ReMC – Spanish Community Media Network

About the network

ReMC (Red de Medios Comunitarios / Spanish Community Media Network) is a civil society organization formally established in 2009 that unites, coordinates, and defends a diverse array of community media outlets and citizen communication initiatives across Spain. The network was founded with a clear mission: to promote and defend human rights and democratic principles, with a special emphasis on freedom of expression and the Right to Communication as essential pillars for a healthy society.

The network represents a coalition of 20+ member media organizations, including local radio stations, community television channels, and grassroots press initiatives. These “Third Sector” media actors are private, non-profit, non-commercial entities managed directly by citizen organizations. Crucially, ReMC ensures that these media remain open to the widest possible public participation, not only in broadcast access and content creation but also in media ownership and internal decision-making.

To ensure community media thrive in the modern digital landscape, ReMC members utilize highly specialized skills in audience development, event organization, multilingual journalism, and interactive multimedia production.

The network’s primary reporting and advocacy subjects encompass several critical public-interest categories:

• Democracy & Politics: Deepening democratic processes, encouraging grassroots civic participation, and fostering community transparency.
• Human Rights & Migration: Defending fundamental rights and giving a platform to vulnerable and marginalized communities.
• Climate & Environment: Highlighting ecological challenges, rural revitalization, and local sustainability efforts.
• Health & Social Issues: Addressing community welfare, social justice, and systemic inequalities.
• Alternative Culture: Promoting minority languages, underrepresented cultures, and alternative arts.

Network Projects

• Onda SDG – Start with you: A comprehensive project designed to disseminate information and encourage citizen participation around the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through this initiative, over twenty community media members broadcasted a specialized series of radio spots and developed local communication strategies based on 30 citizen-defined challenges in various municipalities. To support these ongoing efforts, the project team published cOmunicanDonos, a practical guide for creating SDG-related audiovisual content.
• Sonando Local: A groundbreaking initiative that launched Europe’s first OTT (Over-The-Top) streaming platform dedicated entirely to locally produced content on environmental sustainability, social justice, and rural revitalization. Formed within the framework of the Onda SDG project, this alliance of four local media networks brings together diverse programming from more than 150 local radio and TV stations across the Spanish State, proving that global challenges can be effectively addressed through local communication.

Contact
Website: https://www.medioscomunitarios.net/

Contact

Website: https://www.medioscomunitarios.net/