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About ObsMedia
Community radio plays a crucial role in enabling public participation, strengthening cultural and linguistic diversity, and promoting gender. In addition, it supports freedom of expression throughout the world, giving voice to the poor and marginalized, and helping to build a more equitable information society.
However, community radio stations struggle with the lack of government recognition and legal frameworks. In Latin America, for instance, community broadcasters have a precarious status and continuously face threats of closure. Longer-term stability requires legislative and regulatory reform to recognize their status and role. In other areas of the world such as Asia and the Middle East, community broadcasting is yet to emerge because it is prevented from becoming established. Only a small but growing number of countries have public policy, legislative and regulatory commitments to community broadcasting.
ObsMedia is an initiative of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC). The main purpose of this site is to help monitor alerts on freedom of expression affecting media worldwide, and to inform on regulations advances and setbacks in the recognition of community media. By providing updated information on the status of community radio and fostering information sharing, ObsMedia supports the development of community broadcasting as well as the action towards their recognition.
Resolution In Support of Media and Communications Workers in the Americas
NFCB and AMARC-NA – enacted June 12, 2010
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (United States) and AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) being committed to freedom of expression, communication rights, and the importance of journalism including grassroots media call on the President of the United States as well as the governments of Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador to:
AMARC Deplores Murder of Community Radio Worker
July 26, 2010
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC expresses deep shock and anger at the murder of Devi Prasad Dhital (Hemraj) Chairman of Community Radio Tulsipur on 22nd July 2010. According to initial reports, Dhital was shot at Urahari, about 12 kilometers from Tulsipur in western Nepal on Thursday around 8:45 p.m.
AMARC Africa Johannesburg Declaration
Johannesburg 22nd July 2010
We the members of AMARC AFRICA representing community radios and networks of community radios from 13 Western, Eastern and Southern African countries (South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Uganda and Zimbabwe), gathered in Johannesburg with the objective to contribute to the strengthening of national Community Radio Networks, the improvement of their content and the empowerment of women in community radio in order to enhance the impact of community radio in African Human Development ,
Community Broadcasting Promoted at the Asia Media Summit 2010
26 May 2010, Beijing. The second day of the Asia Media Summit opened with a panel discussion on promoting ‘On Air Diversity: the case for community broadcasting’. Steve Buckley, President of AMARC, Supinya Klangnarong of the Campaign for Popular Media Reform, Thailand, Ian Morrision of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, and Ashish Sen of AMARC Asia Pacific made the case for community broadcasting.
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