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Southern Italy free radio movement

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The free‑radio movement in southern Italy began in the mid‑1970s with the launch of Radio Gamma on 17 July 1977 in Calabria. Organized by local activists, the station was the first independent broadcaster in the Cosentino area and joined It sparked a wave of community stations such as Radio stations—Radio Rogliano International, Radio Libera Bisignano, Radio Sud and Radio Jobel, fostering Jobel—providing local journalism and cultural exchange. Fifty years later, on On 28 July 2026, 2026 the Campania Regional Council hosted a ceremony to mark marked the 50th anniversary of the Constitutional Court’s 28 July 1976 decision that liberalised Italian airwaves. The event ceremony, titled “Campania On Air – Giornata delle Radio Libere della Campania”, was held in the Sala Giancarlo Siani of Naples’s Centro Direzionale. Organized by the Fondazione AdAstra under the council’s patronage, it highlighted the 2022 regional law establishing (n. 12) that created an annual “Free Radio Day”, Day”. Speakers included Council President Massimiliano Manfredi, councillor Franco Picarone, Napoli municipal council president Vincenza Amato, Corecom Campania head Carola Barbato and university representatives Lello Savonardo and Luigi Caramiello. Awards were presented awards to existing community stations, and announced local free‑radio stations; among them Radio Bussola 24 director Teodoro Maffia received the “Premio Le Voci della Campania”. The event also unveiled plans for a new Festival of Free Radio Radio, intended to become a recurring event an annual gathering from 2027. The celebration underscored the lasting cultural 2027, and social impact of reiterated the free‑radio tradition that started with pioneers like Radio Gamma. role of community radio in delivering locally relevant, algorithm‑free information.

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