Episode 2: Radio Ga Ga
In Flux: a technology policy podcast by the Centre for Internet and Society, India - A podcast by Centre for Internet and Society, India - Fridays
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Ever wondered why you never get to listen to news or current affairs on FM channels? The government of India, for the last two decades, has persistently refused to allow community and private FM channels from broadcasting news and current affairs. In this episode of In Flux, Torsha Sarkar and Gurshabad Grover discuss their work on this news broadcast ban, and go on to speak about the constitutional ethos of media freedom and free speech, and propose an alternative regulatory framework to govern speech on FM channels. Reading list: (1) https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/files/ban-of-news-on-radio.pdf
