Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Not-For-Profit Radio


Not-For-Profit is basically community and voluntary radio stations. Community radio stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities broadcast to. They are generally non-profit and bring the community together by getting individuals and groups to share their stories/experiences and in a media-rich world, to become creators and contributors of media.
They offer training and opportunities for those looking to get involved with radio locally.
Community radio stations are usually limited to broadcast in areas within a 5 kilometre radius of their transmitter. The normal allocated power for a new community station in an urban area is 25 watts vertically polarised, although most allocations permit the addition of a further 25 watts horizontally polarised. For some rural stations these limits are increased to 50 watts horizontal.
These radio stations are no permitted to raise more than 50% of their operating costs from a single source, including on-air sponsorship and advertising. The remainder of operating costs must be met through other sources.

Different types of not-for-profit radios:
  • ·        Hospital Radio
  • ·        Volunteers
  • ·        Student Radio

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