Appendix 6 - International Music Council

Thus neither Denmark nor Sweden has featured regular world music programmes on the
P.3 channels for several years.
Examples of radio stations explicitely claiming to promote musical diversity:
France
BEUR FM http://beurfm.net
("Beur" means Arab or Maghreb.) Beur FM is a community based radio station that plays
music of the Maghreb, popular and world music mostly from the oriental region, e.g. lots of
Raï.
Germany
radio MultiKulti – is a radio station of the public broadcaster RBB (Radio Berlin-
Brandenburg). Its broadcasting time consists of two parts: the prime time is given to
programmes in languages of immigrant communities: Turkish, Russian, Polish, Italian, etc.
The rest of the broadcasting time is in German language, with news and popular music
from all over the world.
As a public sector radio radio MultiKulti has the task to report objectively and to represent
cultural diversity, which makes it different from private and community broadcasters
sending in languages of immigrant communities.
Netherlands
Young people and migrants' broadcasting company Stanvaste is made for the target group
of the younger generation of migrants, a big multicultural, multi-ethnic bilingual target
group with special needs, talents and problems. The station also aims to make contact with
newcomers (refugees) that cannot be contacted by the authorities. They can satisfy their
need for information and music. Stanvaste is specially meant for the multicultural city of
Rotterdam. The Foundation Stanvaste Jongeren en Migranten Omroep developed together
with the SBAW, office for project development, a concept for a multicultural radio via the
channels of SLOR (Stichting Lokale Omroep Rotterdam - Foundation of the Public
Broadcast Rotterdam). Its main goal is to reach youngster of the migrant communities and
let them know about the possibilities they have in Dutch society.
Mira Media association - Mira Media's main goal is to achieve more diversity and 'ethnic'
pluralism by supporting the participation of immigrants in radio, television and the
interactive media. Mira Media has no broadcasting time, but closely co-operates with Dutch
national and local (public and commercial) broadcasters. Mira Media is an independent cooperative
body founded in 1986 by the major national migrant organisations in the
Netherlands. http://www.miramedia.nl/uk/index.htm
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