This radio could disappear from the media landscape this summer

Jet FM Sounds the alarm. Implemented in the Bellevue district in Nantes and Saint-Herblain, the radio associative locale Sounds the alarm.

This one could “stop all its activities within three months”, She announced in a press release on Friday, April 25.

Budget cuts and financial difficulties

The reason for this “red alert”? The association is in “Great financial difficulties”.

Its already fragile economy has been hit hard by the recent budget cuts, including that of the Pays-de-la-Loire region. The salaried team, made up of 7 people a year ago, has already increased to 4 employees, soon 3.

Founded In 1986, Radio-which emits 24 hours a day in Loire-Atlantique (91.2) and DAB +-decided to rethink your model In order to continue its activities with reduced means, as imposed by the current context.

To help him straighten the bar, Jet FM launches a exceptional donation campaign, Until May 30.

“Title Save the earsshe aims to collect 5,000 euros With listeners and sympathizers to help radio cross this difficult course and stabilize at the start of the school year, “reveals the media.

In counterpart, Donors will be able to “receive a sound kiss”, or participate in the life of the radio by programming a piece of music on the air or by participating in a radio program.

Of the support evenings In Nantes metropolitan France will also be organized.

A radio “far from commercial standards”

Jet FM was able to stand out from the media landscape through its eclectic programming, Both from a musical point of view and in the programs offered. Debates, reports, documentaries, radio creations, unclassifiable music … all Without advertising. In short, a programming “far from commercial standards”.

Installed within the Sociocultural center of Bellevue, It is also a media that interacts directly with the inhabitants of the neighborhood, sometimes invited to the studio, sometimes volunteers.

Jet FM thus testifies to the local excitement and carries voices too often absent from the media space.

The media also used to go directly to the meeting of different audiences: schools, people in prison, with a situation of disabilities, in social precariousness … An activity developed in parallel with Sonolab, Pole of cultural action and media education.

Jet FM also supports the local and national sector of the sound creation Through dedicated programs, but also its resource pole for sound creators.

To find out more, go to the Save the ears page. If you want to support Jet FM, go to the Hello Asso page to donate.

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