The figures in the news report (below) are out of date. According to the latest figures posted on the I&B Ministry's website (www.mib.nic.in), the current stats on CR, as on 1 July 2010 are:
A. No. of applications received : 715 (including 104 against old guidelines) B. Letters of Intent issued : 231 (including 63 against old guidelines) C. Grant of Permission of Agreement signed : 102 D. Operational Community Radio Stations : 68 E. Number of applications rejected : 107 F. Applications under process : 377 (I should add here that only 14 of the operational CR stations are community-based; 54 are campus-based radio stations). The lists of operational CR stations, LoI holders, CRS who have signed GOPA etc are available here: http://mib.nic.in/ShowContent.aspx?uid1=2&uid2=3&uid3=0&uid4=0&uid5=0&uid6=0&uid7=0 Sajan On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Nookaraju B <nookara...@gmail.com> wrote: > * Just under half of licensed community radio stations are operational* > > *Indiantelevision.com Team* > > (24 July 2010 8:50 pm) > > NEW DELHI: Though the number of community radio stations licensed in > the country went up to 100 by March 2010, the number of stations actually > operational stands at just 57.The number of licensees in December 2009 had > been 88 and operational stations were 50 > > The total number of applications received by the Information and > Broadcasting Ministry for Community licenses has been 659, and Letters of > Intent have been issued to 219 while 87 applications were rejected. > > Apparently waiting for the Phase III scheme of the government, no new FM > radio station was launched and the number of private FM remains at 248. > > A total of 31 FM radio service providers have reported revenues amounting > to Rs 2.1087 billion from advertisements coming out of 231 radio stations. > In the previous quarter, Rs. 1.733 billion was reported as ad revenue by 32 > FM service providers in respect of 188 radio stations > > -- > Nookaraju B > > > Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to > www.crforum.in >
Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to www.crforum.in
