Mulonga 2019 : A Radio Bridge across the waters and continents
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Created: Wednesday, 09 October 2019 08:41
Since 2007 some independent radio initiatives in Austria are supporting the set up and running of Radio ZONGWE FM, the first community radio station at Sinazongwe in the Zambezi Valley on the Northern shore of Lake Kariba. Last year the Sinazongwe community joined efforts with the Sinazongwe District Council to erect a new building for the station on the hilltop overlooking the Lake - still called The Big River or Mulonga in ChiTonga language and tradition. Facilitated by a crowdfunding campaign on the Austrian side the necessary financial resources were made available for the relocation of the radio station from rather cramped conditions at Sinazongwe Basic School in May. This move was organised by the ZONGWE FM team led by the station manager Mr Kennedy Kein Kambole and supported by two radio experts from Austrian Free Radio B138 Kirchdorf - Mr Mike Schedlberger and Mrs Tanja Landerl - and their Zambian counterpart Mr Kayula Faith Mulenga.
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Both sides of the Zambezi: A playlist of on-air excerpts 2018
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Created: Wednesday, 13 February 2019 10:45
by Claudia Wegener / radio continental drift
Radio-bridging
across the Zambezi, between Zambia and Zimbabwe was a focus of
activities on the ground 2018. Sharing broadcast excerpts from the
Zambezi Valley for World Radio Day 2019, we
dream of radio-bridges to listeners around the world…
“We”
that is the various radio-makers at Sinazongwe Community Radio
Station aka ZongweFM; it’s also Mutinta Mukuwa (the white,
out-one-out) aka claudia who joint Zongwe team between June and
December 2018 for weekly workshops, international projects, and of
course many live broadcasts. “We” may also include the many
studio guests, we were honored to host, who spoke to us in person or,
through recordings and remixes.
We’d
like to invite you to go on a journey with ZongweFM Live for two
hours to the rural areas North and South of the Zambezi; you’ll
hear about a community fundraising concert for Zongwe FM, the local
launch of the Radio-Bridge Compilation, exchange visits of women
across Lake Kariba, between Sinazongwe and Binga, visitors from
Europa, Basimbi Radio, radio making with/ by/ for girls - and many
many other things between the lines…
Thank
you for listening!
radio
continental drift
read more and listen: https://archive.org/details/WorldRadioDay2019