Public services on the wireless
First posted at 11:57GMT on 17/07/08 by Amelia Sanders
The Audit commission report ‘Don’t Stop me Now’ found local authorities ‘woefully unprepared’ for the increase in the ageing population. They’ve pulled out some examples of good practice too - including this council-funded community radio station for older people in rural Cornwall.
A few weeks back this Thai Community radio station caught our eye.
“Bangkok’s ‘quality of life’ radio station provides a lifeline in a city where public services are haphazard at best. The all-talk format of RDCK is a call to action and an attempt to solve problems via the community and its bulging Roladex. Lawyers, doctors, bus drivers, midwives and snake catchers are glued to the frequency. Monocle’s Bangkok correspondent David Fullbrook tuned in for the day.”