Basque in Media

First of all, we have to take into account that Basque is a minoritarian lenguage and that this is a clear disadvantage it has to deal with day by day. Due to this, Basque language haven´t the same opportunities as other languages like English do in media.

In spite of that, Basque lenguage does have its presence in media like TV, radio and press.
In the case of the TV it has very few channels that broadcast in Basque and just one broadcasts only in Basque (ETB1).
Anyway we have to remark that this channel is direced to a very limited public. It covers the demand of the youngest and oldest public, but not the youths ones.

In the case of the radio, we met with the same problem. There are a few big radios in Basque, although a lot of small local ones. But on the other hand, we have to say that in the field of music, the young public is the leading one and the one who consumes it the most.

Finally, we must mention Basque press. Basque situation in printed press is delicated nowadays. But so it is in every languages one. In this modern era we are living in, the future of press is in a trouble. So, the work to maintain Basque press alive, the effort made by professionals that work on it is doubled. Nowadays there is only one newspaper just in Basque: Berria. But it is true too that there are others which mix Basque and Spanish language, and a lot of 'herri aldizkariak' that are in Basque.

So, although in comparison with other languages Basques apearance in media is quite limited, it is true that working hard to offer a variety of sources of information in Basque can give us as a result the improvement of a minoritarian language and the persistence of it in media.