ftm Radio Page - October 28, 2016

Public Media And The Dilemma Of Choice
The media sphere is increasingly challenged by identities. What people identify with informs, more and more, their media choices. As media offerings expand to this challenge differences become more pronounced. The smartphone culture of the individual is both a comfort and a curse. Nothing attracts like attraction and everybody can choose.

Facebook photos in protest challenge ethics
nothing outrages like excess

Facebook causes just so many problems. Several employees of Polish public radio channel Trojka (Radio Three) last week posted to the ever-popular social network photos in black and white captioned “what you don’t hear” protesting continuing editorial controls. Two Radio Trojka news readers were taken off air last week and transferred to “documentation” at the Radio Information Agency. No official reason was given. Known for decades as a source of alternative music, rock and jazz, Radio Trojka has been targeted by conservative, populist politicians.

Polskie Radio management board did not take this off-air conduct well. “No employee of Polskie Radio has the right to use the achievements of this institution to carry out their own political, social or environmental objectives,” said its official statement, quoted by wirtualnemedia.pl (Otober 20). “This is not only the law but, above all, against the canons of journalistic ethics.” Since the first of the year all vestiges of political independence disappeared from Polish public broadcasting - radio and TV - with purges of staff suspected of being less than loyal to the ruling Law and Justice political party (PiS). (See more about media in Poland here)

Separately, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) nominated Polish national newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza among 22 media outlets, journalists and organizations for its 2016 Press Freedom Award, announced this week. The newspaper “has become a symbol of opposition to the excesses of the ruling Law and Justice Party, which is waging an all-out crusade against the media,” said the citation. Finalists will be announced in early November.

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Recently added radio audience figures and resources

• UK - National Radio Audience (October 2016)
  market share, trend, sectors
• UK - London Radio Audience (October 2016)
  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (October 2016)
  BBC/commercial 'gap'
• France - National Radio Summer Audience (September 2016)
  national channels, summer period 2011-2016 trend
• Germany - Radio Audience (July 2016)
  leading stations, audience trend, daily reach
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (July 2016)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (July 2016)
  public and private sectors, penetration, time spent listening
• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• France - National Radio Audience (July 2016)
  national channels, sectors, market share, reach/TSL
• Italy - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (July 2016)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, audience reach/share, management
• Czech Republic - Radio Audience (May 2016)
  Top stations, national survey, reach trend
• Spain - National Radio Audience (April 2016)
  national channels, reach share, trend
• Sweden - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (February 2016)
  public and private radio channels, owners, management, national market share trend
• Poland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (January 2016)
  public and private radio channels, owners, management, platforms, market share
• Estonia - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (December 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Spain - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (December 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Ireland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (November 2015)
  national public and commercial radio channels, major local/regional stations, management, listening share
• Finland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (September 2015)
  public and private radio channels, management, market share, platforms
• Ireland - National Radio Audience (August 2015)
  market share, 07h00-19h00, trend
• Ireland - Dublin Radio Audience (August 2015)
  market share, 07h00-19h00, trend
• Greece - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (June 2015))
  public and private broadcasting, owners, executives, market share

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