Community Radio Pledge (pdf) - amarc

programs which alert them towards their social responsibility and help thembuild their future.Community agenda- Maximum space must be given to the wishes and aspirations of thepeople where the radio station is located.- Stay committed to the overall interest of the community.- Disseminate the pride and identity of the community.- Promote and improve local wisdom, knowledge and skill.Sick/disabled- Blindness and physical disability should not be defined as the worstform of disability.- Putting a curb on the broadcast of material which slights or insultsthem.- Never portray them as social liability.Human rights- Never air messages which undermine humanity.- Never insult the pride of man or group.- Never interfere with the personal life of people.- Never broadcast material which boost activities like human traffickingor flesh trade.- Never behave in discriminative manner based on cast, religion, gender,age and nationality.- Never violate natural right of the man to live.Law and public agency- Respect legal provisions.- Never interfere in the enforcement of the law.- Never stigmatize or insult public agency which has been protected bylaw.- Be sensitive towards issues which are related to foreign affairs of thecountry.- Never attack the sensitivities and experience of the people emanatingon nationalism and casteist issues.- Never undertake to do anything which affect cases that are sub judice.- Never spread distrustFamily and society- Respect family life.- Never undertake to do anything which spreads hatred towards wedding,veneration of the ancestors or activities which can invite social tension.59