País Vasco, laboratorio de comunicación alternativa. Compilación de 30 años de experiencias

Txema Ramírez de la Piscina Martínez

doi:10.4185/RLCS-65-2010-902-310-324

Authors

Txema Ramírez de la Piscina Martínez University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1071-7446

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-65-2010-902-310-324

Keywords:

Alternative media, Communication for social change, Basque Country, Hala Bedi Irratia, Pirate radio

Abstract

This work is an overview of the general situation of Alternative Media in the Basque Country, concentrating on a specific communication project: the pirate radio Hala Bedi Irratia, a tolerated but not completely legal radio station, which in 2008 celebrated its 25th anniversary. The station has thousands of listeners daily and it broadcasts 24 hours a day. It survives thanks to the voluntary work of dozens of social communicators. They have never included a paid advertisement on their air waves, nor have they asked for a grant from the State. Nevertheless, the project is very much alive. The station is based on a very wide social network which supports it, and on a very intelligent use of new technologies.

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Author Biography

Txema Ramírez de la Piscina Martínez, University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Journalist in different media from 1979 to 1989

Professor at the EHU-UPV since 1990.

D. in Journalism in 1993

Titular Professor of EHU-UPV since 1998

Author or co-author of a ten scientific books. The last one was Kazetari aditua unibertso digitaleanwas published in 2009. Other ones were Gabinetes de Comunicación (1995) and Formación de portavoces (2007).

He has participated in more than a dozen national and international Scientific Congresses.

He is the author of more than 30 specialized articles in Scientific reviews

Assistant professor at the University of Querétaro (Mexico).

Habitual collaborator in some media like Radio Vitoria, Berria and Euskalerria Irratia

Special recognition of the Cuban Ministry of Science for his participation in the VIth International Symposium about Social Communication that took place in Santiago de Cuba in January of 1997.

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