RFE/RL changes its tune
New head to guide the former Cold War radio as it pushes into Asia
By Kimberly Ashton
Staff Writer, The Prague Post
February 21st, 2007 issue
New President Jeffrey Gedmin will find himself overseeing a retooled Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) next month, with an increased focus on Iran and a diminished presence in Europe. This month the Prague-based, U.S. Congress–funded station announced it is doubling the time slot of its evening newscast to Iran to one hour. The broadcast is operated by Radio Farda, a Farsi-language offshoot of RFE/RL that began in 1998. Meanwhile, RFE/RL has implemented cutbacks in its European coverage and is scheduled to end its broadcasts to Romania and Macedonia and reduce them to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and parts of former Yugoslavia. In 2004, RFE/RL cut six European-language services: Slovak, Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. RFE/RL now broadcasts to 20 countries in 28 languages, 18 of which address mostly Muslim audiences, according to the station. It broadcasts about 1,000 hours of programming a week from Prague and reaches about 35 million listeners. About 500 people, a third of them Czechs, work in the Prague office.
Full story at :
http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2007/02/21/rfe-rl-changes-its-tune.php
New head to guide the former Cold War radio as it pushes into Asia
By Kimberly Ashton
Staff Writer, The Prague Post
February 21st, 2007 issue
New President Jeffrey Gedmin will find himself overseeing a retooled Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) next month, with an increased focus on Iran and a diminished presence in Europe. This month the Prague-based, U.S. Congress–funded station announced it is doubling the time slot of its evening newscast to Iran to one hour. The broadcast is operated by Radio Farda, a Farsi-language offshoot of RFE/RL that began in 1998. Meanwhile, RFE/RL has implemented cutbacks in its European coverage and is scheduled to end its broadcasts to Romania and Macedonia and reduce them to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and parts of former Yugoslavia. In 2004, RFE/RL cut six European-language services: Slovak, Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. RFE/RL now broadcasts to 20 countries in 28 languages, 18 of which address mostly Muslim audiences, according to the station. It broadcasts about 1,000 hours of programming a week from Prague and reaches about 35 million listeners. About 500 people, a third of them Czechs, work in the Prague office.
Full story at :
http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2007/02/21/rfe-rl-changes-its-tune.php
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