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Colombia: radio broadcasts to watch – and join in

People in the southern districts of the Colombian city, Barranquilla, rarely make the news. If they do, the reports are seldom positive. The community radio station Vokaribe wants to change this, using a mobile studio.

  • Producers from Radio Vokaribe have swopped the studio for the street to broadcast ten radio shows on location. Informativo a la calle (News from the street) broadcasts live from Barranquilla neighborhoods otherwise ignored by mainstream media. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Radio Vokaribe is coming to you!

    Producers from Radio Vokaribe have swopped the studio for the street to broadcast ten radio shows on location. "Informativo a la calle" ("News from the street") broadcasts live from Barranquilla neighborhoods otherwise ignored by mainstream media.

  • The shows offers a platform for people active in their communities. They might be members from a cooperative that promotes local businesses, for example, or women from Madres Comunitarias a neighborhood childcare collective, or a school principal who has made peace-building part of the curriculum. (DW/C. Hebel)

    A program for locals

    The shows offers a platform for people active in their communities. They might be members from a cooperative that promotes local businesses, for example, or women from "Madres Comunitarias" a neighborhood childcare collective, or a school principal who has made "peace-building" part of the curriculum.

  • Informativo a la calle enables listeners to watch and take part in shows as they are being broadcast. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    A radio show to watch

    "Informativo a la calle" enables listeners to watch and take part in shows as they are being broadcast.

  • One of the program's goals is for people to see radio not just as something they consume, but also as something they can actively take part in. The program's motto is Haz tu propia radio! (Make your own radio show!). (DW/C. Hebel)

    Topics that move people

    One of the program's goals is for people to see radio not just as something they consume, but also as something they can actively take part in. The program's motto is "Haz tu propia radio!" ("Make your own radio show!").

  • Discussions hosted by Laura Senior and Walter Hernández also tackle challenging topics such as fear, drugs or poor infrastructure. Vokaribe works together with Junta de Acción Communal, a locally elected citizen's council. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Difficult topics out in the open

    Discussions hosted by Laura Senior and Walter Hernández also tackle challenging topics such as fear, drugs or poor infrastructure. Vokaribe works together with "Junta de Acción Communal", a locally elected citizen's council.

  • The mobile studio itself doesn't need much equipment – just some cables, a colorful table, two large loudspeakers, a mixing console, a few microphones and chairs for the audience. (DW/C. Hebel)

    Modest effort, major impact

    The mobile studio itself doesn't need much equipment – just some cables, a colorful table, two large loudspeakers, a mixing console, a few microphones and chairs for the audience.

  • The program's format is a result of Vokaribe's workshops on citizen journalism. DW Akademie played a role here, training the radio producers. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Grassroots journalism

    The program's format is a result of Vokaribe's workshops on citizen journalism. DW Akademie played a role here, training the radio producers.

  • How can one watch a dance group on radio? Vokaribe's mobile studio makes it possible. Here listeners can also be viewers. The La Paz district does not have a cultural center, so dancers rehearse on the street. The radio format is a welcome platform for them as well. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Promoting cultural activities

    How can one watch a dance group on radio? Vokaribe's mobile studio makes it possible. Here listeners can also be viewers. The La Paz district does not have a cultural center, so dancers rehearse on the street. The radio format is a welcome platform for them as well.

  • This summer Vokaribe will be broadcasting a total of 10 programs live from Baranquilla neighborhoods. There are plans to further develop the format by not just inviting locals from the various districts but political decision-makers as well, to confront them on location with citizens' concerns and ideas. (DW/C. Hebel)

    Bringing people together with "Informativos a la calle"

    This summer Vokaribe will be broadcasting a total of 10 programs live from Baranquilla neighborhoods. There are plans to further develop the format by not just inviting locals from the various districts but political decision-makers as well, to confront them on location with citizens' concerns and ideas.


  • Producers from Radio Vokaribe have swopped the studio for the street to broadcast ten radio shows on location. Informativo a la calle (News from the street) broadcasts live from Barranquilla neighborhoods otherwise ignored by mainstream media. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Radio Vokaribe is coming to you!

    Producers from Radio Vokaribe have swopped the studio for the street to broadcast ten radio shows on location. "Informativo a la calle" ("News from the street") broadcasts live from Barranquilla neighborhoods otherwise ignored by mainstream media.

  • The shows offers a platform for people active in their communities. They might be members from a cooperative that promotes local businesses, for example, or women from Madres Comunitarias a neighborhood childcare collective, or a school principal who has made peace-building part of the curriculum. (DW/C. Hebel)

    A program for locals

    The shows offers a platform for people active in their communities. They might be members from a cooperative that promotes local businesses, for example, or women from "Madres Comunitarias" a neighborhood childcare collective, or a school principal who has made "peace-building" part of the curriculum.

  • Informativo a la calle enables listeners to watch and take part in shows as they are being broadcast. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    A radio show to watch

    "Informativo a la calle" enables listeners to watch and take part in shows as they are being broadcast.

  • One of the program's goals is for people to see radio not just as something they consume, but also as something they can actively take part in. The program's motto is Haz tu propia radio! (Make your own radio show!). (DW/C. Hebel)

    Topics that move people

    One of the program's goals is for people to see radio not just as something they consume, but also as something they can actively take part in. The program's motto is "Haz tu propia radio!" ("Make your own radio show!").

  • Discussions hosted by Laura Senior and Walter Hernández also tackle challenging topics such as fear, drugs or poor infrastructure. Vokaribe works together with Junta de Acción Communal, a locally elected citizen's council. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Difficult topics out in the open

    Discussions hosted by Laura Senior and Walter Hernández also tackle challenging topics such as fear, drugs or poor infrastructure. Vokaribe works together with "Junta de Acción Communal", a locally elected citizen's council.

  • The mobile studio itself doesn't need much equipment – just some cables, a colorful table, two large loudspeakers, a mixing console, a few microphones and chairs for the audience. (DW/C. Hebel)

    Modest effort, major impact

    The mobile studio itself doesn't need much equipment – just some cables, a colorful table, two large loudspeakers, a mixing console, a few microphones and chairs for the audience.

  • The program's format is a result of Vokaribe's workshops on citizen journalism. DW Akademie played a role here, training the radio producers. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Grassroots journalism

    The program's format is a result of Vokaribe's workshops on citizen journalism. DW Akademie played a role here, training the radio producers.

  • How can one watch a dance group on radio? Vokaribe's mobile studio makes it possible. Here listeners can also be viewers. The La Paz district does not have a cultural center, so dancers rehearse on the street. The radio format is a welcome platform for them as well. (DW/L. von Hammerstein)

    Promoting cultural activities

    How can one watch a dance group on radio? Vokaribe's mobile studio makes it possible. Here listeners can also be viewers. The La Paz district does not have a cultural center, so dancers rehearse on the street. The radio format is a welcome platform for them as well.

  • This summer Vokaribe will be broadcasting a total of 10 programs live from Baranquilla neighborhoods. There are plans to further develop the format by not just inviting locals from the various districts but political decision-makers as well, to confront them on location with citizens' concerns and ideas. (DW/C. Hebel)

    Bringing people together with "Informativos a la calle"

    This summer Vokaribe will be broadcasting a total of 10 programs live from Baranquilla neighborhoods. There are plans to further develop the format by not just inviting locals from the various districts but political decision-makers as well, to confront them on location with citizens' concerns and ideas.