Radioplayer is operated by UK Radioplayer Ltd which is a not-for-profit organisation owned by UK radio broadcasters. Initial shareholders were the BBC, Global Radio, GMG Radio, Absolute Radio and RadioCentre. After consolidation in the radio market, current shareholders are the BBC, Global Radio, Bauer Media Group and RadioCentre.

CEO: Yann Legarson

ADDRESS: 15 Alfred Place, London, WC1E 7EB

E-MAIL: https://radioplayer.org/contact

WEBSITE: www.radioplayer.org

The Estonian Broadcasting Association is a non-governmental non-profit organization that promotes national broadcasting culture and represents the interests of radio and television organizations. The union has 10 members (2 TV and radio organizations and 8 radio organizations) who pay membership fees. ERL members are broadcasters, not stations, of which one organization can have several. Practically all Estonian broadcasting organizations are concentrated in ERL. The Union participates in the law-making process. ERL-I representatives are included in the working groups that develop most of the broadcasting policies and draft laws. Framework agreements signed by ERL with the Estonian Authors’ Association, the Estonian Phonogram Producers’ Union and the Estonian Performers’ Union regarding the use of works in broadcasting stations.

CEO: Mr. Hanno Kindel

Members of the Board:

Karin Kundla
Signe the Great
Risto Rosimannus
Siim Pohlak
Hanno Sure

ADDRESS: Kirsimäe 16-2, Tänassilmä küla, 76406 Harjumaa, Saku parish, Republic of Estonia

TEL. +372 5155650

E-MAIL: hanno.kindel @ ringhaaling.ee

WEB-SITE: https://ringhaaling.ee

The first radio station – Fortuna – was founded jointly in 1997 by Guram Chigogidze, Georgia and Metromedia International Inc, USA. Now the company, which belongs solely to the Chigogidze family, operates four radio stations, attracting over 556,000 listeners a week – approximately half of Georgia’s radio audience.

To keep at the forefront of the market, and through the support of the EBRD, the holding introduced a new digital strategy and developed a web platform as well as a radio mobile app uniting all four radio stations under one online brand www.fortuna.ge. 

Radio Holding Fortuna’s radio stations has the widest coverage, the most varied audience and the highest ratings from public opinion polls, regularly conducted by well-respected research centers and institutes of Georgia. To support and stimulate the music industry in Georgia, the company founded in 2004 an annual music award ceremony – The Golden Wave – the only ceremony in the country awarding the best songs of the year.

Radio Holding Fortuna joined AER in September 9, 2020

CEO OF RADIO HOLDING FORTUNA:  TAMARA CHIGOGIDZE

NUMBER OF RADIO STATIONS BELONGING TO THE ORGANISATION: 4

PERCENTAGE OF THE AUDIENCE: 50%

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 130

ADDRESS OF THE ORGANISATION: MARSHAL GELOVANI 2, TBILISI GEORGIA

TEL: +995322383030

WEBSITE: WWW.FORTUNA.GE

Bauer Media Audio is Europe’s leading commercial radio broadcaster and audio operator. Reaching over 26 million listeners daily, Bauer Media operates over 100 audio brands, spanning seven countries. This includes Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and Norway, all of which are members of the Association of European Radios (AER).

As passionate experts in the power of sound, our teams create market-leading broadcast radio and audio, outstanding online services and podcasts, offering commercial value for advertisers. 

The Group is home to many world-class, distinctive radio and audio brands. These include Radio Norge (Norway), Mix Megapol (Sweden), RMF (Poland), Radio Expres (Slovakia) and many more.

