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FORTA Radio Forum concludes with declaration for protection of terrestrial radio

20.04.2026 - Top story - Spain Spain

The 5th Radio Forum of the Federation of Regional Radio and Television Organisations and Bodies (FORTA), held in Cartagena and hosted by RTRM, concluded with the reading of the Cartagena Declaration, a document in which regional public broadcasters demand a guaranteed presence of terrestrial radio in vehicles and mobile phones sold in the European Union. The Declaration calls for the European Digital Networks Act to include a requirement to integrate FM and DAB+ receivers into all vehicles sold in the EU, with direct and prominent access, and to expressly prohibit their concealment beneath layers of commercial applications. The Declaration also calls for mobile phones sold in the EU to be required to incorporate DAB+ receivers with the emergency alert system.

(Federación de Organismos o Entidades de Radio y Televisión Autonómicos (FORTA)) Read more