Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Protiva Banerjee
Md. Kamaruzzaman
Edited by
Syed Kamrul Hassan
AHM Bazlur Rahman
Date of publication
August 2016
to build and
strengthen rural
communities in line
with their hopes and
dreams & initiated a
process to explore the future
of development cooperation
and the role of electronic
community media over the
next 15 years in line with
Sustainable Development
Goal (SDG)
PREFACE
We are pleased to present Why Community Radio Matters in
Bangladesh according to the present status where we stand
today & where we are going. We have tried to look at
community radio development in Bangladesh through the
lens of four areas Effectiveness, Sustainability, Innovation
and Peoples participation.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
(BNNRC) actively works to improve recognition of the
community electronic media sector [Community Radio,
Community TV, Community Film] & its work in & involvement
with the communities it seeks to serve from 2000.
2,38,76,000
6.18
MILLION
TOTAL LISTENERS
25.88%
2016
TOTAL LISTENERS
O1.
8.58 H
LISTE
N
RADI TO COMM
O EA
CH W UNITY
EEK
OURs
Sense of Ownership
O2.
HOW LONG ARE PEOPLE
TUNING IN (PER WEEK)
O3.
09
11
03
06
09
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e time
rim
p
t
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m
4th p
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et
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m
2nd
pr
i
To
p
Morning
Noon
Afternoon
Evening
Night
ime
et
m
O4.
O5.
O6.
WHO IS LISTENING ?
Youth & Youth Women
Labor
Adolescent
Women
Student
Farmer
Child
Persons with Disableily
Fisherman
Rickshaw & Van Puller
Tea Shopper
Small Shop Keeper
Teachers Community
Local Administration
O7.
210
Per year
TRAINING RECEIVED ON
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING
O8.
O9.
945
Hours
broadcasting per week
135
Hours
broadcasting Daily
Engaged 4000
people in programs daily
10.
14.15
11.
53.78%
46.22%
12.
489
HOW MANY PROGRAM
BROADCAST PER WEEK ?
13.
RADIO SARABELA
U P C O M I N G C O M M U N I T Y S TAT I O N S