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Topic 28 of 54: Radio B92 (Belgrad)

Sat, Apr 24, 1999 (16:20) | Alexander Schuth (aschuth)
The voice of the opposition in Serbia.
41 responses total.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 1 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sat, Apr 24, 1999 (16:27) * 3 lines

The voice of opposition has been silenced in Belgrad. The staff works to get something going on. Support B92!

http://www.b92.net/ is very informative on what happens in Serbia. I'll post below stuff sent to me by B92 staff, and will make them aware of this topic here (and http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/InternationalConflicts/all , of course).


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 2 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sat, Apr 24, 1999 (16:28) * 49 lines

Subject: FW: net-aid
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:54:38 +0200

When reality doesn't work anymore, we move to virtual world.

But the pain is real and it stays with us.

Get together in the world where we measure what we are by what we do.

NET-AID FOR YUGOSLAVIA

If you are willing to participate in the Anti-war action hosted by Radio B92
(site on helpb92xs4all.nl), last years winners of MTV Europe's "Free Your
Mind" award, you can contact us on the following adress: sonjab92@xs4all.nl

We will have an Internet event very soon going on - it will be a 24 hour
long concert of the artists that expressed their aim to do something against
advocating the violence as a way to solve political problems.

Our goal is to get together this way, as we can not by other means, and
listen to the music you are playing. This is a message itself.

Thank you.

Keep the fate.
*********
PS

Those of you willing to participate should contact either:

sonjab92@xs4all.nl

or

ambrozic@sezampro.yu,

asap, so that we can check which way is the best to join the action: you can
play live in the recording studio that will be our host, you can send a
message of support or you can send us your specially recorded music. Exact
date will be in your mailbox soon.

Mailing address:

HelpB92
p/a De Balie
Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10
1017 RR
Amsterdam


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 3 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sat, Apr 24, 1999 (16:30) * 359 lines

Subject: FW: WILL THE REAL RADIO B92 PLEASE STAND UP!
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:54:52 +0200

from
http://b92.klari.net/b92/journal/default.asp?rubriek=1&id=337&language=2

News from B92

FROM THE STAFF OF THE REAL B92!

WILL THE REAL RADIO B92 PLEASE STAND UP!

BELGRADE, April 13, 1999 -- The new
management of Radio B92, headed by the
self-styled manager, Aleksandar Nikacevic,
seized control of Radio B92 from the hands of
its staff on April 2, 1999, with no legal
grounds to do so. Radio B92 is a socially
owned company. Under Serbian law this means
that the employees of the company are
responsible for hiring and firing senior
management. The new management was appointed
by the Belgrade Youth Council, which claims
that Radio B92 is its subsidiary.

Ten days earlier, on March 24, the Yugoslav
Telecommunications Ministry banned Radio B92,
seizing essential transmission equipment to
prevent the resumption of broadcasts. To
justify this, the Ministry alleged that B92
had exceeded its maximum permitted
transmission power of 300 W. In fact B92 had
been broadcasting at between 190 and 220 W.
It appears that the ban on transmission does
not apply to the usurping management. On
April 12, that management began broadcasting
from the B92 transmitter on 92.5 MHz, using
the "B92" call signal.

The transmission power is approximately 1,000 W.

Why did a group of war profiteers close to
government circles get the green light to
seize Radio B92 as a trophy of war? The
reason most often cited is a letter from B92
Editor-in-Chief Veran Matic. The letter,
which was published in the New York Times and
Le Monde, protested against NATO's military
intervention in Yugoslavia. It also
criticised the Milosevic government.

Radio B92 has been familiar to Belgraders for
almost a decade. In the past three years it
has become known worldwide as a champion of
democracy and free speech in Serbia. All the
staff of this Belgrade broadcaster have
expressed the strongest opposition to the
usurping management. No staff member has or
will cooperate in any way with them, nor will
they collaborate in ruining the reputation it
has taken them a decade to build. The team of
the only legitimate Radio B92 emphasises that
it has no connection with the program which
began broadcasting yesterday on the 92.5 MHz
frequency in Belgrade.

Radio B92 has traditionally been a
rallying-point for the Belgrade public. Under
normal circumstances we would call on that
public to defend the radio they trust, the
radio which rates Number One in Belgrade.
However, thanks to the war and the critical
situation in the country, the closure and
takeover of the station have gone unreported
in most media. In these circumstances the
Radio B92 team is restricted to seeking
redress through the courts for the
unscrupulous takeover of the station and the
destruction of the name and image of Radio
B92, both within Yugoslavia and abroad.

The legal procedures so far begun include an
appeal against the court decision appointing
Aleksandar Nikacevic manager of Radio B92.
Charges have also been pressed against
Nikacevic and the Belgrade Youth Council
director, Vlada Zagradjanin, for unlawful
seizure of the Belgrade premises and
equipment of ANEM, the Association of
Independent Electronic Media in Yugoslavia.
ANEM, of which Radio B92 is a founding
member, is a totally separate business entity
from B92 and its takeover is not supported by
even the putative court decision invoked in
the case of B92.

