1906 (Helen F., 1940; Ormond R.,1970).
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