Rádio Zero
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| City of license | Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Slogan | Dilatação auditiva, expansão mental (English: Auditory dilatation, mind expansion) (unofficial) |
| First air date | April 26, 2004 (as RIIST); March 6, 2006 (as Rádio Zero) |
| Format | Campus radio,[1][2] Experimental, Community radio,[2] Free, Online |
| Language(s) | Portuguese (de facto) |
| Owner | Associação dos Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico |
| Webcast | radiozero.pt/ouvir |
| Website | radiozero.pt |
Rádio Zero (also called Zero) is a non-profit webradio with an academic origin and nature, based at the Instituto Superior Técnico campus in Lisbon. Its stated mission is to serve as a free access to production and broadcast of radio programs by society in general. Its programming is filled with author programmes, ranging from the conventional or informative, to the more experimental where radio is considered an artwork. Zero broadcasts online continuously. It also does temporary FM events.
Rádio Zero is a founding member of Radia, an international radio network of independent radio stations.
Zero Manifesto
Rádio Zero is governed by the following Manifesto:
A radio is a creative medium witch fosters experimentalism and the development of artworks in sound format
Radio itself should be involved with society through social contents and the promotion of cultural activities.
A radio should be a free access medium to broadcast of radio programs by any individual. As a defender of liberty and creativity radio should give total priority to author format.
Background
Secção Sonora (in the 50’s)
In the 50s there was a section dedicated to classical music broadcasting through the speakers of AEIST building. In his speech at the formal sitting celebrating the centenary of AEIST, Mário Lino, the Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication in the 17th Constitutional Government of Portugal, mentioned that he had taken part in activities of this section while a student in Instituto Superior Técnico.
Rádio Universidade Tejo (1986-1988)
The Rádio Universidade Tejo (RUT) was a pirate station starting in 1986, that initially broadcast from the AEIST building in 99.5 MHz, and afterwards in 100.7 MHz. It was closed in 1988.
RIIST (1995-2000)
In 1995 a group of students at the AEIST, created a new campus radio named of Rádio Interna do IST/RIIST (IST Internal Radio), transmitting only through speakers installed in the campus. By the academic season of 1999 / 2000 it became an internet stream as well. This group disappeared in 2000.
Reactivation
RIIST (2004-2006)
In May 2002, a group of students of IST, composed by Alexandre Rio, André Duarte, André Santos, Bartolomeu Bernardes, Bernardo Mendes, David Santos,[3] Edgar Lopes, Joana Batista, João Aguiar, João Pina, Ricardo Ramires, Ricardo Ressureição and Tiago Carvalho, decided to reactivate the extinct RIIST. Some of them ran for the administration of the student's union AEIST (cultural and creative section), whereas others were non-official supporters of the other candidates. Despite not being elected, the whole group decided in that same September to start the procedures to reopen RIIST. In 2003 several students recovered the radio section. The broadcast restarted on April 26, 2004. In 2005, during the Transmediale in Berlin, the RIIST co-founded and presented along with nine other radio stations (Resonance FM, UK; Bootlab, Germany; Tilos Radio, Hungary; Radio Campus, Belgium; Kunstradio, Austria; Orange, Austria; Radio Cult, Bulgaria; Kanal103, Macedania; and Oxygen, Albania) the radio network Radia.
Rádio Zero (from 2006)
By decision of its members, the RIIST name was changed to Rádio Zero, effective on March 6, 2006.
Relevant dates
- 2006 – First edition of the International Festival of Radio Art - RadiaLx
- 2008 – Second edition of RadiaLx
- 2009 – From the 14th to the 17th of October, took place the transmission of Radio Futura for the Future Places Festival, transmitting non stopping in 91.5 MHz, in the city of Porto
- 2009 – Release of Zero Labs, a group that develops community radio-related technologies
- 2010 – Third edition of RadiaLx (during the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd of July), leitmotiv of a temporary broadcast in FM at 99.0 MHz, Lisbon between the 27th of June and the 4th of July using an authorized power of 5 W and a transmitter installed at the north tower of the IST.
Scientific research
Rádio Zero has been a case study in the development of the following scientific researches:
- COSTA, Daniel, Radia Store - Storage and Preservation of Radio Programs (dissertation for obtaining the degree of Master in Computer Engineering), Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, September 2008[4]
- ZACARIAS, Daniel, Radia Source - Information System for Process Management of a Radio Station (dissertation for obtaining the degree of Master in Computer Engineering), Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, September 2008[5]
External links
- Rádio Zero
- Radia
- Zero Labs
- Instituto Superior Técnico
- Associação dos Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico
References
- ↑ "Reciva Radio Portal". reciva.com. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "DeliCast". delicast.com. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ↑ "Colaboradores Ricochete". ricochete.org. Acedido em 2012-03-02.
- ↑ "Radia Store - Armazenamento e Preservação de Programas de Rádio". ist.utl.pt. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ↑ "Radia Source - Sistema de Informação para Gestão de Processos de uma Estação de Rádio". ist.utl.pt. Retrieved 2012-03-02.