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

[peter balaba]

 Dear  Sulah  and all,

Thanks for your feed backs and  words of encouragement  for this event 
I promise to up date you all the time 

Thanks 

--- On Tue, 9/16/08, Ndaula Sulah <ndaulasula at ugabytes.org> wrote:
From: Ndaula Sulah <ndaulasula at ugabytes.org>
Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] Launching Nakaseke community radio 102.9 fm (LUWOMBO)
To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 12:19 AM

Dear Peter,

This is a great strategy for reminding the community of the CMC as well as
mobilizing for sustainability. I am sure the process will be useful for the
success of the telecentre. Please share the experience with us especially
the process of organizing the event and the impact it will have on the whole
structure of the CMC after the event. Other CMCs will love to use the
experience.

But ofcourse we will be attending.

Best Regards,
---
Sulah




On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 5:45 PM, 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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