radio SARANG 107.8FM Wins Award at National Level

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Radio SARANG 1078FM Wins Best Program Award
Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM won the Second Best Program Award at for Promoting Local Culture, at First National Awards for Community Radios, in New Delhi. The are instituted by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This is the first time that the Ministry has instituted the awards to recognize and promote the best practices of Community Radios across the country.

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The competition include five categories such as Best Programs in Promoting Local Culture, Adapting Creative & Innovative Content Practices, Sustainability Model, Thematic Program, and Community Engagement sections. Among the currently operationalized 130 community radio Stations in India, Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM secured the award in the Best Program in Promoting Local Culture for its program in Beary language. The program “Beary Harate” is chat show of Beary women of Mangalore. In it, local women discuss HIV/AIDS, its causes and discusses people’s role in preventing.
Beary language is spoken by a small group of local Muslims in Mangalore, specially in Ullal, Thokkottu, and around. The award applauds Radio SARANG’s efforts in promoting local language, with thematic thrust.
Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM was launched in 2009 September by St Aloysius College, as its social outreach activity. It started broadcasting two h ours a day, and gradually increased its broadcast. Currently SARANG 107.8FM broadcasts 24 hours a day, and is India’s only 24-hour Community Radio. It programming includes health and hygiene, legal awareness programs, promoting Konkani, Tulu, Beary, and Kannada folk songs and other elements. The radio broadcasts yakshagana, harikatha in Tulu and Kannada, Vovyo, Vers, baal-githam, huminyo, etc in Konkani, agricultural programs, and other community-oriented theme-based programs.
In May, Radio SARANG –under the guidance of its founder-director Fr Richard Rego SJ, conducted a one-day RJ training for local women. In December, it also held a week-long capacity building workshop for local women on producing health content for radio; 25 women participated in the workshop.
The National Community Radio Awards were given at the inauguration of the three-day Second National Community Radio Sammelan being held in New Delhi (18-20 Feb.). Dr S. Jagatrakshakan, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, handed over the awards. He also inaugurated the exhibition on Community Radios.
Ms Supriya Sahu, Joint Secretary (MIB), Dr Sreedher (Director, CEMCA) and others were stage. Over 150 people from India and abroad are participating in the National Community Radio Conference.