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Antenna Foundation Nepal (AFN), founded in 2002, is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organization, dedicated to the development of public service broadcasting in Nepal through the production and broadcasting of high quality radio (mainly) and TV programs and the training and technical support of local FM stations to better reach local and rural communities in a two way communication: disseminating information and getting their voices heard.
Antenna’s radio production professionals and journalists are committed to their vision of a New Nepal where people are aware of their rights and people's demands for socio-economic and political reform are given voice through the power of radio media – leading to lasting positive change.
Antenna’s approach is to involve local communities throughout the production and broadcast process to jointly identify the local needs and issues to be addressed. We partner with local FM stations, providing technical and capacity building support, to enable them better reach local and rural communities.
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Antenna initially targeted mainly remote rural communities - making them aware of, and involving them in socio-cultural and political aspects of their communities, and thereby enhancing the quality of their lives. However, Antenna later realized that we also needed to target the urban population to raise the problems of the poor while influencing and changing attitudes and behaviors of the affluent and the decision makers to advance towards a more equitable society.
Antenna aims to raise awareness and to improve audience behaviors on community conflicts, peace building and democratic process, reconciliation and reintegration, HIV/AIDS, health and education through a variety of quality, entertaining and innovative radio and TV programs.
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Antenna is a pioneer to tackle the conflict and peace building issues through - Nepal Chautari - The first ever live national talk show with a toll free call-in line, enabling general public to access to information and to debate and ask questions on issues critical to the peace process and democratic transition to politicians and policy makers.
- Chhinophano - The first conflict resolution radio magazine in the context of Nepal’s armed conflict (1996-2006) to share conflict resolution skills and help find creative solutions to the conflicts of the listeners’ lives, their families and their communities.
- Sodhikhoji - The first radio program partnering with local and community radio stations. It is a locally packaged magazine linking local conflict issues with central policy provisions and generating local dialogue and solutions.
- Naya Bato Naya Paila - A radio soap-opera, with SFCG partnership, aiming to address the root causes of conflict and equip the listeners with the necessary tools to manage the impact of conflict on their lives. It encourages youth to build relationships across ethnic and caste lines and to take on leadership roles in building peace in their communities.
- Sunau Bolau - A radio magazine produced and hosted by 25 children from 17 districts to encourage discussion of their issues among themselves and family members and is broadcast through network of 25 radio stations and Radio Nepal.
- Doko Radio - the first license holder of a mobile radio broadcast unit issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications, Government of Nepal - A mobile radio temporarily stationed in the remotest areas of Nepal, broadcasting the issues, stories and lives of their people, encouraging dialogue and discussions. AFN works with community radio stations to build their technical and production capacity to continue this dialogue once AFN leaves the area.
With 35 full-time and more than 50 part-time experienced and skilled professional staff (more than 30% female) and with close partnership with more than 60 local and community radio stations and with Radio Nepal, Antenna’s programs have around 2,700 functional listener clubs in 65 districts of the country and reach national audiences of 27% (Chhinophano and Naya Bato Naya Paila) to 29% (Nepal Chautari). Training and capacity building of its own human resources and of the partner stations, in conflict and peace building programs, drama production and other reporting and technical skills, is an integral component of every project that Antenna delivers.
Antenna uses professional field recorders and its own state of art studio to produce high quality programs for simultaneous broadcast. It has satellite links to most of the local partner stations outside Kathmandu to disseminate its programs and the more remote regions are served by our own innovative mobile transmission unit, Doko Radio. Antenna has just built a modern training center to enhance the capacity building of journalists, producers and local partner stations in general.
Antenna currently implements projects with National Endowment for Democracy, USAID/ NTI, DANIDA. Antenna has close partnership with Search for Common Ground, Saferworld, International Alert. Antenna in the past has implemented radio and TV projects with support from EU, DFID, UNICEF, The Asia Foundation, Nick Simons Institute other INGOs as well as private organizations.
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