The staff of B92 will also demand the
revocation of new company documents
registered by the courts and used to
facilitate the takeover of the station. These
documents were lodged by a person not
authorised to do so.

The staff of Radio B92 assert that the state
of war must not mean anarchy. On the
contrary, it should result in the strictest
respect for the law. Since the moment they
first charged in and took control of our
studios by force, the usurpers have taken one
illegal step after another.

The staff of Radio B92 are compelled to
acknowledge that force is on the side of the
usurping management. They emphasise, however,
that law and justice are not.

This is the third time in its ten-year
history that our station has been banned. We
shall endeavour to preserve the Radio B92
team and to begin a number of projects. These
will clearly prove that the Radio B92 known to
the world before this forced takeover still
exists. The B92 staff have managed to
preserve the station's web site under their
control. This will not be updated until the
radio is returned to its staff.

The most radical manifestation so far of
Serbia's Draconian repression of its
independent media was the murder, just two
days ago, of Slavko Curuvija, the owner and
editor-in-chief of the independent daily
Dnevni telegraf and the fortnightly
Evropljanin. This appalling crime has made it
almost impossible to guarantee safety and
normal working conditions for independent
media and journalists.

In addition to the enemy within, a new enemy
without has appeared. Friendly mentions of
independent media in Yugoslavia by
politicians from NATO countries have been
interpreted in this country as calls for the
lynching of staff from those media. Radio B92
has been by far the most prominent target for
such attacks.

The primary aim of B92's leadership is now to
protect all staff members from blackmail,
arrest, satanisation and libellous
accusations of espionage and fifth columnism.
All of this in a country now debating the
reintroduction of the death penalty.

While the NATO bombing continues, it is
practically impossible to establish any
serious action which would return Radio B92
to its staff. There is no institution in the
country which could help in these conditions.
The team built up over ten years is now held
hostage to circumstances. Offices and
telephones are hard to come by, there is no
gasoline, communication systems are breaking
down. The leaders of the B92 team are under
constant surveillance. All this has reduced
their ability to take action.

Despite these difficulties, B92 will
endeavour to maintain the continuity of its
work. We expect to soon accommodate the
laid-off team in new premises. In the
meantime B92 will launch an action to support
the 45 full-time employees and some thirty
part-time staff. Project Free B92, launched
by Help B92, will play an important role in
this.

We call on international organisations,
media, and other friendly parties to express
their solidarity with Project Free B92 and
assist us in establishing a new
infrastructure for our activities. This would
enable us to organise a number of projects to
promote freedom of speech and expression and
to be ready to resume work the moment the
military intervention in Yugoslavia comes to
an end.

The Real B92 staff

-----

from http://helpB92.xs4all.nl/helpb92.html

What is HelpB92?

HelpB92 was established at 5:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, March 24, 1999.

Radio B92 from Belgrade is the only
significant electronic media in Serbia that
remained truly independent, both from the
regime and from the opposition. Though a
local station, with limited range - covering
only the centre of Belgrade - the station
became the informative, cultural and
democratic centre of Belgrade and Serbia. Its
programs are original, inventive and of a
consistently antiwar, anti-nationalistic
flavour.

Representatives from a number of
organizations came together in Amsterdam's
cultural/political center De Balie to talk
about emergency plans in case B92 were to be
taken off the air. An office was immediately
set up in the attic of the Balie in the heart
of Amsterdam with computers and a small audio
studio. At the moment about 10 people are
busy writing texts, translating them and
putting them in HTML.

Everything has been made ready for the
provision of (minimal) alternative news
service at the moment that B92's journalists
are no longer able to continue regular news
service via the Web site.

Who are HelpB92?

The founders are B92 (Belgrade), De Balie
(Amsterdam), De Digitale Stad (Amsterdam),
Next 5 Minutes (Amsterdam), Press Now
(Amsterdam), Radioqualia (Australia), De
Waag/Society for Old and New Media
(Amsterdam) and XS4ALL (Amsterdam).

We welcome other organizations' support of
this initiative. Send a short description of
your organization, an URL and a small logo to
helpb92@xs4all.nl to be added to this list.

Information about the supporting organizations:

B92

For more information about B92 see
http://helpb92.xs4all.nl/infob92e.htm

De Balie

De Balie is a cultural-political center in
the heart of Amsterdam. De Balie has a large
cafe and three auditoriums where public
events are held almost daily. These include
discussions, debates, underground film
screenings, multi-day festivals and readings.
URL: http://www.balie.nl

De Digitale Stad

De Digitale Stad (The Digital City) is a
public meeting space on the Internet. With
almost 90,000 residents, it is one of the
most successful digital communities in the
world.
URL: http://www.dds.nl

Next 5 Minutes

The Next 5 Minutes is an international
tactical media festival held every three
years in Amsterdam. The first edition, in
1993, was devoted to video activism. The
second, in 1996, was devoted to the growth of
the Internet as an alternative means of
distribution of critical information and new
art forms. The third took place March 12-14
of this year. Important themes during the
festival were the rise of non-governmental
organizations and the counter-strategies of
multinationals against Net activism.
URL: http://www.n5m.org

