The Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, Konstantinos Kyranakis, sent a letter to the border radio stations, regarding the chronic issue of Turkish interference in the Greek signal.

With this letter, the Deputy Minister of Digital Governance informs the owners of radio stations in critical areas of the new possibilities available to them, calling on all radio stations to take advantage of the recent provisions of the Ministry of Digital Governance, such as:

  1. declaration of secondary broadcasting positions, according to which private radio stations throughout the territory can use secondary broadcasting positions by submitting a relevant declaration to the general secretariat of Telecommunications and Posts of the Ministry of Digital Governance. It should be noted that from 2025 on, the declarations in question can be submitted every year from October 1st to December 31st.
  2. application for the granting of a secondary frequency for border radio stations, according to which it is possible for radio stations broadcasting in border areas to exceptionally apply for the use of a secondary broadcast frequency if they face problems covering the prefecture they are operating in or due to interference from foreign stations or due to terrain morphology. The application for the use of a secondary frequency is submitted at any time, before the General Secretariat of Telecommunications and Posts of the Ministry of Digital Governance, which checks the content of the application and the relevant supporting documents.

The initiative aims to strengthen the broadcast of the Greek radio program and protect it from interference from foreign stations. Interference from stations in neighboring countries such as Turkey is a problem that has plagued radio stations in critical regions for decades. The issue had also been raised in consecutive meetings that Mr. Kyranakis had with the owners earlier in the year in Evros prefecture, an area where the problem is more pronounced.

The competent deputy minister was committed to finding a solution to the issue and following interventions by the Ministry of Digital Governance, border radio stations now have the possibility to declare secondary broadcast positions, while they can request to be granted a secondary frequency, where this is required. These regulations directly concern the prefectures of Evros and Dodecanese, where the problems are more intense, as well as all the border areas.

As long as the new forecasts are utilized, it is expected that the transmission of the program of critical radio stations will be significantly enhanced. “We stand by the Greek radio stations and continue the effort for the seamless transmission of the Greek radio program throughout the country,” Mr. Kyranakis says in his letter, emphasizing that the goal of the state is the optimal radio coverage of the entire Greek territory.