PRESIDENT OF BAUER MEDIA AUDIO: Vivian Mohr

NUMBER OF RADIO STATIONS BELONGING TO THE ORGANISATION: Over 100

ADDRESS OF THE ORGANISATION: Bauer Media Audio UK, 1 Golden Square, London, W1F 9DJ

TEL: +44 207 241 8000

WEBSITE: www.bauermedia.com/en/

The Croatian Radio Forum Association brings together top radio experts in Croatia and most popular radio stations reaching two million listeners in a country with a population of four million. It was established for the purpose of promoting, developing and advancing both the radio market and the media market and improving radio media services on the territory of through systematic radio education. Through various projects it organizes each year, the Croatian Radio Forum achieves objectives such as protection of the radio profession, promotion and development of the radio market in Croatia and preservation of the standards and protection of radio’s socially responsible role. The activities of the Association are designed to ensure systematic and joint work on the promotion of the radio medium in Croatia and respond to any challenges arising in this modern age, which is why the Croatian Radio Forum works on the development and protection of the radio market through systematic education, projects and involvement through a formal role in decision-making processes relating to the enactment of new legislation. The Association is actively involved in amendments to media legislation and other government acts intended to establish a liberal legal framework to help the progress and development of the radio industry and affect not only the media scene but also the rest of the market.

The Association also develops a network of good relations with media professionals and institutions for the purpose of advancing radio’s potentials and our relationships with regulatory, legislative and technical institutions have become a stable link in professional and public circles.

PRESIDENT:    Silvija Londero Šimleša

VICE PRESIDENT:  Luka Đurić

SECRETARY: Anita Frtalic Šulentić

MEMBERS: 7 private terrestrial radio stations, 1 company for producing and providing radio content and 1 Institute for Creative Industries

PERCENTAGE OF THE AUDIENCE: 70% of the total radio audience

PERCENTAGE OF ADVERTISING: 60% of the total radio advertising share

ADDRESS:

Avenija V. Holjevca 29

10000 Zagreb

CROATIA

TEL:     +385 1 66 90 600

EMAIL:   hrf @ hrf.hr

WEBSITE   http://www.hrf.hr

EIIRA’s main objective is to advocate for public policies in the fields of media, copyrights, taxation, telecommunications and private radio transmission. By building transparent partnerships, solid alliances and joint teams with institutions, academia, and experts, EIIRA reinforces the voice and influence of the radio sector towards policy makers, regulatory authorities and stakeholders.

EIIRA also works in promoting, enriching and developing the radio industry and the radio brand itself. Currently, EIIRA’s radio stations own a stake of more than 80% on population in Athens.

Furthermore, EIIRA, through its non-profit subsidiary, AEMAR, and by partnering with the Association of Communications Agencies (EDEE), organizes and executes the currency radio listenership research in Athens, and provides radio ratings, data and statistics to advertisers, clients and the public.

Governance

The Board of Directors of EIIRA consists of seven (7) members, and are elected by the General Assembly for a 3-year term.

The President and the Secretary General have been authorized to represent EIIRA towards authorities and institutions. The Vice-President is assigned to replace the President, when the latter is absent or prevented from attending. The Treasurer serves as a Financial Manager.

President: Panagiotis Kostakis

Vice-President: Alexandra Daskalopoulos

Secretary-General: Aggela Kakaounaki

Treasurer: Kostas Fotopoulos

Legal Advisor: Maria Kostopoulou

Communications & Public Affairs: Dimitris Konstantellos

info(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)eiira.gr

www.eiira.gr

Founded in 1998, the then called Radio NET was the first online radio in Poland. It managed to unite DJs and show hosts and was transmitted from the United States, Canada, the United Kindgom and other countries in Europe. In 2006, because of the challenges encountered to provide for a stable stream of revenue from advertising, transmission was suspended.

In 2010, CEO Michal Marcinik came up with the solution to switch commercial breaks broadcast by “regular” radio to targeted set of ads in stream. Because there was no such technology available to carry out this idea, this project had to wait until Radio Net Media Ltd was set in November 2017, which allows for innovation to be delivered to radio and the whole media market.

Radio Net Media is a more and more recognised startup with a goal to bring innovation to the streaming industry. It focuses on changing the idea of modern online radio experience to a social, collaborative, interactive and dynamic perspective.