Press Now

Press Now is an organization that supports
the independent media in Southeastern Europe.
It was founded in 1994 by journalists, writers
and media experts from that region and the
Netherlands.
URL: http://www.dds.nl/~pressnow

Radioqualia (Australia)

Radioqualia is an organization that
researches experimental online broadcasts,
mixed with traditional broadcast techniques.
Radioqualia is Adam Hyde en Honor Harger.
URL: http://radioqualia.va.com.au

De Waag (Society for Old and New Media)

De Waag is an institute for research and
development in the social uses of
communications technologies. It holds events
and produces projects relating to political,
artistic and other cultural aspects of new
media.
URL: http://www.waag.org

XS4ALL

XS4ALL was the first Internet Provider for
individuals in The Netherlands. Founded in
1993, XS4ALL now has over 60.000 customers
and ranks as the 3d ISP in the Netherlands.
XS4ALL is best known for its public actions
in a wide range of internet-issues, varying
from privacy and cryptography to a fear
stance against wiretapping by state & police.
URL: http://www.xs4all.nl

Public Netbase (Vienna)

Public Netbase is an Austrian Internet
content provider, media lab, public access
space and organizer of many events,
conferences and performances that deal with
the new media, and its cultural, artistic,
and political implications. Public Netbase
brings together experimental technology,
artistic practice and critical discourses.
URL: http://www.t0.or.at. Contactperson for
the Vienna B92 support campaign: Micz Flor
(e-mail: micz@t0.or.at).

Their special links:

Meinungsforum / Opinion Forum [Kosovo Konflikt]
http://www.yourserver.co.uk/threadder/messages/3.htm

Anonymous mailinglist
http://www.t0.or.at/~micz/a/


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 4 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, May  6, 1999 (13:14) * 159 lines

PRESS RELEASE

FreeB92 - presents NetAid

Global 24-Hour Peace Netcast in aid of Radio B92,
Yugoslavia

When reality fails us, we move to the virtual world.
But pain is real and it stays with us.

A few hours before the beginning of NATO air strikes
on Yugoslavia, Serbian government shut down the
independent Radio B92 from Belgrade. A few days later
it was completely taken over by the
government-appointed new management on grounds of an
illegal court verdict reinforced by brutal police
force. No B92 staff agreed to ally with the new
management.

For 10 years Radio B92 has been the vital voice of
opposition in Serbia. By using the common language of
advanced popular music and culture along with
professional journalism, it stood against ethnic
hatred, violence and war. We have promoted human
rights, freedom of expression and speech, respect of
minorities and differences. We have played house,
techno, drum'n'bass, jazz, hip hop, alternative rock.
For our continuous struggle and commitment, we have
won world-wide acclaim, including MTV's Free Your Mind
award in November 1998.

On 15 May, Radio B92 will have a 24-hour internet
broadcast - NetAid - dedicated to the 10th anniversary
of Radio B92 with participation of numerous artists
from all over the world (see list bellow), HelpB92
group (Amsterdam), friends of B92, and technical
support of Kunstradio (Vienna) and Radio Qualia
(Australia). The broadcast will take place at 'Free
B92' web site, with the basic idea to show solidarity
and support B92 team which continue to keep the faith
and defend the free spirit of B92 in spite of war,
government repression and the latest ban on the radio
station.

Free B92 is a website founded by the Help B92
coalition. Free B92 website is made and maintained by
the crew of journalists and associates of B92 projects
that are currently situated in different parts of the
world. Free B92 will primarily focus on the status of
independent media in Yugoslavia, providing
information on that situation to the international
audience, along with diferrent art or music actions,
like NetAid.

NetAid will take place at the following URL:

www.freeb92.net

as well as at:

www.helpb92.xs4all.nl.
www.b92.net

The artistic concept behind this project is to unite
different musicians, artists, producers and DJs around
the struggle for the freedom of expression. Get
together in the virtual world as creation is the only
possible answer to destruction. This event is
announcing the age when artists will be able to react
to the horrors of our time directly from their
studios, bedrooms or clubs. The message is out there
for the world to listen.

Join in Radio B92's 24-hour global music peace
netcast. Play a song or DJ live in our designated
studio (in Vienna), dedicate a track or a DJ mix, or
simply send a message to voice your opposition to the
use of violence as a means to solve political
problems. Join to send a birthday card for banned
Radio B92's 10th anniversary!

CDs, MDs, DATs and other music materials for this
event can be sent to:

ORF - KUNSTRADIO
ATTN. NET-AID
ARGENTINIER STR. 30A
A-1040 WIEN
AUSTRIA
(Please, enclose a short biography/info)

Voice mailbox for birthday greetings and messages of
support: +31 20 4216439

For further information please contact Gordan or Sonja

of the FreeB92 team:

Gordan Paunovic
Tel. +431 504 3110

Technical support (FTP, encoding) -
Adam Hyde (Radio Qualia)

Artists confirmed for 15 May NetAid so far:

DJ John Acquaviva (Definitive/Plus 8) Canada
DJ Miles Holloway (Paper Recordings) England
Disko B family (Hell, Naughty etc) Germany
DJ Charlie Hall (Vic Music) England
DJ Fred Giteau (ex-POF Records) France
DJ Mark Allen (Quirk) London
DJ Blim (Emotif) England
Davide Squillace (Cloned Vinyl) Italy
Amptek (Eclectic) Italy

Sonic Youth, USA
Mike Watt (ex-Minutemen, ex-Firehose) USA
EC8RO (Digital Hardcore Recordings) Germany
Syd Griffin (Cole Porters, ex-Long Ryders) USA
Boiled In Lead, USA (Balkan-music influenced band)
Anastasia, Macedonia (see OST for "Before The Rain")
Comma, USA
Big Sky, USA

Xchange network live stream

Live stream from Belgrade:

DJ Vlada Janjic (B92)
DJ Boza Podunavac (B92)
Teenage Techno Punks

B92 birthday concert (Belgrade):
Darkwood Dub
Kanda Kodza i Nebojsa
Neocekivana sila...
Jarboli

Other Voices (Echoes From a War Zone), sound piece
Gordan Paunovic (B92) Kunstradio production

and many more.

Vienna on-site line-up will be confirmed soon. Some
parts of NetAid will be broadcast on FM4 (Vienna).
Check our home page for more details soon.

NetAid events will be organized every month until B92
is back on air. Stay net-tuned!

Keep the faith!

FreeB92 team.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 5 of 41: wer  (KitchenManager) * Fri, May  7, 1999 (01:44) * 0 lines


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 6 of 41: wer  (KitchenManager) * Fri, May  7, 1999 (01:45) * 6 lines

Why don't you line one up for the Spring, Alexander?
I can also make the InternationalConflicts conference
resemble the B92 site, if you'd like...

(sorry I haven't responded to you much lately...
this job/no job thing is keeping me tied up...)


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 7 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Fri, May  7, 1999 (03:52) * 1 lines

(Send me an invitation to B92 staff to join the Spring, and I'll forward it. Belgrad itself is hard, as they sleep by day, hide by night, and then there are the power outages.)


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 8 of 41: wer  (KitchenManager) * Fri, May  7, 1999 (04:30) * 1 lines

hmmm...let me get some sleep, and I'll write you one up...


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 9 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Fri, May 14, 1999 (18:05) * 3 lines

Sleepyhead! Never did! Never mind, but tomorrow is the big 24h-Netaid event!!

Tell more people, this will be great!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 10 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Fri, May 14, 1999 (18:49) * 149 lines

The Program, fresh off my mailbox. NetAid runs NOW! Some house-set they play right now... Time is Central European Summer Time, now it is: 00:37 on May 15th

As we listen, Belgrad radio B92 celebrates it tenth birthday - and is banned for the first time. Support Free B92 !

*************************************

NetAidShowTime is subject to sudden changes.
NetAid doesn't believe in the power of clock.

00.00

le boum de luxe FM4 netaid special dj abraxas, dj electric indigo, hans wu, gordan paunovic no more bombs - rockin' house mix by dj charlie hall live ORF - FM 4 studios vienna

05.00

relaxation - vlada janjic (B92)
dj set

06.10

BPM - boza podunavac (B92)
dj set

07.20

re-evolution in peace - fred giteau
dj set

09.20

word processing - comma
text based improvisation performed as a plea for peace in kosovo

09.30

breakfast music - steve shelley (sonic youth)
dj set

10.15

she - boiled in lead
an original song by adam stemple to rhythms learned from balkan music.
recorded live march 17 1995 in minneapolis

10.20

big sky
siberia

10.30

obozavam te - les masochats
psy trance paris - belgrade project for peace in balkans

11.20

slaga se sl'nce da zajde/the sun ascends to go down - anastasia
recorded february 1999, skopje macedonia

11.30

corrosion
belgrade

12.00

xchange - tetsuo kogawa, borut savski and r a d i o q u a l i a
live japan ljubljana vienna

13.00

john acquaviva
dj set - house

14.50

paper recordings presents miles holloway
dj set - deep house

16.00

peaceful mix for B92 - charlie hall
dj set - electro

17.00

my first - dj blim
dj set - drum'n'bass

18.00

colin favor and brenda russell
dj set - techno

19.30

other voices: echoes from a war zone
gordan paunovic - kunst radio production

20.30

b92 birthday concert
darkwood dub
kanda kodza i nebojsa
jarboli
neocekivana sila koja se iznenada pojavljuje i resava stvar
13 may 1999, secret location - belgrade

22.30

sonic youth concert
paris, spring 1999

23.30

mike watt live
live columbia studios los angeles california

plus 24 -hour sounds of B92 original jingles (berlin grand prix),
B92 releases, bombing soundscapes and live war stream from belgrade etc.

NetAid, which will soon develop into a permanent B92 international forum, is to enable artists from around the world to create or dedicate music, radio and sound art that would represent their reaction to the current events in yugoslavia. The main motto of the first NetAid event, scheduled for may 15 (the 10th anniversary of B92), is to protest against violence as a means of solving political conflicts and to raise awareness about independent media workers in yugoslavia in distress.

24-hour NetAid happening wants to bring together musicians, individuals and bands, as well as DJs, sound and radio artists, around the project which would confirm that we are together - at least in the virtual world. NetAid is announcing a new, self-conscious, interactive age. in this event, the musicians will not contribute with money, but with the most precious value of all - creativity - the ultimate denial of destruction. for B92, this project is the extension of a virtual radio, an action opening a n
w field of possibilities. when radio B92 was banned in1996/97, the internet was the tool used to save the station. this is why the news we hear today on the possible internet ban on yugoslavia means that the forces of repression, which are always complementary, have started to take their toll in revoking the freedom of speech, expression and communication.

freeB92 celebrates its 10th birthday on the internet, hoping that it will very soon be back on air and following our motto "24 hours over belgrade, yugoslavia and the world".


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 11 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sat, May 15, 1999 (09:03) * 3 lines

Major error: "As we listen, Belgrad radio B92 celebrates it tenth birthday - and is banned for the ***third*** time." Right, the third time, not the first...

I'm tuned in to this program, and it's really good fun! Special events this evening (CET - afternoonish in Austin) will be the Sonic Youth and Mike Watt concerts.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 12 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sun, May 16, 1999 (11:36) * 60 lines

Huh, just in time for the concerts, my ISP crashed, it seems. Still, it was fun while it lasted. This was mailed to me today:

*From this evening's Wired website:

Belgrade's Radio B92 Is Back
by Laura Martz

5:30 p.m. 14.May.99.PDT
AMSTERDAM --This weekend, Belgrade's old rock-and-roll Radio B92 is back
with a vengeance, but it's on the Web.
Just days after NATO began bombing Belgrade, police commandeered the B92
studio and installed a puppet station manager. The original staff quit,
and now, instead of B92's alternative programming, the state-controlled
station plays Balkan folk music and Serbian state news.

Starting at midnight Friday, Central European Time, 24 hours of music,
live performances, and messages of support for the station will go out
across the world on the Free B92 Web site. B92 DJs will conduct the
NetAid webcast live from a borrowed Austrian state radio studio. The site
will be stored on servers in Amsterdam.

The DJs will be joined by musicians and sound experimenters from around
the world, including Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, who will DJ a set at
9:30 a.m. Saturday, and Mike Watt (late of Firehose), who will close the
broadcast with live music at 11:30 p.m.

"[B92] stands for a cosmopolitan, open way of life. For the time being,
B92 will not be able to gather news. [But] B92 mainly has been radio,
music. They embody a specific rock-and-roll spirit people recognize,"
said Amsterdam media theorist and B92 advocate Geert Lovink.

Adam Hyde, of Australia's online radio station radioqualia, is helping
with the webcast. Hyde said that it is intended to publicize the banning
of independent media in Yugoslavia "and to show solidarity to the many,
many completely isolated and demoralized individuals."

Julia Glyn-Pickett, a former B92 news editor, said that the webcast would
"show there are forces for peace, to show there are people who protest
the use of violence to deal with political problems."

Ex-staffers also hope that the events will kick off a series of monthly
webcasts until the "real" B92 can return to the airwaves. Meanwhile,
staffers have filed a lawsuit to get their station back.

Journalistic accreditation in Yugoslavia is under tight control. When the
reporters left B92, they lost permission to gather news. Currently,
they're using the Free B92 site to direct readers to other news sources
on the Web. "B92's slogan has always been 'Don't trust anyone. Not even
us,'" said Glyn-Pickett. By presenting a range of media takes, "we want
to provoke people to think critically about the information they've got."

Ousted B92 personnel have scattered to cities across Europe, including
Budapest and Amsterdam, said Glyn-Pickett. NATO strikes started while she
was vacationing in the United Kingdom, and she has remained in Western
Europe ever since. But most B92 castaways remain in Belgrade. Many will
be involved with the webcast.

"The thing about Serbia is you never know when the ax will fall and which
is the straw that's going to break the camel's back," Glyn-Pickett said.
"If you think [of the danger], you'll never do anything."


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 13 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (13:32) * 23 lines

From B92 staff - great news!

*******************************************************

THE FREE VOICE OF THE REAL B92 IS BACK

BELGRADE, August 2, 1999 - Four months after the illegal government seizure of the premises and frequency of the award-winning independent Belgrade Radio B 92, the station's staff resumed newscasts at 08.00 CET on Monday August 2, under the name of B2-92.

Radio B92 was banned by Yugoslav telecommunications authorities on March 24, but continued to broadcast via the Internet and the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) Radio and Television Networks until its premises were forcefully occupied by a government appointee on April 2.

The B2-92 news program is produced by the real team of Radio B92, all of whom refused to work for the new government management currently using the B92 name and frequency, and is broadcast on the third frequency 99.1 FM of the Belgrade
municipal station Studio B. The editorial independence of Radio B2-92 is guaranteed in a contract between ANEM, of which the real B92 is a founding member, and Studio B.

The B2-92 program, which is on air from 08.00 am to 20.00 CET seven days a week, has the familiar B92 mix of professional news, cosmopolitan music and culture features. A complete program schedule is available on B2-92’s
web site:

http://www.freeb92.net

The B2-92 program is part of a broader campaign to restore Radio B92 to its listeners and its rightful owners - its staff. The campaign will involve various public actions in Belgrade, cyberspace and abroad, which will be publicised on the B2-92 program and on the station’s web site (address as above).

B2-92 will shortly restore Real Audio web casts of its programs on its Internet site, as well as its Internet news bulletins in Serbian and in English. Listeners of the real B92 outside Belgrade will also soon be able to receive B2-92 news programming via their local stations in the ANEM Radio and Television Networks.

The real B92 team would like to thank the many people who have supported and helped us during this difficult time, all of our listeners, and in particular our partners in ANEM. We hope you will stay tuned to our struggle to regain control of our B92 name and frequency, and to free all other media that have experienced similar censorship and repression.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 14 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (14:16) * 1 lines

Alexander, this is tremendous news. Are they available on short wave yet?


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 15 of 41: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Aug  5, 1999 (20:54) * 1 lines

Great news! Let us know when they throw the switch.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 16 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Fri, Aug  6, 1999 (15:53) * 3 lines

Check their website - plus NetAid is on via the web every 15. of the month!

I'll post anything they sent me, so stay tuned.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 17 of 41: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Aug  7, 1999 (17:13) * 1 lines

we usually do!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 18 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (09:19) * 16 lines

From: "Dragan"

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 13:37:22 +0200

hope you're all well

my computer completely crashed,
and i wasn't able to reach you earlier,
but net aid 4 is going on right now...

check www.freeb92.net/netaid

thank you

dragan


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 19 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sun, Aug 15, 1999 (09:20) * 1 lines

So please visit http://www.freeb92.net/netaid and enjoy!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 20 of 41: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Aug 23, 1999 (15:31) * 2 lines

Will do, Alexander. Where have you been besides working feverishly on your
next issue of SUPERSTAR?!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 21 of 41: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Tue, Aug 24, 1999 (13:22) * 3 lines

Doing just that! Plus had this event in Cologne, one of our "meet your superstar" festivals... Plus prepare the next "meet your superstar" night for September in Berlin...

We're behind production schedule, so that explains some, huh?


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 22 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Aug 24, 1999 (15:05) * 1 lines

That explains it all, and the reason I have held off the email urge. but I will send a short one soon to catch you up on things. It is *So* good to have you back posting your acerbic comments...I missed you!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 23 of 41: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug 26, 1999 (21:50) * 2 lines

...and continue to miss you. It is like talking to myself on Spring
lately...*sniff*


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 24 of 41: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Jan 18, 2000 (06:33) * 6 lines

B2-92 is still working towards democracy in Yugoslavia. Anybody interested in the situation there should subscribe to their daily and very concise newsletter, from which

http://206.97.234.70/yapp-bin/restricted/respond/InternationalConflicts/11 or
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/respond/InternationalConflicts/11

is a sample featuring news about one of the most publicized figures in current Balcan affairs...


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 25 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Jan 18, 2000 (13:58) * 1 lines

I shall do so (subscribe)...I already get information from ARRL for Radio and from The Honolulu afternoon newspaper for instate information plus earthquake information all emailed to me. Thank you for the URL, Alexander. I shall contribute to this as I find things to post as I also have a Reuters ticker running across my desktop.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 26 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Jan 18, 2000 (14:01) * 4 lines

I think that should be
http://206.97.234.70/yapp-bin/restricted/read/InternationalConflicts/11 or
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/InternationalConflicts/11


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 27 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Jan 19, 2000 (14:20) * 112 lines

