[grc] National Radio Day item - identifying community stations.

[Michelle Bradley]

When I designed the 6-segment concept, I knew this one would create some 
confusion but here's where I was going with this...

COMMUNITY RADIO
There are some organizations where providing media and community access 
is their primary function.  This can include (but is not limited to) 
independent media centers, public access programmers and providers and 
other organizations that were set up for the purpose of providing 
community media in a manner where the community has input into the 
programming and the direction of the station.

CAUSE-BASED
These are organizations whose primary purpose is not broadcasting but 
decided to expand into broadcasting in order to get their voice heard.  
This can include advocacy groups for minorities, labor, LGBT, etc.  Keep 
in mind that organizations that would fall under the high level of 
cause-based can also meet some of the attributes of community radio, 
especially if the licensee organization is being used as a "host".

If you are using the suggest function on the scoreboard, please go ahead 
and make your best guess.  For the purpose of the community station 
directory, both community and cause-based stations will be listed.

The Community Radio category is different than the MICRORADIO category.  
The Microradio category consists of organizations that were founded for 
the primary purpose of broadcasting, is usually managed by a single 
person or a small group, operates a particular format (usually music) 
and does not have a structured governance or community input.

The microradio category is not flagged in our systems for inclusion in 
the community-focused station lists as the community does not 
necessarily have any real input into the station's programming.  In 
other words, they run like a commercial station but (in most cases we 
hope) without the commercials.

Again, make your best guess..  There are sub-segmenting that I will be 
adding.

=m




On 6/6/2016 11:27 PM, Joan Ross wrote:
> I might need some help in understanding Community vs Caused-based 
> organization.
>
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>     On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Michelle Bradley via grc
>     <grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
>
>     I have written a modification to LPFM Scoreboard that will allow
>     volunteers to be able to classify an LPFM station into one of the REC
>     six segments:
>
>       * Community
>       * Government
>       * Microradio
>       * Cause-based Organization
>       * Faith Based
>       * Educational Institution
>
>     Go ahead and access the Scoreboard like you normally do.
>
>     For window 2 (2013) LPFM stations:
>     http://recnet.net/scoreboard.php?wind=2
>
>     For window 1 (2000/2001) LPFM stations:
>     http://recnet.net/scoreboard.php?wind=1
>
>     Access the individual state list.  On each station, there is a
>     place for
>     a segment.  If a segment has not already been defined or one has been
>     suggested, there will be a link that reads "suggest".  Click on that
>     link and you will be able to choose from one of the six primary
>     segments
>     for that station.
>
>     This will start the process to determine the overall REC segment
>     code.
>     The REC segment codes is a work in progress where each LPFM is
>     given a
>     code based on the hierarchy of the 6 primary segments of LPFM.  Based
>     on the lower code, this will determine if the station would be
>     included
>     in community radio listings provided by REC.
>
>     We will be doing more work with segment codes over the summer.
>
>     If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
>     Thank you for supporting REC's efforts.
>
>     =m
>
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