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Community Radio Support in Other Jurisdictions: Netherlands
Submitted by john on Fri, 2008-05-23 13:33.
Granting Agency Commissariaat voor de Media, through €1/household levy Programs Operational subsidy
Beneficiaries ~335
Support: €7.7 million ($11.08 million) (2007)
The Netherlands has approximately 335 “lokale omroepen,” or local public-service radio and television broadcasters. On average, local stations have a yearly budget of roughly $60,000. These broadcasters are represented by the Organisatie van Lokale Omroepen in Nederland (Olon), which is partly financed on a structural basis out of the government’s national media budget. In 1997, local governments were allowed Community Radio Support in Other Jurisdictions 3 by law to introduce a local form of radio license fee, which each household has to pay yearly for having a radio or television set in their homes. In 2007, this fee structure will be replaced by a direct national levy; all local community broadcasters in the country will be eligible to receive €1 per household via the Dutch Media Commission, with total funding of €7.7 million ($11.08 million).
Source: http://www.olonprogrammabank.nl/publiek/200407953.html
