Independent Community Radio Network (ICRN)

The Independent Community Radio Network (ICRN) connects and supports like-minded community radios with the shared goal of establishing a more sustainable and long-term future for the field of independent radio. Their activities respond to common values that focus on building local and trans-local communities; maintaining independence and cooperation as a tool for empowerment. ICRN make their activity public to break competitiveness in creative media practice; to encourage cross-influencing and to support the professional development of others within independent media.

ICRN was co-founded by community radios from the Baltic-Nordic region in 2022, and has expanded its reach internationally through involvement in festivals, talks, co-broadcasts and events. The network have collaborated with many established independent media actors across Europe including Resonance FM (UK), NTS Manchester (UK), Le Guess Who? Festival, and Reset! Network (BE). In 2024, the network became a registered non-profit organisation in Lithuania, and became recipient of Long-Term Networking support from Nordic Culture Point in the same year.