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World Social Forum 2007
Global: Community Radio to Broadcast
2007-01-18
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, (AMARC) will cover, thanks to the Internet and its world network of community radios the social alternatives to neoliberal globalization discussed by civil society organisations in the 7th World Social Forum (WSF) to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from January 20- 25.
Community Radio to Broadcast From World Social Forum in Nairobi
For immediate release
Montreal, January 17, 2007. The World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters, (AMARC) will cover,
thanks to the Internet and its world network of
community radios the social alternatives to neoliberal
globalization discussed by civil society organisations
in the 7th World Social Forum (WSF) to be held in
Nairobi, Kenya, from January 20- 25.
A delegation of more than 25 journalists from community
radios in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the
Caribbean, North America and Europe will cover the
activities of the WSF in collaboration, among others,
with Inter-Press Service (IPS) and Panos. The
information agencies of AMARC, Pulsar in Latin America
and Simbani in Africa, as well as Amisnet in Italy, and
representatives of community radios form all the
regions of AMARC will coordinate the broadcast in
English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and other
languages. To learn more on the Internet broadcast and
to listen to the podcasting of the broadcast, visit : <
http://wsf.amarc.org>
The schedule of the Internet broadcast will be. Please
note the time is local time (Nairobi): [Nairobi is GMT
+3hrs; or New York -8hrs]
09.00-11.00 News Bulletin followed by Asia Pacific
Broadcast (English, Nepalese, Bahasa Indonesia, etc.)
11.00-13.00 News Bulletin followed by the African
broadcast (English, French and others) 13.00-14.00 News
Bulletin for the European broadcast ( Italian,
Spaniesh, English, Spanish, etc.) 14.00-15.00 News
Bulletin followed by the North America Broadcast
(English, French, etc.) 15.00-17.00 News Bulletin
followed by the Latin America and Caribbean Broadcast
(Spanish, English, French, etc.)
The World Associaition of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC) has more than 3500 members in 110 countries and
is at the service of the community radio movement
worldwide. For further information visit:
http://www.amarc.org
Contact : Marcelo Solervicens, tel : (514) 982-0351
