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License in hand, community radio station gets transmitter and microphones
skeptics ponder interference

Media regulator Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has continued to authorize licenses for community radio station in areas hit hard by weather-related disruption. Six licenses were approved last December followed by sight more this week, reported South African TV news channel eNCA (September 25). In the 40 years since independence no community radio stations have been licensed in Zimbabwe.

"We are really excited about this development that community radio stations have at least being licensed because it’s something that we have been advocating for a long time,” said Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations Chairperson Perlagia Kapuya. "Even if Zimbabwe is a signatory to international protocols and international treaties and signatory to some of UN treaties and protocols we continued to being a country that had no community radio that had been licensed together with Swaziland in the region.” (See more about media in Africa here)

Community radio advocates have understandable worries. "We are hoping there won't be any political interference in terms of dictating what should be broadcasted and what should not be broadcasted,” added Mr. Kapuaya. The long delay in licensing community stations “has been politicized,” said investigative reporter and Information for Development Trust national coordinator Tawanda Majoni. ”There has been this big suspicion within the incumbents that if community radio stations were to be licensed sufficiently across the country then that could change the social-political game.” (See more about media development here)

The local community radio station in Chimanimani, south-eastern Zimbabwe, became the first to receive broadcasting equipment, curtesy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Bank, noted Harare daily The Herald (September 27). Mixers, microphones, editing software, antennas and transmitters were included. Equipment delivery to the rest of the 14 towns is expected promptly. Tropical Cyclone Idai devastated the Chimanimani region in March 2019, followed by massive flooding and landslides, then a cholera outbreak.

Radio broadcasters say, let’s go to the phones
ubiquity covers everyone

Ah, technology is the master of the universe. Radio broadcasters are mere minions. Every gizmo change must be attended lest bad things happen. This is not for strategic advantage but only survival.

Some radio broadcasters, feeling the pinch, are looking to get ahead of the curve, so to speak. At least they want to be on the same curve as radio listeners. It makes sense. “We will never get high numbers of listeners with DAB+,” said Danish radio channel Radio Loud’s new program director Simon Andersen, quoted by Danish news portal Information (September 24). Radio Loud targets young people, 15 to 32 years. It is a DAB+ only channel; privately operated, publicly financed.

He referred to DAB+ as an “endangered technology” because that target listener is permanently attached to their mobile phones. Audience estimates from Kantar Gallup measurement have fallen short of expectations, risking license renewal in 2024. Planned mobile apps for Radio Loud are months away. (See more about media in Denmark here)

Other radio broadcasters are equally optimistic about mobile technology. “People may not be sure of the terminology of these things. We in the business call it DAB+, but they’re just listening to a radio station,” said Australian broadcaster Nova Entertainment’s Paul Jackson, to Australian radio news portal Radioinfo (September 9). He expects mobile streaming to overtake DAB+. "They’re just putting Nova on; whether that’s DAB+ in the car or streaming, or whatever. But in terms of their usage of smart speakers and through phones, ultimately: Yes.” (See more about DAB+ digital radio here)

“And right now, people have streaming through iPads, laptops and desktops,” he added. “People can use their phones when they’re out and about. That makes it easier to listen to radio for so many different occasions. The future for radio, like for so many other things, is probably around your phone.”

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• France - National Radio Summer Audience (September 2021)
  national channels, summer period 2016-2021 trend
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (July 2021)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• France - National Radio Audience (July 2021)
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• Spain - National Radio Audience (July 2021)
  national and regional channels, reach share, trend
• Romania - Radio Audience (May 2021)
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• Belgium - French region, Radio Audience (April 2021)
  market share, Jan-Apr 2019 to Sep 2020-Feb 2021 trend
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (April 2021)
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• Austria - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (February 2021)
  public and private broadcasters, owners, management, audience trend
• Portugal - National Radio Audience (November 2020)
  leading stations, audience share, trend
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (July 2020)
  public and private sectors, penetration, time spent listening
• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (July 2020)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (July 2020)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (July 2020)
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• Poland - National Radio Audience (July 2020)
  national survey, market share, trend
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  market share, trend, sectors
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  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (May 2020)
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• Italy - National/Regional Radio Audience (January 2020)
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• Poland - National Radio Audience (January 2020)
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• Ireland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (May 2019)
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• Netherlands - Radio Audience (May 2018)
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• Czech Republic - Radio Audience (November 2017)
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• Turkey - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (October 2017)
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• Portugal - National Radio Audience (May 2017)
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• Germany - Radio Audience (March 2017)
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• Italy - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (July 2016)
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• Estonia - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (December 2015)
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