COMMUNITY RADIO - A STIMULANT FOR ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNICATION.

The article discusses the important role plays by community radio in socio-cultural, political and economic development in India. It discusses the advantages of community radio for everyone in the populated areas and remote corners of the country. It examines the concept, purpose and importance of community radio. It presents some elaborate definitions of community radio by experts worldwide including José Ignacio Lopez Vigil, Louie Tabing and Carlos A. Arnaldo. It also discusses the important role of community radio as an agent of social change worldwide.