World Radio Network (WRN)
has announced the launch of its new European Radio Network (ERN), a group
of dedicated radio services in the major languages of the European
Union.
ERN will be broadcast by satellite and also made available
live on the Internet serving listeners inside and outside the
European Union.
ERN will carry news and current affairs, together with features
on art, culture, music, sports, science and other subjects
from the countries of the EU. It will reflect the ways in which
different countries within the EU are reporting world events.
“Within the coming months WRN will
launch four 24 hour-a-day services, one dedicated to the German
language, another to French, a third to English and the fourth
will be a comprehensive multilingual channel,” WRN said in a statement.
All the channels, says WRN, have been made possible by “generous
funding” from the European Commission.
WRN’s announcement was made at the
Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA)
conference in Berlin, Germany, held August 28 to Sept 5 at Messe Berlin. The
focus at IFA is on entertainment electronics, telecommunications and
the digitalisation of media technologies.
WRN was the first broadcaster in the UK to make its services
available via Internet audio.
