Passion for Radio: Radio Waves and Community

Provides a fascinating glimpse of community radio in the very early 1990s, and a reminder of how much has changed, and how much has not... Written by people actively and passionately involved in the medium, the book presents twenty-one alternative radio experiences from countries on every continent of the globe. From the El Salvador guerrilla-operated Radio Venceremos to the native-owned Wawatay Radio Network in Northern Canada, alternative and community radio stations play an essential role for those at the margins of society-a medium that lets them speak as well as hear. Among the stories told in the book are: Radio Echo of Moscow and the August 1991 coup d'Ttat; two women's radio projects-in Peru and the Philippines: how indigenous people's radio in Canada and Mexico strengthen their communities: the Marconi Radio Taster's CafT that is the doorway to the world of Radio 100, an Amsterdam squatters' station: the positive and negative side of international aid for a Sri Lankan local radio project: the history and prospects for community radio in South Africa: a tiny Black "pirate" station that has challenged the police and the Federal Communications Commission in the USA; the role of the El Salvadoran guerrilla station Radio Venceremos in a major rebel offensive. The electronic edition also includes a new chapter about Radio Chaguarurco, a station serving rural communities in Ecuador.

The first edition of A Passion for Radio Waves was published by Black Rose Books with the support of AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters. In 2001, Amy Mahan, designed the electronic edition and helped deal with technology-induced quirks.

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The book is also available on CD Rom. Send an email to passionCD@comunica.org for details.