Broadcasting In Italy: An Overview

The main broadcasting organization in Italy has been RAI, whose origins date back, indirectly, to 1910 when a Royal Law gave the Italian state the monopoly for all wireless and radio communications.' In 1924, during the Fascist era, the privately owned Italian Radio Union (URI) obtained a six-year, renewable monopolistic concession on broadcasting, subject to government censorship. URI was financed through fees paid by radio set dealers. can happen in the absence of reform and institutions of transition.