The evolution of the mass media is very interesting subject of study that presents variations according to different circumstances. One of these is the place where this evolution takes place. Because media as institutions are part of society, are influenced from any particular characteristic that each society has. In the case of Greece, it"s really interesting to see how the evolution of a medium like radio, has been affected by the particular characteristics of Greek society and more specifically by Greek politics. The particularity of the Greek case, as Papathanassopoulos points up, is that the Greek state is hyper centralized...
law there is not a specific number of frequencies available for every district. According to the article 2?é?º4 of the new law the licenses are given after a proposal of a newly formed "Commission of Local Radio" to Greek citizens.

However no more than one license is granted to the same person. According to the constitution there are two types of licenses, the first one is only for professional profit seeking enterprise use and the second one is amateur non-profit. The stations which have the second type of licenses can transmit only recreational and educational programs and not advertisements.