Signature tune (Marathi)
Signature tune of KVK Pravara.
Signature tune of KVK Pravara.
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<p>KVK Pravara Community Radioemphasises on agricultural development while also giving due emphasis on rural development, health, education and rural culture.<br />The Community Radio strives to improve the socio-economic condition of the rural people with a focus on r focused clients are rural women and rural youths.</p>
<p>The Pravara Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a small institute reaching the entire population of the region, was established in Ahmednagar in 1993. TheKVK initially adopted the group approach so that it could reach the maximum number of people. However, technology-related challenges and information support to this huge population was also an issue. The Community Radio was an initiative to bridge the communication gap with use of Information Communication Technology (ICT).</p>
The CRS KVK Pravara, established three years ago, broadcasts for four hours daily between 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm (repeat broadcast) and 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (regular broadcast).
Language of Broadcast: Marathi
| Name of the Programme | Format | Description |
| Gramjagat | Interview | All activities and programmes related to rural development besides success stories included. |
| Lokranjan | Variety | Based on local culture and art to discuss the knowledge and important message. |
| Dnyanganga | Interactive/drama | Students from lower KG to higher education along with success stories. |
| Our land, your technology | Live phonein/ interactive discussion/drama | Every day various concepts, practices, developments and crucial issues related to agriculture. |
| Krishivani | Interview and discussion | On all aspects of agriculture and its technologies by scientists and success stories among farmers. |
| Our Health | Interview, discussion and live phone-in | All health related issues including our ancient medical system. |
Source: Compendium 2011 and 2012, CEMCA and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
<p>Community Participation: KVK has developed special course for developingradio jockeysby training young people from the surrounding areas. The participants are selected after careful screening and after their training, they are sent out to the villages and producing different programmes in different formats. Innovations in Format: Talks with scientists of KVK on emerging problems and talk with the successful agripreneurs, hero of the week, discussion on the bunds of farms, are some popular formats the KVK Pravara station has adopted in the production of its programmes. Over 80 per cent of the radio formats are of interactive and participatory which are liked by the listeners. We also conduct phone-in live programme of 90 min duration weekly which is interactive and participatory.</p>
<p>Funding and Partnerships For infrastructure development, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India under ATMA programme provided fund. Similarly funds were provided by the Government of India’s ATMA programme in 2008 for development of content duringthe initial three years. At present, partial fund raising is done through advertisements.</p>
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Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Babhaleshwar, District Ahmednagar-413 737, Maharashtra
Phone: 09822519260
Email: gaikwadbh@yahoo.com
Frequency : 90.80000305175781
Broadcast hours : 12.00 - 15.00 Hours and 17.00 -20.00 Hours
Established in : 2009-10-01
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