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What kind of programmes should a Community Radio Station broadcast?

If we talk about radio stations in the Middle East: who is the target audience of the Community Radio Stations and what's their content like?

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Date Posted: 2013/06/08
modar alsaab
by modar alsaab , محرر ومراسل منطقة , صحيفة بورصات واسواق

بداية الامر يتعلق بالجماهير العربية وطبيعة اهتماماتها , كون ان الراديو اصبح في نظرهم وسيلة قديمة جدا ولا تتمتع بنسبة استماع كبيرة .

طبعا هناك نوعان من الجماهير يجب الاهتمام بها بالنسبة لتلك الوسيلة .

أول نوع : العمال وصغار الكسبة من سائقين وغيرهم من العمال الغير قادرين على استيعاب و متابعة الصحف لقلة خبرتهم بالقراءة او سخف اهتماماتهم اليومية او لسبب كبير جدا وهو الفقر المنتشر في الدول العربية .

ثاني نوع : أصحاب الاحتياجات الخاصة مثل الضرير وغيرهم ممن يعانون من نقص حاد في النظر , لذلك تعتبر الوسيلة المهمة في اكتساب جماهير من هذا النوع .

طبعا هنا تنقسم البرامج الى نوعين : ( ترفيهي - ثقافي ) .

ولابد للراديو محاولة ارسال افكار تنموية ترفع من ذوق المستمع الى ما تهدف اليه المؤسسة ان كانت تبحث عن جماهير تعتنق افكارها .

أما ان كانت تبحث عن الربح والاعلانات وغيرها من المغريات لابد لها من الاكثار من البرامج الترفيهية من موسيقية او درامية , حتى تتمكن من أسر المستمع اكبر قدر ممكن .

طبعا كل ذلك يختلف من منطقة لمنطقة لكن أعتقد ان تلك الانواع من البرامج تحتل النصيب الاكبر في هذه الوسيلة .

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Doesn't it differ per the community? If its a small community then you would talk about:

1. Upcoming events for the community (community picnics, community trips, community contests).

2. New services that are now available to the community (car pooling or grass cutting services)

3. Announcement of new residents in the area (so that they can be welcomed).

4. Announcement of any changes in the community's policies or regulations.

5. New Shops and new commercial offerings (including adverts from the local commercial centers). But that doesn't answer your question. What kind of shows would you include in the programming. So here are my suggestions:

1. Traffic updates.

2. Daily Community announcements.

3. Interviews with different 'interesting' members of the community.

4. A Creative corner show where a talented person from the community can be featured and can perform live (or recorded).

5. Weather Announcements.

6. A Cooking show (can be an international show where different members of the community from different countries are guests at the show and give people international recopies).

7. A Consumer review of ether a product or a movie that is currently in theaters or products that have recently become available to the community.8. A Websites review where a young person talks about their favorite website and explains the benefit of using it to the community.9. You can have a learn this language program... where someone can teach Arabic / Spanish / french to listeners in a simple manner. I hope these ideas help.

Abeer Allan
by Abeer Allan , Creative Consultant, Script Writer and Editor (AR&EN) , EOD Games

It would be good to start by searching what other radio stations are offering and look for something that is totally new.
I suggest to start bringing up bold topics to the table, and since I'm a feminist I would definitely suggest a corner for women's issues from all around.
Just spice things up and try to stay away somehow from the typical.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Is good to research people's needs.
Make some analysis of a community you want to get to...What bothers them, what matters are alive within this community.
What kind of news they looking for.Target your audience.
Once you know them you can come out with programs they want to listen to and they would possibly be interested in...

Ban Barkawi
by Ban Barkawi , Multimedia Journalist & Radio Presenter , Radio Bliss Jordan

All above suggestions are great I think.
The one thing I would add is plenty of guest-based programs.
I think a lot of the times in the Middle East we forget about bringing guests in and rely to heavily on the typical "say hi to my mom" call ins.
It would be especially engaging to regularly bring guests on debate-style programs.
It can be a show about social issues that dominate a given community.
So it doesn't need to necessarily be political.
That way call-ins can engage directly with your guests, not just have their voice heard on the radio for the sake of it.

mohamed salem النعمان
by mohamed salem النعمان , كاتب , النشر والطباعة

يبث الامور الأكثر جدل في هذا المجتمع ويستضيف أشخاص عندهم وجهات نظر شاذة لان اي مجتمع سئم ان تستضيف مايعتاد عليه

Awad Alla Ali Mahmoud Mohamed Daboura Daboura
by Awad Alla Ali Mahmoud Mohamed Daboura Daboura , مخرج , الهيئة العامة للاذاعة القومية

 

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عوض عبدالجليل عوض عبدالجليل حسن
by عوض عبدالجليل عوض عبدالجليل حسن , مهندس زراعي , Red sea hotels ( Grand hotel Sharm Elsheikh)

الأمر يتلخص في كلمات بسيطة جدا وهي : بث برامج لجميع الفئات والأطياف داخل المجتمع والتنويع في المادة الاعلامية المقدمة ما بين رياضية إلى المطبخ و التربية السليمة و الأزياء و تنمية الأسرة

Talk shows and favorite songs etc

Mohamed Adel Amin
by Mohamed Adel Amin , marketing manager , sermix

we need to prevail our old culture and civilization , also we need to broadcast the development prgrammes in all feilds .

Poompalam Subhash
by Poompalam Subhash , Material Coordinator , COSL DRILLING SAUDI LTD.

Programs related to waste disposal, hygiene, public health, accountability to society and fellow citizens

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