A New Era or Error? Community Radio Licensing in Zimbabwe
Issues, Dynamics, and Sustainability Challenges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21835255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Makhosi Nkanyiso Sibanda (0000-0002-4916-6904), Buhle Nkomo |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Radio & Audio Media (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-6529 • E-ISSN: 1937-6537 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19376529.2023.2246140 |
| OpenAlex | W4386092951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The Zimbabwean government has been criticized across scholarship for its lack of sincerity in ensuring media plurality, especially in the radio broadcasting sector. In 2020, when community radio stations were granted licenses for the first-time in the post-Mugabe era, the Mnangagwa-led government was hailed for ushering a “new dispensation” in broadcasting. The licensing of community radio stations can be seen as initial steps to the democratization of the airwaves as well as the realization of a three-tier model of public, commercial, and more recently community broadcasting. The actual community radio broadcasting activities are off to a promising start. Although the community radio initiatives are facing several technical and financial challenges, they are taking important steps toward getting their operations underway. Through qualitative focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with some of the licensed players and policy stakeholders, this study discusses structural and sustainability issues that are albatross to the operations of newly licensed community radio stations in Zimbabwe. This paper lays the foundation for future debates around the development and sustainability of community radio in Zimbabwe
Political science · Politics · Public broadcasting · Public relations · Radio broadcasting · Sociology · Sustainability · Telecommunications · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Engineering · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Public Administration
Theories of mass communication.
Redefining Community
Purposive Sampling as a Tool for Informant Selection
The world is our community’
The Media and Politics in Zimbabwe
Community radio licensing and policy
In The Pink
Per Diem Payments as a form of Censorship and Control
Community radio in the US
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition
Social Media and Community Radio Journalism in South Africa
Controlling the Airwaves
Local voices on community radio
Approaches to 'Xenophobia' interventions in Africa
Aesthetics and the Practices of Qualitative Inquiry
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |