Hungary - Media Council deals serious blow to broadcasting pluralism

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns yesterday's decision by Hungary's Media Council to strip Klubradio, the country's only national opposition radio station, of its broadcast frequency within a couple of months. In a highly controversial move, Klubradio's frequency was put out to bid and was won by an unknown station calling itself Autoradio. Klubradio, which has had a loyal following of about half a million listeners for the past 10 years, will be able to continue broadcasting until (...)

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