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Print media and/or on-line magazines

Many Italian magazines about music now maintain a presence on the internet with on-line versions of their magazines. These are the major music magazines and websites (where available); also, some of these are only on-line magazines with no print version:

• Amadeus
• Celtica
• Chittare
• Falaut
• Il gionale della musica
• Il mondo della musica
• Il muscchio selvaggio
• Jam
• Musica Jazz -- no website
• Jazzit
• Konsequenz
• L'isola che non c'e (Never-never land)
• Label
• Musica rock e altro
• Music Club Monthly listing of all pop & rock concerts in Italy.
• Punkster
• Rock Star
• Rumore
• Suonare news Also publishes the yearly Pagine (Year), an encyclopedic guide to music services and activites in Italy.
• Trade, Home Entertainment
• Viceversa

(source: IPSE)

broadcast media

Nationwide, the state-run broadcasting network, RAI (Radio audizioni italiane), provides three TV channels and three AM or FM radio channels. There are also three private TV networks, run by the Mediaset company. All provide live or recoded music many hours per week. Additionally, many large cities in Italy have local TV stations, as well, which may provide live folk or dialect music often of interest only to the immediate area. Additionally, there are many hundreds of private FM radio stations broadcasting in Italy, with much of the programming devoted to music. Mediaset is the first Italian commercial television network. ...