He said it was likely that the Department of Telecom would

announce decision on spectrum fee waiver shortly. Tewari said the ministry had taken the initiative to promote the streamlining and simplification of Community Radio empanelment through DAVP thereby ensuring that empanelled stations got a fair share of government advertisements. The Minister also conferred various awards on Community Radio Stations in different parts of the country. The first prize in Most Creative Programme Content Award was given to Radio Mewat while second prize went to Radio Benziger, Kollam, Kerala and third prize was bagged by SSM Community Radio, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Sustainability Model Award was provided to Radio Mattoli, Wayanad, Kerala. Later, in an open house session, Community Radio representatives put forth their suggestions and problems before the officials. Apart from other issues, some radio stations complained that transmitted signals got jumbled in frequency allocated to them.