The Association of National Radio Broadcasters (RNA-Radio Nazionali Associate) was founded in 1989 with the aim to promote and sustain the development of private radio broadcasting and especially the national private radio broadcasters.

Since its foundation the major Italian private radio companies have joined the Association, because for them RNA represents the best way to safeguard their commercial interests in the Italian radio broadcasting landscape.

Nowadays RNA is certainly the most representative national association, thanks to the reputation of its associates, who belong to the major Italian media groups (RCS Media Group, Espresso, Il Sole 24 Ore), to independent publishers and to religious and political bodies.

RNA - Radio Nazionali Associate represents only national radio broadcasters licensed for nationwide radio service.

The over ten-year long activity of RNA has been oriented towards the complete expression of the enormous potentiality of Italian private broadcasting: quality of the programmes, audience share, reliability of the medium, political significance of the broadcasting community and development of the new digital technologies for terrestrial and satellite radio broadcasting.

The activities of RNA include all those initiatives, which have been relevant for the radio broadcasting sector, playing a major role as speaker with the institutions, the parliament, the government and the public administration, the social parties and syndicates, and the European Institutions. RNA has signed the national collective contract for work of the category and represents Italian private national radio broadcasting in its relations with numerous organisations and associations (copyright, etc.). RNA is the promoter of the Club DAB Italia, the first Italian consortium for development and testing of the new digital broadcasting technologies for the private sector.

The activities of RNA include also the presence in the Commission for the Broadcasting Sector of the Ministry for Communications and in the Advisory Commision for Radio Broadcasting of the Prime Minister's Office. RNA is member of the Institute of Self-discipline of the Advertising Market and follows the activities of Audiradio, Italy's most important radio audience survey.

The association is also very active at European level and is a founding member of AER - Association Européenne des Radios, which is a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 4,500 private/commercial radios stations in eleven EU Member States, Switzerland and Romania.

PRESIDENT: Mr. Eduardo Montefusco

SECRETARY-GENERAL: Mr. Sergio Natucci

TREASURER: Mr. Emanuele Ferrario

PERCENTAGE OF THE AUDIENCE: 89,25% of the total radio audience

INCOME FROM ADVERTISING: 150 million Euro

ADDRESS OF THE LEGAL SITE:
Piazza del Gesù 47
00186 Roma
ITALY

TEL: (+39 06) 679 36 45

FAX (+39 06) 679 14 15

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WEB SITE: http://www.rna.it