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Radio S, in Zvecan, Kosovo, closed for operating without a licence
PRISTINA 14 August 2000
PRISTINA, 14 August 2000 - The Temporary Media Commissioner in Kosovo issued on 12 August 2000 an Order to Cease and Desist Illegal Radio Broadcasting addressed to the Serb-language radio station Radio S, which violated the Broadcast Media Regulation by operating without a licence.
Radio S failed to comply with the order and was closed by United Nations Mission in Kosovo Police on Saturday, 13 August 2000.
Radio S, based in Zvecan, submitted an incomplete licence application form to the Office of the Temporary Media Commissioner. The Commissioner opened a two-week window of opportunity, between 22 June and 5 July, to enable local radio and television operators, who had previously submitted incomplete application forms for broadcast licences, to re-submit their applications. New applications were also accepted during this period.
A total of 77 completed radio and television applications were received by the deadline, including 18 new ones. All these are now being assessed by the Temporary Media Commissioner. Those who did not apply for a licence or who, once again, submitted incomplete applications, such as Radio S, will not be considered for a licence to broadcast.
For information, contact Roland Bless, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Tel: (+381-38) 500-162 or sat phone: 871-762-009-948 ext. 260 / mobile: (+389-70) 250-576 / email: press@omik.org; website: //www.osce.org/kosovo/
Radio S failed to comply with the order and was closed by United Nations Mission in Kosovo Police on Saturday, 13 August 2000.
Radio S, based in Zvecan, submitted an incomplete licence application form to the Office of the Temporary Media Commissioner. The Commissioner opened a two-week window of opportunity, between 22 June and 5 July, to enable local radio and television operators, who had previously submitted incomplete application forms for broadcast licences, to re-submit their applications. New applications were also accepted during this period.
A total of 77 completed radio and television applications were received by the deadline, including 18 new ones. All these are now being assessed by the Temporary Media Commissioner. Those who did not apply for a licence or who, once again, submitted incomplete applications, such as Radio S, will not be considered for a licence to broadcast.
For information, contact Roland Bless, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Tel: (+381-38) 500-162 or sat phone: 871-762-009-948 ext. 260 / mobile: (+389-70) 250-576 / email: press@omik.org; website: //www.osce.org/kosovo/