Starting a Local Radio Station: A Manual for Afghanistan
Arcata, Calif.lif.; Washington, DC; Kabul: Internews;USAID;Pact (2011), 100 pp.
"This manual describes the process for starting a local radio station—the organization of community support and planning, equipment needs, programming strategies, business growth and sustainability and journalistic ethics and standards. This manual does not insist that you follow a set of rules to start and operate a station. But it does offer important guidelines about what things you might think about, why they are important and how you can learn from the experiences of other communities in other parts of Afghanistan and the world. There’s information in this manual for community supporters, station managers, reporters, technicians and other workers, and you can give copies of this manual to them." (Page 7)
SECTION ONE: GETTING STARTED, 8
Creating Your Mission Statement -- Writing Your Station Policy Guide -- Creating an Organizational Structure -- Applying for Your License
SECTION TWO: BASIC TECHNICAL TOPICS, 19
Creating Your Studio -- Transmitter, Antenna and Mast -- Selecting Studio Equipment -- Field Recording Equipment
SECTION THREE: VALUE OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, 30
Recruiting Staff and Volunteers -- Rights and Responsibilities of Volunteers -- Inspiring Staff and Volunteers to Work Effectively
SECTION FOUR: COMMUNITY RADIO, 41
Defining Community Radio -- Empowering Community Involvment -- Forming an Effective Advisory Board
SECTION FIVE: CREATING POWERFUL PROGRAMS, 47
Understanding Radio -- Involving Your Community in Programming -- Radio Program Formats -- Audience Survey and Feedback
SECTION SIX: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 62
Defining Financial Management -- Creating Your Budget -- Developing Your Business Plan -- Sources of Revenue
SECTION SEVEN: ETHICS AND MEDIA LAW, 74
Part I-Ethics: Benefits of a Code of Conduct -- Crucial Ethical Considerations -- Part II-Media Law: Important Institutional Structures -- Provisions and Prohibitions
APPENDIX
Mass Media Law, 84
Creating Your Mission Statement -- Writing Your Station Policy Guide -- Creating an Organizational Structure -- Applying for Your License
SECTION TWO: BASIC TECHNICAL TOPICS, 19
Creating Your Studio -- Transmitter, Antenna and Mast -- Selecting Studio Equipment -- Field Recording Equipment
SECTION THREE: VALUE OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, 30
Recruiting Staff and Volunteers -- Rights and Responsibilities of Volunteers -- Inspiring Staff and Volunteers to Work Effectively
SECTION FOUR: COMMUNITY RADIO, 41
Defining Community Radio -- Empowering Community Involvment -- Forming an Effective Advisory Board
SECTION FIVE: CREATING POWERFUL PROGRAMS, 47
Understanding Radio -- Involving Your Community in Programming -- Radio Program Formats -- Audience Survey and Feedback
SECTION SIX: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 62
Defining Financial Management -- Creating Your Budget -- Developing Your Business Plan -- Sources of Revenue
SECTION SEVEN: ETHICS AND MEDIA LAW, 74
Part I-Ethics: Benefits of a Code of Conduct -- Crucial Ethical Considerations -- Part II-Media Law: Important Institutional Structures -- Provisions and Prohibitions
APPENDIX
Mass Media Law, 84
