{"id":13354,"date":"2015-05-28T07:28:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T11:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13354"},"modified":"2015-05-28T07:28:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T11:28:12","slug":"community-stations-provide-lifeline-of-info-in-post-quake-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/community-stations-provide-lifeline-of-info-in-post-quake-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Community stations provide lifeline of info in post-quake Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nepal-Earthquake-Map\"<\/a>(Source: BBC Monitoring<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Community radio stations in earthquake-hit Nepal have become a crucial provider of information \u2013 in fact, the only source in places where newspapers do not reach and internet service does not exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of the stations are operating from tents after their permanent buildings were destroyed in the 25 April earthquake.<\/p>\n

Staff members from these stations have shown tremendous resilience in ensuring that the flow of information does not stop.<\/p>\n

[Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: BBC Monitoring) Community radio stations in earthquake-hit Nepal have become a crucial provider of information \u2013 in fact, the only source in places where newspapers do not reach and internet service does not exist. Many of the stations are operating from tents after their permanent buildings were destroyed in the 25 April earthquake. Staff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,56,3781,3],"tags":[3854,1584,1330,3798],"class_list":["post-13354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-fm","category-news","tag-community-radio","tag-fm","tag-natural-disaster-preparedness","tag-nepal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3to","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13072,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/air-and-bbc-design-programming-for-post-earthquake-nepal\/","url_meta":{"origin":13354,"position":0},"title":"AIR and BBC design programming for post-earthquake Nepal","author":"Thomas","date":"April 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RMbiz) MUMBAI: In the wake of recent earthquake that affected Nepal and India, All India Radio (AIR) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have designed special programming for affected areas of Indo-Nepal border and Nepal respectively. 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