European Broadcasting Union

Radio Broadcasters / Classical Music

Brussels, 26 January 2011

Classical music is widely available from Public Radio Broadcasters

Over 50 classical radio channels in Europe, including Turkey and Israel

3 main distributors in the USA covering over 400 stations

Classical radio channels in South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Euroradio is the largest concert hall in the world

Over 3,500 concerts per year are offered via the Euroradio satellite network

Each concert is broadcast on average in 8 countries and heard by 1.7 million radio listeners

Every day, 17 million people listen to a concert on public radio

Euroradio: music for all tastes at any time

2, 000 classical music concerts

700 contemporary music concerts

450 jazz concerts

350 rock concerts

150 world and folk music concerts

200 operas offered annually

- Metropolitan Opera in New York

- Vienna State Opera

- Bavarian State Opera

- Paris Opera Houses

Full coverage and exclusive agreements with:

Go to the most prestigious opera houses with Euroradio

- Royal Opera at Covent Garden in London

The EBU is the largest employer of musicians in the world

EBU radio Members own and manage 75 radio ensembles (symphony orchestras, choruses, big bands) with an annual budget of €500 million

Links to Radio Orchestras' home pages

On top of these 3,500 concerts, 200 outstanding live events are produced each year by radio Members

3.6 million listeners on average per event

The Euroradio Seasons are the broadcasters’ festival of festivals

15 million listeners per week

We...

• ... are popular

• ... create cultural bridges between nations

• ... want to go on

• ... need you:

- to solve rights problems with publishers

- to let us broadcast our archives

• ... are more than appreciated, we are loved

Thank you for your help

Long live Euroradio!