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Community radio

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In journalism & media, community radio means: Radio organised to serve and involve a particular local community or community of interest.

In Turkish: topluluk radyosu

How it is used

Emphasize community participation and purpose; a station being geographically local is not sufficient by itself.

Example sentences

  1. Community radio gave residents a place to discuss the bus cuts in their own language.

    The station serves a defined community's communication needs.

  2. Volunteers at the community radio station helped choose the subjects for the weekly programme.

    Participation in programme decisions distinguishes the community role.

Common collocations

  • community radio station
  • community radio volunteers
  • support community radio
  • broadcastA programme sent out on television, radio or the internet for the public; as a verb, to send out such a programme or to make information widely known.
  • citizen journalismNews reporting by ordinary people who are not professional journalists, often using their phones to record and share events they witness.

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