Euranet

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Euranet
Broadcast area Across the European Union
Frequency FM, Internet
First air date April 2008
Format International broadcaster
Owner
Website http://www.euranet.eu (opening in July 2008)

Euranet is the name of the upcoming radio network announced on 26 February 2008 and is expected to begin transmissions in April 2008.

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[edit] History

On 26 February 2008 the creation of Euranet was announced in Brussels stating its goal and prespectives. Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for institutional relations and communication strategy, stated that the European Commission intends to give to the European consortium of radio stations financial support for a time of five years from its launch.

It is expected to begin broadcasts in April 2008, while its website will be lauched in July 2008.

[edit] Members

The Euranet network will be the product of a consortium made by 16 radio stations from 13 countries as well as other 7 associate stations.

[edit] Consortium

  • Spain Punto Radio
  • Portugal Europa Lisboa

[edit] Associate radio stations

  • United Kingdom CUR 1350 Cambridge University
  • Germany Hochschulradio, TIDE Radio, Hamburg Media School, CampusRadioBonn
  • Finland Radio Moreeni Tampere University

Associate radio stations while not being members of the consortium, are able to freely relay subjects.

[edit] Format

The network's website and the radio stations will be broadcasting news and backgrounds from the European territory.

  • Every weekday there will be half an hour of European news
  • On Saturday and Sunday there will be a European magazine on culture and backgrounds
  • The website will have new programmes every day, and also soundbites and sounds supplied by European citizens.
  • Major events, such as cultural festivals or EU commemorations will be covered live on the internet and the radio three times a year.

At first, broadcasts will be in 10 languages (Bulgarian, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish). At a later time but they will gradually expand to the 23 languages of the European Union.

[edit] University Circle

Another part of the project is the setting up of a Euranet University Circle whereby the programmes are used as teaching materials in foreign language and journalism classes. In addition, students from the universities taking part will provide feedback for the programme makers, suggestions for and reaction to stories. The Universities taking part are Cambridge University, Roosevelt Academy university college Middelburg, IHECS in Brussels, RWTH Aachen, Tampere University in Finland and Babes-Bolyai University in Romania.

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