A Case Study of Community Radio: As an Emerging Platform to Discuss Developmental Issues in Rajasthan Amit Verma Research Scholar, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Manipal University, Jaipur Email id: Amitve4@gmail.com Dr. Rayaz Hassan Associate Professor & Head of Department Department of Journalism & Mass Communication Manipal University, Jaipur Email id: rayaz.hassan@jaipur.manipal.edu ABSTRACT Radio as a medium is continuously playing a significant role not only in the dissemination of information but also in the propagation of culture and nation-building, providing many minorities, remote, and disenfranchised areas with a low-cost civic sphere. Radio is an essential and useful tool for communication. The phrase “a radio service by the people, close to the people and for the people” sums up the essential features of this service. So, we can say that Community Radio must not only be run by but also serve the welfare of the society. It aims to help and benefit the public group through its programming. In this paper, the researcher intends to observe the community radio as an emerging platform to discuss developmental issues programming of broadcasts by total four CRS. So, two stations from educational category and two is from Ngo category from Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Alwar and Sirohi district of Rajasthan as a case study. Keywords: Community Radio, NGO, Development issue. Introduction Community Radio, the word ‘Community’ talks about to a collection of general public sharing familiar characters and happiness. Community whichever can be clear as a geographic-based group of individuals or as societal or peoples who have mutual or specific interests. However, the mutual interest in a particular public is quite flexible and it can be social, secular, political, economic, and cultural as well. CR means public service broadcasting intending to serve the cause of the community in the service area by connecting participants of the community in the airing of their based on developmental programs. In simple words, growth is a nonstop process that creates development, progress, positive change, or the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social, and demographic components. The identification of these traps enables relating to political and socio-economic surroundings in a nation in an effort to advance development through its content. A coin has two sides; usually, media focuses on broadcasting culture and entertainment with keeping a decent profit margin, But Community radio has the prime objective of developing the society with various educational, awareness, and motivational programs, ignoring the aspect of profitability. Disparate other commercials radio stations has a different footpath, the pathway to take development in the community over developmental problem centric programs. In Rajasthan, a total of ten community radio stations are functioning in educational and NGO based categories. CRS in Rajasthan focus a lot of developmental issues through their content. Development Communication usually talks about programs aimed to communicate for social revolution, or we can say "Communication for Development” (C4D). Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology Volume XII, Issue III, 2020 Issn No : 1006-7930 Page No: 3090