Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Radio Tubajon, a broadcasting station of Tambuli Radio Network

Tambuli Radio Network



Tambuli is a community radio network founded in 1990. It cover twenty (20) remote communities in Philippines.

These communities didn’t know a broadcasting station about daily problems and solutions with help of community before Tambuli radio network. Others services are: present messages about local reunions, marriages, deaths, lost cattle, children lost, information about political decisions, agriculture services, etc. Tambuli Radio Network was the first broadcasting stations in Philippines where the government has had the control on many media for long time.


UNESCO: "Tambuli represented an important effort to develop rural, independent and pluralistic communication in the isolated regions of the Philippines. This project had promoted appropriate communication facilities that stimulated the exchange of information among community members. Tambuli radio provoked major changes in Filipino local community life, in particular the elimination of gambling and the improvement of social life in communities."


Radio Tubajon FM 95.8


Radio tubajon is in Tubajon, a small town in a island called Dinagat.
Radio Tubajon is only 3 or 4 hours “on air” , however, as time goes by the community radio is more important for region’s people.

But, the principal problem of Tambuli Radio Network is the difficult communication betwen all broadcasting stations of radio network, because many of them don’t have phone line and don’t work like a really network for the geography ubication.


Objectives:


1. Facilitate the local access to information.
2. Allow to people express opinions.
3. Establish communitarians bonds.
4. Strengthen the community’s identity,
5. Transform to audience in participants and managers of a communication system.

In others words, strengthen the community using communication like tool.


Working for democracy

Usually, to Radio Tubajon arrive six (6) commentaries leaders (of different religions) for speak with the radio Tubajon’s manager, Kiko Magnaye, a Catholic priest. They discuss about contents and programming of the religious program “Langit Sa Yuta” (in English: the sky in the land), It is a surprising example of democracy.



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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

MASS MEDIA IN PHILIPPINES

The group of media in Philippines is form for: news papers, reviews, radio, television and internet. The population doesn’t speak only one language then in the island you can find all kind of media in different languages.

Some media in english are:

NEWSPAPERS

The most important newspaper in the island is "SUN STAR" , it's a network of local newspapers in the Philippine. Is very important because it has great covering for example, you can read different Sun Stars's vertions in places like:

Bacolod
Baguio
Cagayan de oro
Cebu
Davao
Pampanga

However, also exist more newspaper like:

Manila bulletin on line (Manila)

The Daily Tribune (Manila)

Manila Times (Manila)

Mindanao Times (Davao)


REVIEWS

SUN STAR also has reviews and uses the same system of covering, but it can't compare with the newspaper's covering because Sun Star in review version only covers four (4) places, this reviews are:

Sun Star Aklan (Kalibo)
Sun Star Antique (San José)
Sun Star Capiz (Roxas)
Sun Star Sunday Magazine (Davao)

Other reviews in english are:

Malaya Sunday Magazine (Manila)

The Mindanao Cross (Cotabato)

Mindanao Scoop (Iligan)

The Negros Chronicle (Dumaguete)

Negros News (Dumaguete)

The Pagadian Times (Pagadian)

Palawan Sun (Puerto Princesa)

RADIO

FEBC (Far East Broadcasting Company)
This radio station also broadcasts via shortwave and satellite.
FEBC was founded in 1945 and it's a Christian radio listen in many countries around the world.
FEBC-Philippines

ABS-CBN News (Quezon)

DZMM (Quezon)

TAMBULI Community Radio

PhilRadio International
It’s the original source for Filipino radio programs broadcasting worldwide

TELEVISION

Batibot
Is a channel produced by the Philippine Children's Television Foundation and is the principal educational channel of television with many series for children.

ABS-CBN

GMA Network

Discovery Channel Philippines

TVBS Philippines