Volunteers from the Community Radio Network broadcast a variety of alternate Yogyakarta Merapi information about nonstop from emergency mini studio in the media center of the National Agency for Disaster Management, emitted at the frequency 100.2 FM.

Thursday night, the other from the other night. When the eyes begin to shut, heard a strange sound like rain, but do not look there is water. It turned out wet sand Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta seputaran the north. Disaster prone areas as soon expanded to a radius of 20 kilometers from the summit of Mount Merapi.

Tens of thousands of refugees occupy barracks scattered around Merapi belt. Because some of the barracks is located within a radius of cartilage, displacement of refugees to be done.

Luckily, there is a group of people who have been holding nets of communication using radio frequency 149.070 MHz. Through radio communication, this Balerante community continually presents a visual statement of Merapi. Alternately for 24 hours, current information can be channeled quickly, to accommodate radio reports from various users in different locations around Merapi.

A few days before the big eruption, radio communications have been dipancarulangkan Balerante also via web streaming media. There are four main server (combine, jogjastreamers.com, telkom speedy, and komunikasi.net), plus a donation of six other relay server. For users of Blackberry services are provided special connection.

The volunteers also communicate with each other via Twitter. Garner support from the wider community, sharing tasks and important information, and even organize the exchange of logistics if one post is excessive. The Internet makes all those who wish to participate to be equal and equal without bureaucratic difficulties which are usually complicated. The next day, help is available in sufficient quantities and distribution of the rather neat, thanks to community contributions and hard work of volunteers.

To reach the wider community, the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Provider Yogyakarta region initiated a special FM radio broadcasts this disaster response. The idea of a modest beginning that this FM radio can relay radio communications.

This idea was followed up very quickly by the Ministry of Communications and Informatics which directly allocate specific frequency 100.20 MHz on the FM channel to be used as a radio broadcast Merapi response. The format of the show and then made quite serious, not just the relay.

The news raised in the radio broadcast is from official government sources, a summary of the Internet media networks such as Twitter and Facebook, the news of the mass media, excerpts from the radio communication, dialogue with relevant officials, and even report his eyes off the field.

Various parties also support the implementation of this broadcast: the Ministry of Communication and Information (Directorate of Frequency, Broadcasting, Public Information Agency, and Central Monitoring Frequency Yogyakarta), BNPB, RRI, Yogyakarta Community Radio Network, Arc | | Alpha245 Jakarta, Indonesia-Yogyakarta Broadcasting Commission, Technology University of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta PRSSNI, and Apkomindo Yogyakarta.

Broadcasts 24 hours conducted in a mini studio in the media center and emergency BNPB, manned by energetic creative power of the Community Radio Network of Yogyakarta, and then streamed out to the Internet network to an FM transmitter used two turns.

These broadcasts can also be heard on the site Jogjastreamers.com, and relay on channel 55 cable TV Jogjamedianet. A convergence of media and new technologies that have been just wishful thinking, realized with this simple radio. (Kompas.com)