WOLLO UNIVERSITY

KIoT

School of Engineering
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING (ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION)
Reported By
1. Amsalu Setey
2. Meku
Abay
3. Nardos demekaw

Host Company:
Kombolcha Community Radio FM 104.8
Duration of internship: 3 Months (October- January)

Mentor: Mr. Abdul-Aziz D.

Submission date: January 2015

Community radio is a radio service offering a third

model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial
and public broadcasting. Community stations serve
geographic communities and communities of interest.

In many parts of the world, community radio acts as a

vehicle for the community and voluntary sector, civil
society, agencies, NGOs and citizens to work in
partnership to further community development aims,
in addition to broadcasting.
Community radio has developed in Ethiopia fastly.
Kombolcha FM 104.8 is community-run local radio
station serving the city of Kombolcha It reaches a
potential audience of 180,000 people living within a
50 km radius of its transmitter mast. The station
broadcasts in Amharic for 10 hours per day from 2:00
to 12:00 Oclock. Its output includes phone-in

1.1 Brief history of the Organization

The movement starts in the last of 1998 E.C
It gets permission from the broadcast office in June 1998
E.C
In March 2002 E.C materials are enter completely to
Kombolcha
Set up of materials has been finished in March 2002 E.C

After material setup has been finished

March 30 2002 E.C the trial program is
started by leaving a music to the air.
After trial broadcasting the station starts
transmit information in the medial of the
music
July 2002 E.C the first Sunday in the
program leman ygabzalu starts its
regular programs
July 14 2002 E.C invites the late mayor of
Kombolcha town Mr. Getawey Yrga in the
program of min yteykalu

1.2 Main services of the

company
The main service of the company is transmitting
Information through radio and.
provide a development forum for the community;
encourage participatory community development;
promote active involvement of underprivileged
groups such as women and young people;
intensify the sharing of information within the
community
1.3 Main

customers

The customers of the Organization are mainly the society of the

Kombolcha.

1.4 Over all organization structure of

the company
Community
Members

Radio Council

Fig.1 flow chart of organization

structure

Radio
Council
Radio Board

Subcommittees
Station
Manager

Technic
al

Program

News

Marketi
ng

Admin/HR

Accou
nt

1.5 Work flow in the section

Here the community members will elect their representatives to the
Radio Council which in turn forms statutory committees and
Radio Board.

The Board forms required sub-committees and appoints Station Manager.

Under the Station Manager the management structure will be established
to take care of the day to day operations of the radio.
Diagrammatically the structure is shown above.

2. over all internship

experience

How we get into the company

We have got the chance to enter to the Kombolcha FM

104.8 by the treatment of both the office
university industry linkage and the management of the
station.

The section we have been working on

Kombolcha Fm 104.8 was assign in to practices in FM
studio and audio editing & and we was start our practice
in this section.
i. How FM studio works
ii. Audio editing
iii. All about studio equipments

Getting to know the studio

The studio-suite, that is the studio and its
associated control centre, is the workshop of
broadcasting.
Studio systems
The group of studios in a broadcasting centre
is known as the studio complex. In a simple
centre it may consist of only one studio and a
control booth. In a large broadcasting centre it
will have several studios of different sizes,
recording rooms, an echo chamber, a master
control and switching room, and a quality
control room.

Studio Equipment
Studio equipments can be classified as source
equipments example computers, microphone
and other let us see on by one as follow;

Source equipment
The source equipment in a studio may include
CD players, turntables, and cassette Players or
even reel-to-reel tape players.
Computers
There are a number of uses for computers in
the studio, and the requirements for a
computer will depend on its intended use.

Microphones
A studio should have one microphone for each DJ or
host and a few for the guests. Try not to have more than 4
microphones total in the any studio having lots of
microphones active at once leads to a lot of background
noise.
Mixer
Microphones
can be either directional or Omnior console
directional.
An audio mixer takes input from multiple audio sources
and lets the user determine which channels to use in the
output, and at what levels.
A console is generally the same thing as a mixer, but
sometimes has some additional fancy features used just
for radio.

Fig.1 mixer XB-14

FM tuner
It is important to have an FM tuner so the DJ can listen
to the signal that is being sent over the airwaves.

Monitor speakers
Monitor speakers let the DJ listen to what they are
playing. The monitor speakers might be internally
amplified, or might require an external amp for power.

Headphones
Headphones are the equipment used in the studio.
These convert electrical signal into audible signal.
It is used in the radio station to monitor the audio output
and for the communication between radio presenter and
technicians.Telephone system
Most studios will have at least one telephone. If you plan to
put callers on the air, you will need a Telephone Hybrid. The
hybrid feeds the signal from the phone line into the console,
and feeds another signal back to the caller.

3. Over all Benefits we gained from the Internship

During our internship at Kombolcha community
radio FM 104.8 we had gain many benefits .
During these three months of our internship
program we was able to bridge the gap between
student life and professional life.
This has opened doors for us to understand
what is waiting for us when we finish our
graduate studies at this field.
Next we will try to describe what we have learnt in the
different aspects that we have mentioned before.

Theoretical Knowledge
Learning the different studio equipments and their
application in the studio.
Learning different kinds of electronics devise and their
use in real life. Example: mixer, mice, pc, video switcher,
monitor and so on.
Interpersonal Communication Skills
The development of interpersonal skills being early in life
and is influenced by family, friends and our observation. So
communicating skills had to come handy at these times.
In short, during these three months we had been able to
upgrade our speaking skills.

Leadership Skills

During these times we have been able to observe that one should have
great skills to be a leader. Among them:-Good speaking ability, To have
the ability to listen to others
To be decisive, Good management skillsand so on

Work Ethics
Our supervisor was always advising us that we should
be an ethical and responsible professionals for the future.
He has been showing how to develop this good behaviour
during our stay on the company with him.