WORLD ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS (AMARC)

$20 annual membership includes subscription to twice-yearly journal InterRadio. AMARC International Secretariat, 3525 Boulevard St. Laurent, Bureau 611, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 2T7. 514/982-0351, amarcho@amarc.org, www.amarc.org.

Since 1983, AMARC has helped fortify community broadcasting. Its Women's Network, International Solidarity Network, and conferences have provided forums, strengthened community radio, and ensured that the allocation of frequencies and resources places a high priority on the needs of civil society. Its InterRadio is published in English, French, and Spanish.

-- Laura Saponara

WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION (WACC)

$30 annual membership includes subscription to monthly newssheet Action and quarterly journal Media Development. 357 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5QY, UK. Fax (+44) 171 735 0340, Wacc@wacc.org.uk, www.oneworld.org/wacc/.

This ecumenical Christian organization is extremely active in supporting democratic, grassroots media. A force on every continent,

-- JC

RADIO BILINGUE 5005 E. Belmont Avenue, Fresno, CA 93727. 559/455-5777, etorresrb@aol.com, www.radiobilingue.org.

RB reaches half a million listeners with programming in English, Spanish, and Mixtec, broadcast via satellite to more than sixty-five stations in the US, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

-- LS

AMERICAN INDIAN RADIO ON SATELLITE (AIROS) 1800 No. 33 Street, Lincoln, NE 68583. 402/472-0484, airos@unl.edu, www.nativecalling.org.

With thirty-six subscriber stations in fourteen states, the AIROS network is a national distribution system for Native American programming, including the live call-in program Native America Calling. An estimated 150,000 people hear this show each week. AIROS is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

-- LS

RADIO SAGARMATHA GPO Box 6958, Kathmandu, Nepal. Fax: + (977-1) 530-227, or e-mail to Ian Pringle, ipringle@vcn.bc.ca.

Each morning at seven, this 500-watt station broadcasts Nepali folk music, mixed with development messages, to the Kathmandu Valley. One of their first initiatives, Sara Radio--the "Clean Air Campaign"--regularly monitors and reports on air quality. They plan to promote local radio to the 90 percent of Nepal's 22 million people who live in rural areas or small communities. 70 percent do not read.

-- DK