About this Project

The Year to Hear is a non-for-profit initiative by Radio Active CR 90.4 MHz, Bangalore’s first community radio station. We have only one intention – to gather stories and conversations from people belonging to different backgrounds, different faith, different experiences and different socio-economic status. Through this project, Radio Active hopes to collect multifaceted stories from diverse communities and encourage listening amongst individuals.  

We are more than a billion in population speaking over 400 languages, in almost 2000 dialects, following eight different religions and observing over hundreds of traditions and rituals. There must be over a million stories to tell, but may be not a lot of ears! The Year to Hear will be those ears for you!

Our aim:

• To applaud the different stories which exist around us, and respect them.
• To hear those which never find a way to be heard, either because they are too simple, or too complex!
• To archive lives through stories, starting 2013!
• To encourage the act of listening

                ... Cause we believe know that everyone has a story to tell!

StoryCorps and The Listening Project

Year to Hear is inspired from StoryCorps and The Listening Project.

StoryCorps is an initiative in the United States of America aiming “to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of our lives.” Since their beginning in 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 45000 interviews with nearly 90,000 participants. To listen to the stories, or for any other details, visit www.storycorps.org

The Listening Project is a partnership between BBC Radio 4, BBC local and national radio stations and the British Library. The Listening Project encourages Britishers to “share an intimate conversation with a close friend or relative to help to build a unique picture of our lives today.” Some of the recordings are broadcasted across BBC radio while also being archived by the British Library. To listen to the stories, or for any other details, visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/the-listening-project