http://www.etuktuk.net a mobile radio and telecentre on three wheels! Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2010 the etuktuk project ben@etuktuk.net () ben@etuktuk.net () posts a mobile radio and telecentre on three wheels! ben@etuktuk.net No no http://www.etuktuk.net/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.etuktuk.net 144 144 http://www.etuktuk.net/asian-voices/ http://www.etuktuk.net/asian-voices/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:13:26 +0000 admin http://www.etuktuk.net/?p=55 http://www.etuktuk.net/asian-voices/feed/ 0 00:01:01 ldquo;Asian Voicesrdquo; is a monthly radio magazine programme produced by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) from Singapore. It brings you news, ... ldquo;Asian Voicesrdquo; is a monthly radio magazine programme produced by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) from Singapore. It brings you news, views and interviews on Asian media and communication issues from an Asian perspective. In this first issue of ldquo;Asian Voicesrdquo; Kalinga Seneviratne joins the lsquo;etuktukrsquo; team at Kothmale Community Radio in Sri Lanka on a live broadcast from a Tamil tea estate community in the hills. Also included in the program are the following segments: a) Vox Pops on whether radio is a dying art b) Mike Pedero, chief broadcaster of the National Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines reflects on this point, as well as Haan Tran, head of Radio Australia. c) Kudsia Kahar, general manager of AMP Radio Malaysia talks about the threat to radio coming from politicians rather than new technology. d) Jace Au, head of public affairs at Radio Television Hong Kong talks to Asian Voicesrsquo;s Tharuka Prematileka about how radio could respond to the digital age. e) Evelyn Agato station manager of Radyo Pilipinas overseas services explains how her radio station links overseas Filipino workers with their kith and kin back home. f) Prateek Dubey and Naren Katara, two MBA students from the Mudra Institute of Communications in India explain how their studentsrsquo; community radio station links with the adjoining villages. g) Asia Voicesrsquo;s Kalinga Seneviratne joins the lsquo;eTuk Tukrsquo; team at Kothmale Community Radio in Sri Lanka on a live broadcast from a Tamil tea estate community in the hills. This programme is produced and presented by Dr Kalinga Seneviratne, Head of Research at AMIC and a former radio broadcaster. Production assistance by Tharuka Prematileka, Research Assistant at AMIC. This programme could be downloaded and broadcast in full or in segments, free of charge, by any non-profit public or community radio broadcaster in Asia and around the world. If you do broadcast please let us know time and date of broadcast, just for our records. We also welcome contributions from Asian radio stations and radio producers. At the moment the programme is produced entirely on a voluntary basis, but, we may commission special features for a fee in the future. For more information, feedback and contributions, please contact Kalinga Seneviratne ndash; email: kalinga@amic.org.sg Ph: 65 ndash; 6792 7570. To learn more visit the AMIC Alternative Media Portal and listen to Asian Voices. Read a full transcript from the etuktuk segment below: Nar:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Meanwhile in Sri Lanka, Kothmale Community Radio is the third tier of public service broadcastingnbsp; via the national network ndash; the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. In recent years, this community radio station has attracted worldwide publicity for their innovative programming blending traditional radio broadcasting with digital and internet technology. Their latest project is the lsquo;etuk tukrdquo; mobile radio studio, which broadcasts live programming from surrounding village communities, and, thus creating harmony between various ethnic communities. . Recently I joined one of their production teams when they went to a tea estate Tamil community to broadcast a live programme. Cut 14 ndash; KCR announcernbsp;nbsp;nbsp; (0rsquo;10rdquo;) (fade down under voice) Nar:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; In this tea growing hill country about 150 kilometers from Colombo, a government run community radio station is creating harmony between the Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim communities. They are doing it by taking radio to the community. Cut 15 ndash; sound of etuk tuk Nar:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; This is the sound of the three-wheeler, popular in Sri Lanka as a cheap taxi service. But, at Kothmale community radio they have turned this vehicle into a digital mobile radio studio, to take their radio statio... audio,,field,visit,,press ben@etuktuk.net no No