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From: "elvira truglia" <elvira@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Mar 18, 2004  1:38:02  PM Canada/Mountain
Subject: only five days to go...Radio Voices Without Frontiers : Another communication is possible!
Radio voix sans frontières/Radio Voices Without Frontiers : Another communication is possible! 

 
On March 21st, 2004… tune in to a global community radio broadcast against racial discrimination 
http://www.amarc.org/vsf

For immediate release
March 17, 2004– There are only five days left before community radio stations across five continents will go on air in a unique 21-hour broadcast co-production on SUNDAY, MARCH 21st, 2004, known as the UN international Day against Racial Discrimination. The day marks the 44th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre, when peaceful demonstrators against apartheid were killed in a town in South Africa.
To commemorate the Day Against Racism, Radio voix sans frontièreswill feature a mosaic of programs in various languages, with live and pre-recorded contributions from countries in Africa, Europe, Asia, North and Latin America.
The broadcast will be web streamed on (www.amarc.org/vsf) and relayed via the satellite services of Channel Africa, Global Radio (in Europe), ALER (in Latin America) and RFA (in Canada). Programs will be re-distributed by local community radio stations worldwide.
Here are some highlights of what promises to be the most diverse and dynamic RVSF yet:
Asia-Pacific -For the first-time ever, there will be a special three-hour broadcast from Asia with contributions from community radio stations and producers in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and the Philippines.
Africa –Working with a team of journalists throughout the African continent, RVSF will be broadcast live from the Simbani News Agency of AMARC Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa. Programs will feature stories on child labour, women and employment, muslims in Africa, access to ICTs for community radio, peace building and community radio, female genital mutilation, HIV-AIDS and more.
Europe – Hosted by AMISNET in Rome, there will be a special one-hour Middle East feed from radio stations in Bethlehem and Hebron. Another unique feature is the Link Lusofono, a collaboration between Portuguese speakers from community radios in 12 countries.
North America - For the first-time ever, there will be a one-hour national feed in French by RFA, and a one-hour feed in Spanish by Radio Centre Ville. The English broadcast from KCSB-FM will focus on migration issues: stories from the U.S.-Mexico border, discrimination towards refugees in Canada, the world-wide trend of anti-immigrant legislation. There will also be a special report on the magnitude of the global inequities in rights to communicate and the efforts of civil society to overcome them.
Latin America -From the broadcast centers of Radio Mundo Real in Uruguay in collaboration with Radio Tierra in Chile, the broadcast will feature contributions from community radio stations and producers in Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay and more.
The global broadcast Radio voix sans frontières is co-ordinated by the AMARC, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters and will be hosted regionally at RFA in Ottawa, Canada; CINQ-FM in Montreal, Canada; KCSB-FM in Santa Barbara, U.S.A.; Radio Mundo Real in Montevideo, Uruguay; Radio Tierra in Santiago de Chile; AMISNET in Rome, Italy; the AMARC Africa Simbani News Agency in Johannesburg, South Africa, and AMARC Asia-Pacific in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The year 2004 marks the seventh year of this global community radio broadcast collaboration. 

RVSF 2004 – International Broadcast Schedule*GMT = Greenwich Mean Time

Asia 3:00- 6:00 GMT = 8:45-11:45 Kathmandu time (3 hours)

Africa 6:00-11:00 GMT = 8:00-13:00 Johannesburg time (5 hours)

Europe 11:00-16:00 GMT = 12:00-17:00 Rome time (5 hours)

North America 16:00-21:00 GMT = 11:00-16:00 Montreal time (5 hours)

Latin America 21:00-24:00 GMT = 17:00-20:00 Santiago time (3 hours)

see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Full broadcast/satellite details and updates will be available at
http://www.amarc.org/vsf

For interviews and further information, contact:

Elvira Truglia-RVSF International Coordinator, AMARC-International

Tel. +514-982-0351; E-mail:elvira@xxxxxxxxx
AMARC is the French acronym for Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters. AMARC is a world wide grassroots network of broadcasters operating for social benefit. AMARC aims to support, defend and promote the interests of community broadcasters through solidarity and international co-operation. 
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Voices Without Frontiers - Voces Sin Fronteras
www.amarc.org/vsf



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