How radio stations can share weather information with rural listeners

  “Weather” refers to the atmospheric conditions at a specific time and place. Atmospheric conditions include measures such as temperature, sunshine, humidity, wind, air pressure, precipitation, cloud cover, and visibility. Weather greatly impacts the lives and livelihoods of individuals and communities. Broadcasters and weather experts such as meteorological agents can play a crucial role by…

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Your farmer program design

This module will introduce you to how you can plan a regular radio program. That is, how each episode should follow a predictable pattern from start to finish.

The module takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.

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Engaging youth in broadcasting

This course is a practical guide to bringing youth on air and including them in engaging, quality broadcasts about issues important to them.

The module takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete.

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Use VOICES to make good farmer programming

In this course, you’ll learn about the VOICES standards and how they help radio broadcasters improve interactive rural radio programs. It will take approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete the lessons.

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Youth programming

This Broadcaster how-to guide discusses the benefits of youth programming, and describes how radio stations can air programming that benefits youth, their radio stations, and their communities, and how youth can contribute to that programming.

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Knowing your audience

In this module, we’ll explore how knowing your audience can help you design a radio program that not only engages them but is also useful for them. It introduces techniques, questions, and tools to help you learn about your audience.

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Lexicon of radio program production terms

This is a list of commonly used radio program production terms in North America, and a few other terms that are used at Farm Radio International that might be useful in understanding how to produce effective radio programs for a variety of audiences.

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How to create a radio campaign

A campaign is an organized, time-bound effort to convince institutions or individuals to take specific types of actions, or change their attitudes toward a specific topic in a specific way. Campaigns have specific objectives and usually focus on one major change or action.

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Social and behaviour change communication

Go to the learning module Details Is your radio program about serving and impacting your community? You need to have an understanding of communication for development (C4D) and social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) to help you offer radio programs that integrate these principles. The self-guided module provides you with an introduction to social and…

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