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DOI: 10.4185/RLCS-65-2010-902-310-324-EN

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<meta name="DC.creator.personalName" content="Dr. Txema Ramírez de la Piscina Martínez "/>
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<meta name="DC.contributor.editor" content="Dr. José Manuel de Pablos Coello"/>
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<meta name="DC.Description" lang="en" content=“Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, RLCS, is a scientific journal edited at the University of La Laguna, ULL (Tenerife, Canary Islands) in the Laboratory of Information Technologies and New Analysis of Communication, LATINA according to its initials in Spanish, founded in 1987 by Dr. José Manuel de-Pablos-Coello, under the protection of special doctorate programmes for Latin American professors. The journal publishes under the main summary almost exclusively research papers written following the formula IMR&DC+B: introduction, methodology, results and discussion plus conclusion, with a updated bibliography: at least 70% of the bibliographic entries must be from the past 10 years and half of them from scientific journals in Spanish and English languages. Reviewers make a double blind peer examination. This is a collective and inter-university project, including many professors and researchers from almost all Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. The journal is the following databases: EBSCO (USA), DOAJ (Lund University, Sweden), Redalyc (Mexico), Dialnet (Spain); and is indexed by the CINDOC-CSIC in DICE, ISOC, RESH, Office of Latin American Education, OEI according to its initials in Spanish; Dulcinea, etc. In Spain the journal is a reference in the Directory of Index of Spanish Periodicals of Social and Communication Sciences, IN-RECS, of the University of Granada, UGR. RLCS occupies the first position in the cumulative index for the periods 2003-2007; 2004-2008 and the year 2008.”/>
<meta name="DC.contributor.referee I" content="Reports on the article: “The Basque Country, an alternative communication laboratory. Compilation of the most interesting experiences from the past 30 years”. The article submitted for my consideration addresses the diachronic study of one of the free radio stations that continues broadcasting in the Basque Country since the 1980s, HBI Hala Bedi Irratia. As a phenomenon of alternative communication, the article analyses the origins, finance sources, and social and cultural proposals of HBI Hala Bedi Irratia. The contextualization work prepared by the author is outstanding as it helps to understand in depth the social and political relevance of free radio in existing democratic societies. Written in a style that moves away from the academic formalism, the text manages to interest the reader in a subject that is minor in principle, thanks to the provision of testable data and the careful construction of the internal structure of the text.The methodology used to conduct the research that supports this article is appropriate, but the author failed to present it with the desirable effectiveness. Despite this, and many typographical errors that should be corrected before publication, the article is recommend for publication since it is a clear example of academic work on an object of study that is unusual but, hopefully, can start gaining greater weight in the universe of communication, using the many advantages offered by the digital technology in this regard.– Montse Quesada Pérez, Ph.D. - Professor of Journalism - Pompeu Fabra University, UPF, Barcelona."/>
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<meta name="DC.contributor.referee II" content="This research raises an subject that is part of the communicative reality and so far has not been investigated with the depth it deserves, because the alternative communication plays a very important role in society and, at the same time, serves as a counterweight to the offers made by mainstream media. The study is rigorous and uses a methodology that is appropriate and adds scientific value to the results that were provided. The samples used facilitate the detailed knowledge of a communicative phenomenon that coexists with other structures that have greater resources and influence. In addition, the complete theoretical framework enables a wide understanding of the reality under analysis. Therefore, I recommend the article for publication, since its quality meets the requirements of a scientific journal.– Xosé Soengas, Ph.D. – Professor of Audiovisual Communication - University of Santiago de Compostela, USC."/>
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<meta name="DC.description.abstract" content="Abstract: This work is an overview of the general situation of Alternative Media in the Basque Country, concentrating on a specific communication project: the pirate radio Hala Bedi Irratia, a tolerated but not completely legal radio station, which in 2008 celebrated its 25th anniversary. The station has thousands of listeners daily and it broadcasts 24 hours a day. It survives thanks to the voluntary work of dozens of social communicators. They have never included a paid advertisement on their air waves, nor have they asked for a grant from the State. Nevertheless, the project is very much alive. The station is based on a very wide social network which supports it, and on a very intelligent use of new technologies."/>
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<meta name="DC.keywords" content="Keywords: Alternative media; Communication for social change; Basque Country; Hala Bedi Irratia; pirate radio."/>
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<meta name="DC.TERMS.bibliographicCitation" content="Ramírez de la Piscina, Txema (2010): "Basque Country as Alternative Media laboratory. Compilation of the most interesting experiences for the last 30 years", at Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 65, pages 310 to 324. La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands): La Laguna University, retrieved on ___th of ____ of 2_______, from http://www.revistalatinacs.org/10/art2/902_Pais_Vasco/24_RamirezEN.html
DOI: 10.4185/RLCS-65-2010-902-310-324-EN/>