World Wide Waves '22: The sounds of community radio
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
For World Radio Day 2022, we tune in to radio stations around the world that connect communities, spark conversations, keep traditions alive and give a voice to their listeners. From Aboriginal Koori Radio in Australia to a community station in India run by rural women from the lowest Dalit caste, the airwaves carry intimate wisdom, vital knowledge, beats and tunes that keep reminding us who we are.
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| 0:00.0 | Today I want to talk about a topic that I think deserves more coverage. |
| 0:04.0 | The comb is back. |
| 0:06.0 | I don't even know yet. |
| 0:08.0 | The show that unpicks the stories that matter to you from all over Africa. |
| 0:12.0 | We are most affected by it. |
| 0:14.0 | We are the people that are growing up watching all these changes. |
| 0:18.0 | The comb from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, they're talking to me. |
| 0:22.0 | Search for the comb wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.0 | All over the earth, the air is full of voices. |
| 0:37.0 | You can hear them if you catch them in a little box. |
| 0:40.0 | The most powerful ones are often those that come from home. |
| 0:43.0 | Whatever home means for you. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Maria Margarones and you're listening to the BBC World Service. |
| 0:50.0 | For World Radio Day 2022, we're tuning in to four community radio stations |
| 0:55.0 | with deep roots in their listeners' lives, broadcasting unheard voices, healing wounds and making change. |
| 1:07.0 | Hi, I'm Lisa Mambla. I'm from Morrie. |
| 1:09.0 | Hi, this is Khan Cameron from Daan, Northern Territory. |
| 1:11.0 | My name is Grace Welsh. I'm from Newcastle. |
| 1:13.0 | My name is Chica Madden, I'm an elder from Gallic or Country. |
| 1:16.0 | We are most affected by the virus from Kenya. |
| 1:18.0 | Hi, I'm Dali from Newcastle. |
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