Embracing the de-Westernizing debate in communication research (Wang, 2013) and the call to decolonize media studies (Thussu, 2009), this article contextualizes the practices of contemporary community radio stations through internationalizing the history of community broadcasting. In contrast to other histories of community media (Lewis, 1984; Milan, 2013; Rennie, 2006; Rodriguez, 2001), this research reflects on the growth and spread of community radio practices analysed in four distinct periods of development. These periods organize the activities and efforts of communities (social movement actors, non-state/corporate actors) deploying radio technology to create media by and for the community. This analysis assembles a longer timeline and global (internationalized) landscape for mapping the development of community radio. This article contributes new analysis that indicates the spread of community radio as an institution is rooted in a history of struggle and media activism engaged among disparate movements and actors who often captured the airwaves in defiance of state-run and for-profit broadcasters.

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斗争史：社区广播惯例的全球故事，或社区广播的简要历史

围绕传播研究中的非西方化辩论（Wang，2013年）和呼吁非殖民化媒体研究的呼吁（Thussu，2009年），本文通过使社区广播的历史国际化，对当代社区广播电台的做法进行了背景介绍。与其他社区媒体历史（Lewis，1984； Milan，2013； Rennie，2006； Rodriguez，2001）相反，该研究反映了在四个不同的发展时期中分析的社区广播实践的增长和传播。这些时期组织了社区（社会运动参与者，非国家/企业参与者）的活动和努力，他们利用无线电技术为社区创造了媒体并为社区创造了媒体。该分析汇集了更长的时间表和全球（国际化）格局，以绘制社区广播的发展图。