City | Locri, Calabria |
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Broadcast area | FM frequencies in Italy (Calabria, Sicily, Basilicata, Apulia and Province of Salerno) and internet streaming worldwide |
Slogan | "il bello della musica è che quando ti colpisce non senti dolore" (Bob Marley) |
Frequency |
FM 101.8, 102.9, 106.4MHz a Reggio Calabria Jonica 102, 105.7, 106.3 MHz Reggio Calabria Tirreno, Vibo Valentia, Lamezia Terme 106.5 Crotone, Cosenza Tirreno 95.8, 96.2 MHz Cosenza, Rende, Savuto Crotone 106.5 MHz 95.8 MHZ Sibaritide, Rossano, Corigliano 93.5 MHz Castrovillari 106.5 MHz Messina 106.3 Mhz Lecce 94.4 MHz Catania |
First air date | June 6, 1985 |
Language(s) | Italian |
Audience share | 700 000 |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°14′00″N 16°16′00″E / 38.233333°N 16.266667°ECoordinates: 38°14′00″N 16°16′00″E / 38.233333°N 16.266667°E |
Owner | Francesco Massara |
Webcast | Studio 54 Network |
Website | www.studio54network.it |
Radio Studio 54 Network, or Studio 54 Network, is an Italian private radio station based in Locri, Calabria. The Studio 54 Network is an FM radio service and is broadcast in ten provinces in five regions of southern Italy: Catania, Messina, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia, Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Lecce, Potenza and Salerno). The programming is characterized by the transmission of musical hits and real-time information, with 28 daily updates.
Studio 54 Network was founded on June 6, 1985 from an idea of Pietro Parretta and Francesco Massara with Enzo Gatto, Memmo Minniti, Pietro Musmeci, with the historic name of Radio DJ Club Studio 54.
Like almost all the free radio stations began as a game, and then in the early 1990s, came the awareness of not leaving behind career goals.
With the Mammì law () for the Italian broadcast in 1990, the game replaces the company.
In 1991, was the first Calabrian radios (and one of the first in Italy) to use the Radio Data System.
In 1994, the issue was digitized, and since then the transmission quality can not be matched with analog equipment. This was the first time in Calabria that this was achieved, and the first time in Italy that this technology is fully utilized for this purpose.
Since 1995, thanks to the acquisition of business of other Calabrian issuers, leaving the boundaries of the historic Ionian coast of the Province of Reggio Calabria, expanding its customer base in Calabria and then adjacent regions.
In 1997 he was one of the first Italian radios perform transmission experiments, especially regarding webcasting technology in Real Audio.