The Association of European Radios (AER) is a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 4,500 private/commercial radio stations across the EU27 and in Switzerland. 

AER Objectives 

AER's main objective is to develop and improve the most suitable framework for private commercial radio activity. AER constantly follows EU actions in the fields of media, telecommunications and private radio transmission, in order to contribute, to enrich and develop the radio sector.

Furthermore, AER intends to promote the diffusion and the use of new technologies in radio transmission.

AER encourages co-operation between its members and with other European radio stations and associations, in order to preserve and develop freedom of speech, freedom of enterprise, private initiative and the protection of listeners.

AER Members

AER is composed of private radio national associations whose target is to promote private radio broadcasters' interests in Europe and to offer technical assistance to its members. Today, AER is represented in Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and in Switzerland (Associate Members).

AER Presence on the European and International Scene

AER actively contributes with its presence in Brussels to the European Institutions working process (European Commission and European Parliament, in particular) and to the Council of Europe's. AER is currently an observer in the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation), and a member of the WorldDMB Forum and EASA (European Advertising Standards Alliance).

AER Executive Committee

• Mr. Stefan Möller (FIN), President
• Ms. Julia Maier-Hauff (D), Secretary General
• Mr. Alfonso Ruiz de Assin (E), Vice-President
• Mr. Philippe Gault (F), Vice-President
• Ms. Marianne Bugge Zederkof (DK), Vice-President
  
• Mr. Jan Willem Brüggenwirth (NL), Member
• Mr. Matt Payton (UK), Member

Associate Member

• Mr. Frederik Stucki (CH)
• Mr. Philippe Zahno (CH)

For more information, please contact our office in Brussels:

Vincent Sneed
Association Européenne des Radios
Avenue d'Auderghem, 76
1040 Bruxelles
Ph. +32 (0)2 736 91 31 - Fax +32 (0)2 732 89 90
www.aereurope.org
To contact AER electronically, please click here.