I did subscribe and received my first email from them...all about the Trilateral Commission!
Trilateral Commission agrees on expanded Energy for Democracy
BUDVA, Wednesday - Representatives of the international community and the
Serb opposition have agreed to extend the Energy for Democracy project. The
Portuguese ambassador to Yugoslavia, Antonio Tanger Correa, who chaired
today's meeting of the Trilateral Commission in the Montenegrin coastal
resort of Budva, told media that the meeting had given a green light to the
project. The proposal will be discussed by the European Council of Ministers
on Monday. Correa also said that the EU was facing a new challenge because
the Serbian opposition had united, but had united behind the issue of lifting
sanctions against Yugoslavia. This was not a matter for today's meeting to
decide, said the Portuguese ambassador, adding that international
representatives had concluded that the opposition leaders must be taken
seriously on this issue.
The coordinator of the Alliance of Democratic Parties, Zarko Korac said today
that international representatives had displayed good will in proposing that
the suspension of sanctions be discussed by the Council of Ministers on
Monday. Korac said that today's meeting had been told clearly that countries
which formerly opposed the lifting of sanctions were now ready to discuss it
seriously in the light of the Serbian opposition's new unity.
Opposition meets again
BELGRADE, Wednesday - The second meeting of Serbian opposition
representatives this month has been underway at the headquarters of the
Democratic Party of Serbia today. The opposition parties are discussing
further details of the joint strategy and cooperation agreed on at a Serbian
Renewal Movement-hosted meeting on January 10. The president of the
Democratic Party of Serbia, Vojislav Kostunica told representatives that
today's meeting would mean the solidification of the January 10 agreement and
the definition of relationships among the signatories. Kostunica added that
the agreement was a strong basis for unity of all opposition parties for
change in Serbia.
Matic: Montenegrin Mafia killed Arkan
NEW YORK, Wednesday - Underworld boss and paramilitary commander Zeljko
"Arkan" Raznatovic was murdered by Montenegrin Mafia as part of a putsch on
Belgrade, Federal Information Minister Goran Matic told the New York Times
today. Matic denied rumours of the Belgrade regime's involvement in Arkan's
death, saying that he was simply a criminal who had been murdered by the
Montenegrin Mafia, which wanted to take over Belgrade. The minister also
confirmed information published in state media that one of Arkan's attackers
had been seriously wounded and was in a Belgrade hospital. Police are waiting
to interrogate the suspected gunman once he recovers from surgery.
Deputy Montenegrin Prime Minister Novak Kilibarda today put Matic's statement
in the context of current relations between Serbia and Montenegro, telling
Radio B2 92 that it was propaganda for the Serbian electorate. "Goran Matic
is an intelligent man who probably knows what he is doing," said Kilibarda,
adding that such propaganda would keep up support for the authorities while
they prepared for violent moves against Montenegro.
A Federal Foreign Ministry spokesman, Rade Drobac, has also denied
speculation that Yugoslav authorities were involved in Arkan's murder. Drobac
told Associated Press today that Arkan was not a political personality,
adding that the story had been blown up by the West, and the Federal
Government was not interested in it.
One of the gunmen who attacked Arkan in Belgrade's Hotel Intercontinental on
Saturday was wounded in the shootout and is under police guard in Loznica
Hospital, Belgrade daily "Blic" writes today. The unconfirmed report names
the man as Dusan Gavric, 25, from the village of Trbusnica near Loznica.
Gavric is believed to have been a member of Arkan's paramilitary unit and is
also rumoured to have been an operative in the State Security Service. Police
have not yet issued any statement on the murder.
A memorial service for Raznatovic was held in Belgrade's Union House today,
attended by about 2,000 people. He will be buried in Belgrade tomorrow..
Public Prosecutor demands investigation of opposition allegations
BELGRADE, Wednesday - A Belgrade public prosecutor today demanded that
Belgrade police investigate allegations by the Serbian Renewal Movement, the
Alliance for Change and a number of their officials about the murder of
underworld boss Arkan and the theft of transmission equipment from Studio B
Television. The investigation should aim at determining whether the criminal
offence of disseminating false information had been committed.
The opposition statements allege state terrorism, anarchy, and legal and
media terrorism and claim that further acts will follow in an attempt by
state bodies to conceal such acts, said the statement from Public Prosecutor
Milan Petkovic.
Church head hospitalised
BELGRADE, Wednesday - The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch
Pavle, has been hospitalised with influenza. Fonet agency today quotes
sources within the Church as saying that the patriarch had accepted doctors'
advice to rest in hospital in order to speed his recovery. According to the
report he was admitted to the Saint Sava Hospital last Friday.
School out for winter
BELGRADE, Wednesday - The Serbian government has extended the winter school
break for all primary and secondary schools because of the country's current
influenza epidemic. A statement from the government today said the overall
number of newly-reported cases of influenza had dropped, which was an
indicator that the epidemic was weakening. However the number of infected
children is still rising. The winter school term, which was scheduled to
begin next Monday, will now begin on January 31.
Kosovo ceremony postponed
PRISTINA, Wednesday - A swearing-in ceremony for senior officers of the
Kosovo Protection Corps which had been scheduled for today has been postponed
until this Friday. KFOR representatives in Pristina today said that today's
ceremony had been postponed because of administrative issues. The Kosovo
Protection Corps is a civil defence force formed by transformation of the
secessionist Kosovo Liberation Army.
In other news from Kosovo, KFOR reported today that one Serb and one Albanian
had been murdered in the province in the past 24 hours.
World Press Association protests to Serbian president
BELGRADE, Tuesday - The World Press Association has written to Serbian
President Milan Milutinovic expressing serious concern over the sabotage of
Belgrade's Studio B Television. The WPA in its letter reminded Milutinovic
that the state has a duty to ensure that journalists may carry out their
professional duties without fear of violence or intimidation and to protect
the public's right to freedom of information. The organisation also calls on
the Serbian president to ensure that a thorough investigation of the sabotage
is carried out and that those responsible are arrested.
Studio B's signal has been limited to the Belgrade area since a transponder
station on Mount Kosmaj was broken into on Saturday and transmission
equipment stolen. About two million people outside Belgrade are now unable to
receive broadcasts from the station, which is controlled by the Serbian
Renewal Movement.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 28 of 41: Alexander  (aschuth) * Fri, Jan 21, 2000 (15:24) * 1 lines

Good sources they use, too.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 29 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Jan 21, 2000 (17:31) * 1 lines

