[UgaBYTES] Launching Nakaseke community radio 102.9 fm (LUWOMBO)

[radioapac at iwayafrica.com]

Dear Peter,
greetings and congratulations on making 5 years. I would like to take this
opportunity to invite all of you in CMCs to join AMARC. Worldwide
association of community Radio broadcasters. We have a regional AMARC
Africa. Kindly check www.amarc.org,
I have put a proposal to host AMARC Africa in April 2009 in Kampala but we
await to see the result.
In case you are having problems enroling online please contact me. Jimmy
Okello.
Aluta continua.

Regards to All.

> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Peter Balaba <balapet2001 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> *Launching Nakaseke community radio 102.9 fm*
>>
>>
>>
>> Nakaseke Community Multimedia Center CMC is one among the six Community
>> Radios piloted by UNESCO in Uganda. Others include, Apac in the North,
>> Kagadi in the South Eastern, Kachwekano-Kabale  in the  west, Buwama,
>> Nabweru and Nakaseke in the Central region.
>>
>> All the Six CMCs received a brief Case Radio   which included a console,
>> a
>> 30 Wt transmitter, and a 100Wt Amplifier. These Radios are a product of
>> veronica and were supplied by Wantok Company Ltd  a Canadian  based
>> company.
>>
>> However, some centers have managed to change their transmitters to
>> 100Wts
>> and above  in order to  reach their target audience.
>>
>> UNESCO in the collaboration with the Uganda Government through Uganda
>> Communication Commission waved the license to all community Radios and
>> this
>> created a very good platform for the CMCs in Uganda to shrive.
>>
>> Most of these Radios are community based and they broadcast    between
>> 16-
>> 18 hours a day. The most important role of these CMCs  is to
>> disseminate
>> information  related to  community  information needs   such as
>> Agriculture, marketing, Health, Education , Gender issues, Traditional
>> Knowledge (IK) ,  HIV / AIDS etc
>>
>> From that back ground therefore, Nakaseke CMC  would  wish to celebrate
>>  her
>> 5 years  on Air despite  of all  the  several challenges  it has sailed
>> through. Some have been technical, natural  and others are man made
>> political  innervations.
>>
>> Having gone through such challenges Nakaseke CMC is now committed and
>> ready
>> to celebrate   her 5 year on Air. In this short period we wish to
>> acknowledge the efforts of Wantok and their agent  Utratec here in
>> Uganda
>>   who have been  doing repairs  whenever Radio  breaks down..
>>
>> We also acknowledge  community support through  their voluntary services
>>  they
>> offer to the Radio, apparently the Center has  a total of 30 volunteers
>> who
>> regularly come and present their programmes.
>>
>> We cannot forget  the business community  which has been giving us
>> Adverts
>> to sustain the Center.
>>
>>  The political leaders  and their councils  of Nakaseke and Kasangombe
>> Sub-Counties for their  long life support  since the inception of the
>> project.
>>
>> *11th OCTOBER, 2008* is the day marked to celebrate  the 5  years  on
>> Air
>> ,  in this event we  have collaborated with *JAMAAT PRODUCTIONS*  to
>> organize the celebrations   and we expect  20 Local Artists from Kampala
>>  to
>> present  their shows  to the   audience  and the entrance fee will be
>> only
>> 4000/= and our target audience is 5000-6000 people.
>>
>> Nakaseke Sub-County has offered space and Security for the celebrations.
>>
>> So far basing on the feed backs from the listeners, are too enthusiastic
>>   to attend to the show.
>>
>> The management Committee sat recently to plan for the event and they
>> proposed
>> the chief Guest to be  Hon. Minister for Luwero Triangle Nyombi Tembo to
>> witness the usefulness / impacts  of Nakaseke  CMC  to the community.
>>
>> The revenue that will be raised from this event is to be ploughed back
>> to
>> improve the Radio coverage and also to have a second stand-by
>> transmitter.
>>
>>
>> I therefore, take this opportunity to invite you all to join us in this
>> celebration.
>>
>>
>>
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