In China, a joint recommendation from the National Radio and Television Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Administration for Market Regulation called for strengthening in-car radio reception in part by accelerating the rollout of DRM for domestic AM broadcasters.
The author got his start in radio at college station KNWD(FM) in Natchitoches, La., while in high school and he later served as its general manager. He is the former editor in chief of Radio World International and, since 2012, has worked in marketing and communications for trade associations and non-profits in the Washington, D.C., region.
New IARU Region 3 Disaster Communication Coordinator Dani Halim, YB2TJV, said Amateur Radio operators in Indonesia immediately responded to the unfolding disaster, establishing an emergency net on 7.110 MHz. Amateur Radio volunteers from other regions also pitched in to support radio communication for emergency news on 7.110 MHz and 7.065 MHz. OARI has asked that radio amateurs not involved in the emergency response avoid those frequencies. OARI also activated the LAPAN-OARI IO-86 satellite as a back-up communication channel. Some radio amateurs with mobile stations have traveled to the affected region to help.
Third, given the open and competitive nature of the election, culture-based representatives or representatives of various communities, professionals in broadcasting and the diversity of public interests do not apply. This is because, in contrast to the selection model for the top public radio board in Germany, the selection model for the supervisory board and board of directors of RRI in Indonesia, referring to Law no. 32/2002, adheres to the competitive representation model. This model attracts members to come from open selection without specific affirmation given by certain groups such as women or from the disabled community. The open competitive model may open up competition without discrimination on the one hand, but risks having figures who only have clientelist affiliations with government officials and/or politicians being selected. As a result, the board members work only to serve the interests of their political allies, instead of universal public aspirations.
To take a specific example, there are thousands of community radio stations in Indonesia. While many are able to communicate in two-way channels with their audience, there is no standard service to share breaking news and other important information with other nearby stations. There is, in essence, a knowledge transfer gap between each singular node.
We propose that this problem can be addressed, and that Indonesia holds a particularly interesting possibility, because a structure exists that could relay information between relevant stations. Namely, hundreds of radio stations are organized under voluntary consortiums; the organizing bodies of these consortiums can serve as a hub to coordinate information to its various member stations. In developing such a network, we could create a wire service of sorts for low-bandwidth environments.
Organizing such a wire service could be done with FrontlineSMS, enabling local radio stations to exchange SMS, or text messages, with one another or with their parent organizing body. Further, the SMS can be broad enough to allow communities to participate in creating and reporting news via community information brokers. The mechanism would create a dynamic, community-focused news network that will allow for the rapid transmission of critical information across a given region.
We could organize a pilot as follows: As a community radio station learns information that may be relevant to others, they can send a short message to the consortium headquarters. From there, staff can forward the message to any other member station that could be potentially affected by the news. This might include emergency alerts, news about government service delivery, or even off-air collaboration about common challenges. In the long term, radio stations might be able to share information directly with sister outlets, or receive and verify reports from community information brokers.
The following interactive radio and audio instruction resources are provided by programs that have been implemented in Indonesia. Each program includes a description and a file set that can be used as part of a distance learning approach.
Sumedang Observatory (6.91S, 107,84E) was established in 1975 and is one of the solar observation facilities of the Space Science Center of Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), located around 40 km, east part of Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia. Several instrumentations for solar and space observation such as optical telescopes, radio solar spectrograph, flux gate magnetometer, etc. are operated there, together with an ionosphere sounding system (ionosonde) that was set up later. In July 2014, a standard Callisto (Compound Astronomical Low-cost Low-frequency Instrument for Spectroscopy and Transportable Observatory) spectrometer was installed at Sumedang Observatory for solar radio activity monitoring. Callisto has been developed in the framework of IHY2007 and ISWI, supported by UN and NASA. Callisto spectrometer has observation capability in the frequency range of 45-870 MHz. The Callisto spectrometer receives signal by using a set of 21 elements log-periodic antenna, model CLP5130-1N, pointed to the Sun and equipped with a low noise pre-amplifier. With respect to the Radio Frequency Interferences (RFI) measurements, the Callisto spectrometer is operated individually in frequency ranges of 45-80 MHz and 180-450 MHz. Observation status and data flow are monitored in on-line from center office located in Bandung. The data was transferred to central database at FHNW (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz) server every 15 minutes to appear on e-Callisto network subsequently. A real time data transfer and data processing based on Python software also has been developed successfully to be used as an input for Space Weather Information and Forecasting Services (SWIFtS) provided by LAPAN. On 5th November 2014, Callisto spectrometer at Sumedang observed the first clear solar radio event, a solar radio burst type II corresponding to a coronal mass ejection (CME), indicated by a strong X-ray event of M7.9 that was informed on by Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) NOAA. Thereafter, Callisto spectrometer at Sumedang also observed several solar radio bursts in various types. This paper describes the system configuration of Callisto spectrometer installed at Sumedang, RFI measurement and chosen observation strategy, real time data transfer and processing, as well as several samples of present results of solar radio burst monitoring at Sumedang, and future development plan of Callisto spectrometer in Indonesia which will be able to cover 14 hours of day solar observation. Keywords: Callisto spectrometer, solar radio observation, SWIFtS.
"The lesson from our experience is that disaster risk reduction is more important than disaster management. The operation of this radio is one of our ways to reduce disaster risk," said Pratomo. Radio Lintas Merapi is now managed by 30 crew members who operate the station, provide disaster and coffee cultivation training, and implement disaster saving programs for the surrounding communities.
"Through the telephone, residents can [call into the radio station and] talk about their experiences dealing with Merapi. It is also a way for us to connect with listeners and learn from each other," said Pratomo.
Villager Mumuk Wardi Wiyono, whose house is only about four kilometers from the peak of Mt. Merapi has been a loyal listener of Radio Lintas Merapi for years. Radio is his primary source of information about Mt. Merapi. "This radio [station] quickly informs me of the current situation of Merapi and how we should act. This is very helpful for me," said Wiyono.
Another listener, a farmer named Sriyanto, said that the radio broadcasts became a point of reference for him on topics ranging from disaster information to agriculture. "For me, this radio is a medium of information and entertainment. Their content is close to my daily life," he said.
In order to reach the communities affected by the disaster and to follow the pandemic health protocols, the Indonesian Christian Association for Health Services (ICAHS/PELKESI) started to spread programme information through radio broadcasting in the capital of the province, Palu. ICAHS/PELKESI supports activities in ten villages to increase knowledge and skills of the inhabitants and to be more prepared and resilient in the future through these broadcasts.
Primary health care and disaster risk reduction are two relevant issues that ICAHS/PELKESI broadcasts about. For example, the local Disaster Preparedness Group of a village called Enu was asked through radio broadcast to manage their surroundings and sanitation properly and inform their community to dispose of their household waste on a daily basis.
Handing over to the communities ICAHS/PELKESI encouraged and coached the representatives of the communities to introduce the programmes they run in their villages themselves on the radio. This method is very effective to improve their ability to convey ideas and even advocate their rights in public. The skills and bravery they build up will be helpful in the future.
Through radio, the community can speak about the rights of children, and can inform expectant mothers about how to get financial means from the village grant fund and how to receive supplementary food from the integrated health services each month.
The radio broadcasts also highlight the rights to public information and to participatory access to the village grant fund hosted by the government. Mohammad Reza, the secretary of the village Wani Dua in Donggala district for example, learned from the radio programme that the public had rights to access the village grant. He was invited as an interviewee in May 2020.
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