This free subscription is the best deal going on the Internet. They do not cover the same subjects over and over as I was afraid they might - they are a very credible news organization which does their homework and cites their sources. Thanks for telling us about this great place!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 30 of 41: Alexander  (aschuth) * Sun, Jan 23, 2000 (15:38) * 1 lines

That's just what I said. These people do their work with pride, and I am happy to have been able to get in touch with them and work a little bit with one or two of them. Too bad the thing that triggered this had to be a war, in which my country helped bomb theirs without any limitations.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 31 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Jan 23, 2000 (17:14) * 2 lines

Look what we did to Dresden. You cannot accept the responsibililty for all of the ills of people who just might be territorially related to you. We just are required to not forget so we do not do the same thing again...
B92 is indeed a great resource and I am grateful for their email every morning!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 32 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Mar  6, 2000 (17:58) * 34 lines

Attack on Studio B transmitter

BELGRADE, Monday - Five men in police camouflage uniforms this morning
disabled Studio B Television and Radio B292 transmission equipment in
Belgrade after beating a technician and security guard. The five men gained
access to the equipment after asking to use a telephone. They then tied up
duty technician Mirko Slavkovic and security guard Dragan Lukovic and hit
them repeatedly on the head with gun butts. They then removed essential
transmission equipment before escaping in a police jeep.

The Serbian Internal Affairs Ministry today denied that Serbian police had
been involved, saying that the information was malicious, inaccurate and had
been fabricated by Studio B in the interests of the media campaign against
the police. A statement from the ministry said that police had attended the
scene and were taking steps to solve the crime.

The attack on the transmitter temporarily took Studio B and Radio B2-92 off
the air. Radio B2 92 is now working with improvised equipment.

The Belgrade District Court is expected to rule this evening on charges
brought by police Brigadier-General Branko Djuric against Studio B and its
editor-in-chief. Djuric has alleged that his personal rights were breached by
untrue allegations on a program broadcast by Studio B on February 26. During
the program Djuric was accused of having organised the escape of a truck
driver responsible for a traffic accident in which four Serbian Renewal
Movement officials were killed.

Studio B also received notice today from the Federal Ministry of
Telecommunications demanding that the company pay almost eleven million
dinars in licence fees within eight days. Studio B Director Dragan
Kojadinovic today denied that Studio B owed money for licence fees, saying
that the company had a ten-year frequency licence, although the latest decree
from the federal government did not recognise that.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 33 of 41: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Mar  7, 2000 (10:58) * 1 lines

See, if they do their journalistic work, every suit against them rushes through the courts like water. But their case against the B92-takeover from one year ago... Haven't heard about that in a while.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 34 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Mar  7, 2000 (14:01) * 3 lines

I was curious about that takeover and what had happened since last we have heard. I guess, nothing, or they would have reported it!

Doing a proper journalistic job is the only way to go and law suits become just a minor inconvenience. Good for Radio B-92.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 35 of 41: Alexander  (aschuth) * Wed, Mar  8, 2000 (03:16) * 17 lines

Hmh, and it looks like they got some buddies, too:

FreeB92 News for 03/07/2000

City of Belgrade to pay Studio B fines and fees

BELGRADE, Tuesday - The Belgrade City Assembly, as proprietor of Studio B
Television, will pay fees demanded by the government for frequency licences
and fines imposed under the Public Information Act. Social Democratic Union
President Zarko Korac last night told media that opposition leaders had met
at Studio B's premises with Studio B Director Dragan Kojadinovic. Belgrade
Mayor Vojislav Mihajlovic also attended the meeting. In a statement read
after the three-hour meeting, Mihajlovic demanded that the authorities cease
all forms of terrorism against Studio B, warning that otherwise the
opposition parties would take action to defend the free media in Serbia.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 36 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Mar  8, 2000 (11:08) * 1 lines

That is good news. It is always helpful to have friends in high places =)


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 37 of 41: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, May  4, 2001 (02:18) * 1 lines

B92? Going strong still?


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 38 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 19, 2001 (17:07) * 4 lines

Where IS Alexander? My email is not returned but is not answered, either. Lots of us miss him and his pithy comments and often surprisingly gentle sentiments.
just as we miss John Burnett and of course the other guy who has gone missing.

B97 in Hilo is ok and John Burnett holds forth every single morning. As he does on KWXX (the latter is heard on the internet) on weekends.


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 39 of 41: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jun 20, 2001 (10:26) * 1 lines

Yep, we miss Alexander!


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 40 of 41: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jun 20, 2001 (10:30) * 1 lines

What time is John Burnet on in the central time zone?


 Topic 28 of 54 [radio]: Radio B92 (Belgrad)
 Response 41 of 41: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Jun 20, 2001 (16:13) * 1 lines

You are 4 hours behind us. So John Burnett comes on live at 6AM here - which is 10AM for you - on weekends and usually runs live for 4-6 hours. It is fun to email him while he plays what he is scheduled to play (most stations use satellite programming into which they insert local sound bites. I am still waiting for his better classic rock program (taped the night before and running 6-9AM Hawaiian time 7 days a week.) I will check with him as to the status of his station's transmitter. They had trouble for ong while getting back online.

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