Madrid’s free radio stations: local media and neighbourhood participation in the 1980s

In the 1980s, two fundamental social movements coexisted
in Madrid: the neighbourhood movement and the free radio
movement. In this article we will see how both were related
and what results their work together produced in terms of
communication and visibility of local issues. With a series of
examples, we will analyse how participation of the organised
neighbourhood network in the free radio stations could have
generated beneficial dynamics for both, giving a voice to
residents of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods of the
capital city and creating a space with different types of social
activism.