Free Radios and Freedom Speech: Theory and practice in Latin America and Europe

Abstract

The radio spectrum is a public good to which complementary access must be guaranteed, for the provision of public, commercial and community services, using the available technologies of its time. The present research aims to describe a set of radio practices that influenced what today circumscribes the concept of community radio, assuming as a challenge its contrast with an autonomous political project, of civil disobedience, practiced by free radios in Europe and Latin America. In addition to a historical record, the article intends to contribute to political theory and communication policies of interest to civil society.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.003-023