Seven Sound Barriers Broken In the Digital Radio Era
2010 Noviembre América Latina
As recently as ten years ago, we sent radio programs to our associated broadcasters from the regional office of the World Association of Community Radio...

Latin American Radio: Six Contributions to Development
2007 Noviembre América Latina
Radio always has been and continues to be the mass medium with the greatest coverage and acceptance in Latin America. Even in the Altiplano or the depths...

Media Content as Social Property
2007 Junio América Latina
Who owns the rainbow? Does someone have title to the property over the oceans, which takes up most of the planet’s surface? What would you think if...

Chakana Guides for Community Radio
2007 Febrero América Latina
The Aymara call it Pusi Wara, four stars, but it’s more commonly called Chakana, which means the stair way, the bridge to the higher world. People...

Building Citizenship: A Challenge for Radio
2005 Julio América Latina
It was in London during a meeting of AMARC’s inter-national administrative council that I openly used the term “citizens’ radio” for the first time....

Let People’s Voices Be Heard In the New Millennium
1999 Diciembre América Latina
When we inaugurated Radio Enriquillo in southeastern Dominican Republic, we wanted to open its microphones to all voices. From the first day of transmission,...

Community Radios: Freedom of Antenna!
1998 Febrero América Latina
WHEN YOUNG JOURNALISTS INTERVIEW ME, THEY NEVER FAIL TO ASK A KEY QUESTION: "AND RADIO... DOES IT STILL HAVE A FUTURE? How does it defend itself against...

For an Agrarian Reform Of the Air Waves
1996 Mayo América Latina
A Great Festival of Latin American and Caribbean Grass roots and Community Television and Radio was celebrated in Quito, Ecuador, on November 20 24,...

Community Media in Neoliberal Times
1993 Abril América Latina
Some have already broken the seventh seal. Without waiting for angels or trumpets, Fukuyama and the neoliberal prophets have declared the end of history....