Events Front Page In the NewsPublished February 12, 2013 at 22:11 No Comments
Airtime is an awesome piece of software built by Sourcefabric which lets radio stations take control of programming via the web. It includes intelligent archive management, powerful search, a simple scheduling calendar, smart playlists, live assist, stream rebroadcast and rock-solid automated playout. To mark World Radio Day 2013, FrontlineSMS:Radio’s Amy O’Donnell wrote a post for Sourcefabric’s
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Africa Front PagePublished January 8, 2013 at 12:48 No Comments
Star FM in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe was established in October 2000 to address a specific need for a platform to allow young people living in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province to discuss issues affecting them. The founders also realized that there was no radio station targeted at youth in the country. Although Star FM does not have a license
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Asia Front Page In the FieldPublished December 21, 2012 at 12:28 No Comments
By Emily Cholette, FrontlineSMS:Radio Project Intern I’ve been volunteering with the FrontlineSMS:Radio project and recently had the pleasure of speaking with Colin Spurway of BBC Media Action, an organization which helps people around the world to harness the media to promote change in their communities. Colin is the Project Director of Loy9 (pronounced ‘Loy Pram-booun’), a multimedia initiative
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FrontlineSMSPublished November 28, 2012 at 17:37 No Comments
Republished from the FrontlineSMS blog. The FrontlineSMS team is pleased to announce a new level of premium support and consultancy services to help users design mobile engagement strategies, build capacity for professional adoption and automate communication workflows. Engaging people on new platforms can be a complex process and it can be a challenge to find a recipe for
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AfricaPublished October 2, 2012 at 16:36 No Comments
FrontlineSMS is coming up to 7 years old in October 2012 – seven years ago, our Founder Ken Banks made the first, prototype version available for download. We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting the people we work for – our wonderful users. That’s you, folks. See a slideshow of our users showing off their work here.
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Africa Front Page In the NewsPublished September 11, 2012 at 15:23 No Comments
On August 29th 2012, balancing act featured Amy O’Donnell as she introduced FrontlineSMS: Radio to the world and how SMS is changing the way media houses interact with its listeners. Thanks balancing act for this great piece! FrontlineSMS: Radio featured on balancing act As TV and radio broadcast markets intensify across several liberalized African countries, broadcasters
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Africa CGHR Front PagePublished August 14, 2012 at 12:00 2 Comments
As we continue to follow the progress of radio stations taking part in the trial of FrontlineSMS:Radio, Tully McLoughlin offers an update from a radio station from Ghana called Rite FM. Through Farm Radio International, who help African radio broadcasters to produce better farmer-focused radio, Tully has been working closely with Rite FM as they
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Africa Front Page In the NewsPublished August 7, 2012 at 10:27 1 Comment
Amy O’Donnell, Radio Project Manager at FrontlineSMS:Radio recently spoke to Alessandra Bajec from the European Journalism Centre Magazine about the way FrontlineSMS is used to facilitate dynamic conversations between radio listeners in Africa. By enabling the powerful combination of radio broadcasting with SMS, FrontlineSMS:Radio is empowering and engaging communities across the continent. You can read
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Front Page In the NewsPublished July 20, 2012 at 10:47 No Comments
On 19th July 2012 Slate featured how FrontlineSMS was used by a Radio station in Malawi in a great article stressing the importance of radio as an accessible, locally appropriate technology in developing countries. Thanks Slate! (or in Chichewa, a language from Malawi: Cha bwino! Zikomo kwambiri!) Watch this space for the launch of FrontlineSMS: Radio, a
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EventsPublished July 6, 2012 at 10:51 No Comments
By Amy O’Donnell, FrontlineSMS:Radio Manager Recently my colleague Flo and I visited BBC Media Action for a Knowledge Sharing session which focused on the use of innovative mobile technology to enable effective communication for social change. BBC Media Action (previously known as the World Service Trust) “uses media and communication to provide access to information
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