Radio Net Media created the AdTonos platform which offers data-driven native audio advertising to radios and advertisers, as it replaces commercial break content with targeted ads changing spray-and-pray ATL ads into pay-per-play performance marketing. Advertisers, like media houses and SMB owners, have now the one and only tool to perform programmatic, native audio advertising in radio streams.

CEO and founder: Michal Marcinik

CTO and Co-founder: Mariusz Mierzejewski

CCO and Co-founder: Daniel Wichracki

CFO and Co-founder: Marcin Ostrowski

Market Development, Italy: Caterina Buslowska

Project Manager: Curtis Bradshaw

Address of the Headquarters:
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden
WC2H 9JQ London, United Kingdom

Email: gaga @ radionet.me

Website: http://www.radionet.me/

At that time, SuperFM was the only music radio station which covered Riga and its surroundings. Now European Hit Radio is heard practically everywhere throughout Latvia.

Today Latvian people love radio rand recent studies shows that 78% of them were reached by this media at least once per week.

According to TNS Latvia’s Spring 2015 results, European Hit Radio performs a weekly average of 205’000 listeners thanks to its 18 local antennas. European Hit Radio now the number 1 station in Latvia for the age range 12 to 49.

European Hit Radio is the only Latvian radio providing up to date and Europe’s most popular songs. It is the only radio station in Latvia that broadcasts hit music only.

All these years the radio station CEO has been, and still is, its co-owner Ugis Polis. Under his leadership, European Hit Radio became one of the most famous radio stations in Latvia.

European Hit Radio is today one of the three radio owned by “European Hit Radio Group”.

CEO and founder: Ugis Polis

ADDRESS OF THE ORGANISATION:

European Hit Radio
Elijah Street 17
Riga, LV 1050
LATVIA

TEL : +371 6720 44 04

WEB-SITE: http://www.europeanhitradio.com/

With its 37 members from German-speaking, Italian-speaking and Romansh-speaking Switzerland, the Swiss Private Radio Association (VSP) is the leading association of private radio stations in Switzerland.

The main objective of the VSP is to protect the interests of its members and private commercial radio stations in general. In particular, the association represents its members towards political institutions and parties, the authorities, private and public competitors, the economy, associations and the public.

As a competence center, the VSP offers its members an exchange of experience and a network in the areas of the listener and advertising market, education and training, media policy, user research, quality assurance, technology, copyright, “Service Public régional” and international developments.

Membership of the VSP is open to all private commercial broadcasters with a registered office in Switzerland. The association is politically, denominationally and economically independent and neutral.

The VSP joined the AER in 2001.

PRESIDENT: Mr. Nicola Bomio

VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Martin Muerner

MANAGING DIRECTOR: Mr. Peter Scheurer

NUMBER OF RADIO STATIONS BELONGING TO THE ASSOCIATION: 37 private stations

PERCENTAGE OF THE AUDIENCE: 50% (approx)

INCOME FROM ADVERTISING: 80 million Euros (approx)

ADDRESS OF THE LEGAL SITE:
Steinhübeliweg 54
3074 Muri b. Bern
SWITZERLAND

CONTACT: Peter Scheurer

TEL: +41 79 680 80 77

E-MAIL: info(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)privatradios.ch

WEB SITE: www.vsp-asrp.ch

RRR is the main association representing private radios in the French-speaking region in Switzerland.
RRR is the main association representing private radios in the French-speaking region in Switzerland.

RRR joined AER on January 1st, 2010.

PRESIDENT: Mr. Philippe Zahno

VICE-PRESIDENT: Thierry Savary

TREASURER: Image et Son, Valère Steulet

NUMBER OF RADIO STATIONS BELONGING TO THE ASSOCIATION: 12

INCOME FROM ADVERTISING: 20 million Euros

CONTACT: Mr. Philippe Zahno

E-MAIL: philippe.zahno @ zahnocommunication.ch