tranquileye free media papers

Reconstruction of 1994 paper prepared by M Sjöberg for AMARC Europe with the financial support of the Commission of the European Communities under the EUROFORM programme. Sheffield: AMARC-Europe, 1994.

From introduction: This report aims to give an overview of part of the European radio scene, focusing in particular on local and Community radio. The research on which it is based was carried out as part of a project administered by AMARC-Europe and funded by the EUROFORM programme of the European Commission... The project created a transnational training consortium whose aim was to enhance the viability of Community radio in Europe by fostering the convergence of skills and the strengthening of this sector of radio in regions where it is less developed... Community radio is a product of de-regulation at national level, combined with demand and the cheaper availability of transmission technology. The sector has mushroomed from just a handful of stations in the late seventies to some 1500 in 1992. There are about 12,000 broadcasting radio stations of all kinds in Europe*. Community radio will be affected by major technological changes in the 1990s. The single most significant advance will be the introduction of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) which could be introduced as early as 1996.