Association of Independent Electronic Media

ANEM is a business association of 29 radio and 16 TV stations and over 60 affiliates. ANEM Radio Network has coverage of 45% of territory of Serbia (without Kosovo) and is listened by 60% of population, while ANEM TV Network covers 35% of the same territory and is watched by 50% of the population.

From the outset, ANEM 's overarching aim has been to protect independent media from pressures of the former regime, strengthen through a Network the position of professional broadcast media across Serbia and Montenegro, and thus better serve the information needs of listeners and viewers.

In 1993, a group of stations - Radio B92, Belgrade, Radio Boom 93, Pozarevac, Radio Antena M, Podgorica, Radio Bajina Basta, Radio Smederevo, Radio Kragujevac, and NTV Studio B, Belgrade - founded the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM). The goal was to unite existing isolated media as the first step towards breaking the state-controlled media's monopoly.

ANEM became a legal entity in December 1997. ANEM was registered under Serbian Company law as a business association of three (founding) associate members (Radio B92, Radio Boom 92 and RTV Bajina Basta) and around 30 stations, which became fulltime members in May 2001, at the first Assembly after the change of power.
Around 100 radio and TV stations applied for membership into Association and some of them became affiliate members.

LEGAL HELP
The important part of ANEM activities is the participation of ANEM experts in creation of media laws (Broadcasting law, Public Information Law, Law on Advertising, Freedom of the Information Act). Also, regarding the member stations, ANEM legal service coordinates lawyers from ANEM network and represents the members in courts and bodies based in Belgrade.

TRAINING CENTER
ANEM Training Center began its work in the middle of November 2000. It was formed with the aim to enable education of all staff in electronic media, in the first phase, radio stations. Training Center organizes General course in journalism, Investigative journalism in electronic media, Online journalism and computer assisted reporting, Digital editing, Course for technicians, and Marketing in independent media.

RADIO PRODUCTION
Daily News Service is conceived as phono agency, which provides its users on a daily basis with audio materials. ANEM radio production also cooperates with network of local radio stations from Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

CAMPAIGNS
One of the significant ANEM activities are campaigns which cover wide range of topics: from promoting professional standards in journalism, responsibility and objectivity to promotion of human rights. Two major campaigns are the promotion of the Ethical Code for Broadcasters, initiated by Council of Europe and ANEM and a campaign "For Independent Journalism". Both campaigns are envisaged as educational, having a broader social significance.
According to the research of Strategic Marketing agency, conducted at the beginning of November last year, 1.884.563 viewers on the territory of Serbia (without Kosovo) watched ANEM TV programme.
According to the research of Strategic Marketing agency, conducted in October last year, 1.426.655 listeners on the territory of Serbia (without Kosovo) followed ANEM radio programme.