This Chapter: (Media) History of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh provides a brief historical overview of each of the target country with foci on their community media sectors and their community radio sub-sectors. With a brief focus on the historical developments, and geographical and cultural aspects of each country, contexts about the environments in which these initiatives exist are provided. Further, descriptive overviews are provided for the traditional media sectors—comprising government-owned and commercial initiatives, and the gaps filled by the third sector media—which is where community media initiatives exist.