[HCDX] South Africa: Government to License More Campus Radio Stations

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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