For World Radio Day 2013, Karina Carter of SOAS Radio tells us the history of radio in Russia and how it’s thriving in the contemporary context despite fierce competition from the emergence of digital technologies.

For World Radio Day 2013, Karina Carter of SOAS Radio tells us the history of radio in Russia and how it’s thriving in the contemporary context despite fierce competition from the emergence of digital technologies.

For World Radio Day 2013, Pauline Roland of SOAS Radio looks at community radio in Francophone Africa as an efficient grassroots development tool, providing access to the information in local languages to people living in remote areas of the country. In Senegal, for example, community radio is reducing dangerous home-births and female genital mutilations, and also impacting on the economy by giving women access to knowledge on how to become an entrepreneur.

For World Radio Day 2013, Pauline Roland of SOAS Radio looks at community radio in Francophone Africa as an efficient grassroots development tool, providing access to the information in local languages to people living in remote areas of the country. In Senegal, for example, community radio is reducing dangerous home-births and female genital mutilations, and also impacting on the economy by giving women access to knowledge on how to become an entrepreneur.

For World Radio Day 2013, Pauline Roland of SOAS Radio looks at community radio in Francophone Africa as an efficient grassroots development tool, providing access to the information in local languages to people living in remote areas of the country. In Senegal, for example, community radio is reducing dangerous home-births and female genital mutilations, and also impacting on the economy by giving women access to knowledge on how to become an entrepreneur.

For World Radio Day 2013, Karina Carter of SOAS Radio tells us the history of radio in Russia and how it’s thriving in the contemporary context despite fierce competition from the emergence of digital technologies.

For World Radio Day 2013, Xiaoyu Zhang explains the history and background to China Radio International, which broadcasts 1592 hours of radio in 61 languages (including English, Bengali, Hindi, Russian, Hausa, Spanish), everyday.

For World Radio Day 2013, Xiaoyu Zhang explains the history and background to China Radio International, which broadcasts 1592 hours of radio in 61 languages (including English, Bengali, Hindi, Russian, Hausa, Spanish), everyday.

For World Radio Day 2013, Swati Sen of SOAS Radio spoke to Saritha Thomas, founder and director of the People’s Power Collective, an organisation empowering rural and isolated communities in India through community radio. For more information on Peoples Power Collective please visit www.peoplespower-co.org

For World Radio Day 2013, Mohammed Tahboub summarises the history of the changes and development that radio went through in the Arab world, from political prominence to to cultural prominence.