Table 42: Radio best in local news, local reports and community affairs, language. 1,183 respondents.
From a language perspective, Rupandehi FM in particular differs from RL in its appeal to the Bhojpuri community. In line with what previously has been outlined, this could indicate RL as well as the other radio stations not sufficiently satisfy the needs of the Bhojpuri community on local news. RL is the overall preferred radio station on local news among the Tharu and Nepali language communities.
Table 43: Radio best in local news, local reports and community affairs, education. 1,095 respondents.
When it comes to educational background and people’s opinion about best radio station on local news also here some interesting figures appear. Particularly people with no educational background or primary school significantly prefer Rupandehi FM compared to RL and the other radio stations. This could indicate RL as well as Butwal FM and Tinau FM utilise a vocabulary too sophisticated for no or little educated people in their local news program, or that the subject matter not is relevant to these groups.
3.5.2 National news In the following pages we can see the full consequences of what happens to a society when censorship is imposed. After free media started to broadcast in 28