The Community in Community Radio

A Case Study of XK FM, Interrogating Issues of Community Participation, Governance, and Control

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7497487
AutoresBrilliant Mhlanga (0000-0002-2252-8282, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas58-72
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEcquid Novi African Journalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0256-0054 • E-ISSN: 1942-0773
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02560054.2009.9653392
OpenAlexW2156178583
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas6

This article provides a critical analysis of XK FM as a community radio station for the !Xû and Khwe ethnic communities in Platfontein, South Africa. Various political undercurrents and factors are examined, including the refusal to accept the two groups as separate ethnic communities and the anomalous creation of XK FM as a community radio station under the auspices of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The article concludes that XK FM is not a community radio station in the strict sense, but is an extension of the SABC in a decentralized version of the public broadcaster

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