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This week's UNESCO World Radio Day is a celebration of the power of our favourite medium

World Radio Day.  Some new technologies supporting community radio, including open-source broadcast management software, an SMS application to aid listener interaction, and a wind-up solar radio

To mark UNESCO's inaugural World Radio Day, Click this week celebrates the original wireless-enabled mass medium. Guy Berger describes the thinking behind the day; from an event held at London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), some of the sharpest new technologies for developing community radio, including open source broadcast management software, a powerful wind-up solar receiver and MP3 player, and an SMS application for building listener interaction.  We hear from Joseph Sekiku, Director of FADECO Community Radio in Tanzania.

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