RADIO Archives

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 27

August 19, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week, we explore various topics, from rains, rain water harvesting, lakes, hospital, e-waste to children’s safety in public spaces.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 26

August 12, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week we bring to you two important issues that matter to Namma Ooru Bengaluru. Our associate editor Shree will talk about why the government of Karnataka needs to put out MLA performance data online. She will also talk about the animal birth control programme going on in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 25

August 5, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week we bring to you the debate that’s happening on Hindi imposition in Metro and the language policy that the state has, we also talk to a lake activist, Anand Yadawad, to understand what it takes to rejuvenate a lake in an area that is in the outskirts of the city and a update on the ‘Kere Habba’ at Bellandur lake this Saturday.

A decade on air: Radio Active brings real stories of real people

August 2, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

What could be common to garment workers, transgenders, auto drivers, waste pickers and animal activists? They are all radio jockeys in Bengaluru’s one and only community radio! It’s a story of a decade of being a voice to voiceless.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 24

July 29, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week we bring to you Dr Sylvia Karpagam a doctor working on public health issues, listen to her speak about the new amendments proposed in health sector by the Karnataka government and Nalini Shekhar, founder of Hasiru Dala, who talks about how the newly introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) has affected the economy of recycling.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 23

July 22, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week we bring to you two important issues in Bengaluru. One is the sorry state in which low-income people evicted in 2013 from the old EWS quarters in Ejipura continue to live. Another story is about voter registrations in Bengaluru and the anomalies that one can find in the registrations.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 22

July 15, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week’s Bengaluru Matters radio show will let the listeners know more about what is happening with two important issues. One is the intensified demand for commuter rail in the city and the other is the debate over Goods and Services Tax on sanitary pads and eco-friendly alternatives.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 21

July 12, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week’s Bengaluru Matters radio show will let the listeners know more about what is happening with ‘Swachh Survekshan’ ranking – how does the city ranking take place and a story on the interesting documentary on ultra runs called ‘Soul Run’ to be released this weekend.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 20

June 30, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This week’s Bengaluru Matters radio show brings to listeners information about the new tax system of India – the Goods and Services Tax and also what is happening at the Composting Santhe held in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 19

June 24, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

Million Voter Rising – BBMP

Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 18

June 17, 2017 Radio Active 90.4MHz

This episode of Bengaluru Matters features conversations on BBMP Pourakarmika protest that has ended now, reorganisation of BBMP into 10 zones and what it means to the city, and the Science Express that visited Bengaluru

This week’s Bengaluru Matters radio show covers the work in progress for Madiwala biodiversity park. A professor involved in the issue, Arbind Guptha talks about the progress so far. Pawan Mulukutla from World Resource Institute (WRI) and Rekha Chari from Malleshwaram Swabhimana Initiative (MSI) talk about Station Access and Mobility Programme, that aims to connect metro stations to nearby areas with people’s involvement and planning.