Radio Mangalam @ 91.2 FM

Contact Person: Mr. Biju Varghise

Broadcasting Language: Hindi, English, and Malayalam

Genesis: Radio Mangalam was established in 2016 in Kottayam, as a part of the Mangalam College of Engineering. Within a short span of time, the CRS became one of the most popular ones in the region. The CRS primarily caters to the student community, but also has many listeners in the rural and urban areas of the local community. The CRS produces programmes on a variety of subjects to entertain, engage and educate its diverse audience. 

Thematic Focus: The major focus area of Radio Mangalam is education, but the CRS also focuses on other areas that contribute to the holistic development of the target community. These areas include child welfare, health, agriculture, women empowerment, gender equality, professional and economic growth, and promoting social harmony and peace. The CRS designs its programmes and initiatives based on these core themes and tries to address the needs of both the rural and urban audience within its range. Radio Mangalam has been successful in curating content suitable for all kinds of audiences and engaging the community through initiatives. 

Sustainable Development Goals: Radio Mangalam focuses on the following SDGs:

SDG 4: Quality Education

SDG 5: Gender Equality

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Primetime Programmes: 

The primetime programmes of Radio Mangalam are  Mangalam Wishes, Mangalanvani, Kathodu Kathoram, Crazy Time, And Dinken. All of these programmes are broadcast live. 

The CRS also broadcasts content related to the fields of education, health, agriculture, women empowerment, and different social concerns. Radio Mangalam uniquely designs its programmes in many formats and therefore they are popular among the masses. 

Innovations in format or any other way: Apart from conventional broadcasting, Radio Mangalam organises different events like health camps, awareness camps, competitions etc. to ensure community participation, especially among the youth. This helps to establish a strong connection with the community and involve them with the community radio station and its activities. 

Core Team: There are ten members who constitute the core team at Radio Mangalam. This includes the Station Director, Station Manager, radio jockeys and other support staff. The CRS also has a faculty panel that serves as an advisory and provides valuable insights about the programmes. The CRS regularly updates its existing programmes and creates new programmes after incorporating the inputs from the panel.

Major Projects Undertaken:  Radio Mangalam has been a part of several initiatives in collaboration with local government agencies and other organisations. The CRS also focuses on developing its own internal projects that aim to address various needs of the community.

Sustainable Strategies: Radio Mangalam is financially and technically supported by its parent organisation, Mangalam College of Engineering. The CRS also generates its own revenue through the means of externally funded projects in collaboration with other organisations. 

Number of listeners and Potential Outreach: The CRS estimates to have an outreach potential of nearly five lakh people in the districts of Kottayam, Idukki, and Alappuzha in Kerala.

Major concerns in the Community: Low incomes and unemployment affect the youth of the community. More employment opportunities with better pay is the need of the hour. They also need to be made of different career prospects. 

Sedentary lifestyle habits lead to health issues among the community members, and this could lead to fatal outcomes in the near future. People must be made aware of the risks of lifestyle diseases.