The trainees are now recording their own programmes in the respective regions and supplying the materials for programmes to be broadcast over the national network and community FM stations. In some cases, material generated in the field is distributed directly to the functional literacy centres, where participant feedback can assist in the final preparation of radio programmes. The station is configured to transmit over a 30 to 40 kilometre area. Training covered both technical matters and the aspects of organising community productions and broadcasts. Over 30,000 local residents can now listen to the educational broadcasts on their FM radios.
Initial programming includes community discussions regarding health care and education.
A second COL installation is now transmitting in Lusaka, Zambia, operated by the country's Technical Education and Vocational Entrepreneurship Training Authority. COL has joined forces with forces with a Canadian manufacturer, Wantok Enterprises Inc., to design the broadcasting system specifically for community radio service. It is available for a fraction of the cost that would otherwise be required to purchase the units that have, until now, been typically employed for such use. As more experience is gained, further design improvements and other installations will follow. Information appearing above may be reproduced with acknowledgement to The Commonwealth of Learning.