Despite the concern of community radio stations regarding the budget cuts announced by the 2025 finance bill, Radio Larzac is organizing its “Faites de la Radio” which is brightened up this year with the colors of Occitan.
Concerned like most community radio stations about the announced drop of €10 million in subsidies under the Local Radio Expression Support Fund (FSER), Radio Larzac is not giving up by inviting its listeners on Saturday, November 30, René room Rieux, for the “Faites de la Radio” which this year is adorned with the colors of Occitan.
“For this day, we invited committed artists who choose Occitan as the language of their creations, from music to cinema through illustration”reveal the organizers.
After the Friday evening screening of La Séria, a 100% Occitan road movie by director and producer Amic Bedel, director of Piget Films and son of Christian-Pierre Bedel, director in his time of Occitan Cultural Center of Rouergue (CCOR) at the initiative of the project To CantonSaturday promises to be particularly rich with, in the René Rieux room:
• At 4 p.m“create in Occitan today”: a table ronde bringing together several actors from the contemporary cultural landscape in Occitan, including the Sirvéntes cooperative and the Détz collective, as well as the Millavine association Ostal de la Lenga.
• At 5:30 p.mand interactive quizwith Radio Larzac style: questions about Occitan, languages, and many other surprises…
• At 7 p.m, big parade open to all : come dress up and declaim your best slogans for Radio Larzac on stage! The most original disguises will be rewarded with generous prizes…
To end the day with music and dancing, meet at 8:30 p.m. for a double concert with the young group Talweg & Cisba and their musical and poetic experiments followed by the group Nowherea Saint-Africa punk rock set, mixing compositions in Occitan, French and sometimes English. Everything will be accompanied by a refreshment bar, a small meal and pancakes prepared by the La Calandreta de Milhau association. L'entry is free and consciously priced.
“Positive signals”
If it is definitely time for celebration, the budget cuts included in the 2025 Finance Bill are cause for concern. Since the announcement of the nearly 35% reduction in the FSER, the Radio Expression Support Fund, “a real pillar of the economic model of community radio”community radio stations are stepping up to the plate to try to influence the government's position.
Sufficient ? Time will tell. In the meantime, the fight against this project which, according to the unions, would endanger more than 800 jobs in France, is being organized. “Numerous amendments have been tabled against this measure, one of which has already been approved in the National Assembly. In addition, Laurent Saint-Martin, Minister responsible for the Budget and Public Accounts, affirmed the importance of the FSER for the existence of local community radio stations and announced that the government was committed to maintaining FSER credits at the level of those allocated in 2024, thus responding to the concerns expressed by the non-commercial radio sector.indicates Radio Larzac. These are positive signals.” To be continued.
