{"id":5465,"date":"2013-01-26T08:07:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T12:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5465"},"modified":"2013-01-26T08:07:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T12:07:05","slug":"rootio-community-powered-micro-radio-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/rootio-community-powered-micro-radio-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"RootIO: community powered micro radio stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RootIO\"<\/a>Thanks, Benn, for sharing this:<\/p>\n

Radio continues to be a powerful tool for community information, and the RootIO project amplifies it by mixing its power with new mobile and Internet technologies. RootIO is an open-source tool kit that allows communities to create their own micro radio stations with an inexpensive smartphone and transmitter, and to share, promote, and collaborate on dynamic content. The project will be piloted in Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Radio Network, UNICEF Uganda and UNICEF Innovation Unit.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.knightfoundation.org\/grants\/20123667\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/rootio.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/RootioRadio<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks, Benn, for sharing this: Radio continues to be a powerful tool for community information, and the RootIO project amplifies it by mixing its power with new mobile and Internet technologies. RootIO is an open-source tool kit that allows communities to create their own micro radio stations with an inexpensive smartphone and transmitter, and to […]<\/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":[56,3],"tags":[1584,1630,1629],"class_list":["post-5465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-fm","tag-micro-radio-stations","tag-rootio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1q9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31684,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/rootio-and-a-new-community-radio-initiative-in-uganda\/","url_meta":{"origin":5465,"position":0},"title":"RootIO and a new community radio initiative in Uganda","author":"Thomas","date":"April 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Global Voices via Mike Hansgen) How RootIO Broadcasts Radio in Uganda Using a Bucket The open-source toolkit allows users to broadcast using just a smartphone and a transmitter Radio is still and continues to be a powerful medium across most of the African continent. 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