The mix of the process and product is determined by the needs of the community and implemented through a management structure controlled by the community. Community radio in Ireland encompasses both Process (the participation by communities in the creation of programming) and Product (the service provided to the community through the programming supplied).
This project went operational in 1995 when licenses were issued to eleven community and community of interest groups across the country. In Ireland, Community Radio has been active since the late 1970s however, it took until 1994 for the Independent Radio and Television Commission to establish an 18-month community radio pilot project to explore and evaluate the potential offered by community broadcasting in an Irish context. Much of the legislation has included phrases such as social benefit, social objectives, social gain as part of the definition.Ĭommunity radio has historically developed differently in different countries and thus the term has somewhat different meanings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, and Australia. There has been significant legal definition of community radio as a distinct broadcasting sector in many countries such as France, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, and Ireland. In many parts of the world, community radio acts as a vehicle for the community and voluntary sector, civil society, agencies, NGOs & citizens to work in partnership to further community development as well as broadcasting aims. Community radio is not-for profit and provides a mechanism for facilitating individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own diverse stories, to share experiences, and in a media rich world to become active creators and contributors of media. They broadcast content that is popular to a local/specific audience but which may often be overlooked by commercial or mass-media broadcasters.Ĭommunity radio stations are operated, owned, and driven by the communities they serve. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest. Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial and public service.
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