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AMARC members in North America include not only radio stations and production companies, but also organizations of radio stations . Both the US and Canada have well developed organizational infrastructure to represent community radios inside their own countries. read more

AMARC-WIN 8 March Broadcast 2010 has started!

Montreal, March 10th 2010. On March 8th has started the 6th annual International Women’s Day Broadcast Campaign. The theme of this year is “Empowering and celebrating women as agents of recovery.” Multilingual programmes are broadcasting online at http:// march8.amarc.org until March 31st.

Chile’s community radios have key role in disaster response

Montreal, March 6, 2010. AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, applauds the rapid response of Chile’s community radios to the recent earthquake and calls on the incoming Chilean government to expedite legal measures to facilitate community broadcasting.

Tune in to the International AMARC-WIN broadcast for Women’s International Day on March 8!

March 5, 2010 Montreal – This March 8th, the Women’s International Network of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-WIN) will celebrate Women’s International Day with a Webcast starting on March 8th to March 31st, dedicated to women and gender issues. The Webcast will begin at 1:00 am GMT on Monday March 8. Community radio producers from Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America and the Caribbean will participate at this broadcast campaign. To listen the multilingual programs visit our website: http://march8.amarc.org

AMARC expresses solidarity with those affected by the Chile earthquake

Montreal, 1 March, 2010. AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, expresses its solidarity with the people of Chile and its condolences to those who have lost family and friends in the earthquake of 27 February 2010. Steve Buckley, President of AMARC, said: "We are shocked to hear news of another devastating earthquake in the Americas. We stand ready to assist in any way possible."

Community Radio Broadcasters of Asia Pacific call for placing people’s communications rights at the centre of development

Bangalore, India, February 24, 2010. Community radio broadcasters from 20 countries of the Asia Pacific region have demanded to place people’s communications rights at the centre of development. The Bangalore declaration issued at the conclusion of the regional assembly of community radio broadcasters held in Bangalore, India from 20-23 February 2010 has also called for supporting initiatives that aid access to digital and other technological opportunities to enable community broadcasting in an ever-widening scale, while calling for creating spaces on the airwaves for diverse and marginalized voices, irrespective of caste, creed, race, colour, gender, sexuality, faith, and differently-abled or other differences.