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Radio 101.2 was a radio station in the
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
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Minsk
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. In 1995 and 1996 the radio station, which is at the frequency 101.2, was broadcasting news and was not affiliated with the
national government. The editorial staff was assembled mostly by hiring the journalists of the closed station be, Беларуская маладзёжная.
Soros Foundation
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helped to buy the equipment for newly started radio in 1995. The station was closed on formally technical reasons and was transferred over to the
Belarusian Republican Youth Union
The Belarusian Republican Youth Union ( be, Беларускі рэспубліканскі саюз моладзі, Bielaruski respublikanski sajuz moladzi (БРСМ), russian: Белорусский республиканский союз мо ...
, who still uses the radio today. The government has claimed that the station, and its frequency, was interfering with the radio communications of the Minsk police force. Independent groups claimed that this was another method by the government of
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...
to suppress the
freedom of the press inside Belarus.
The technical problems that were claimed to be the reason to close the broadcast never happened again. On July 9, 1997, Lukashenko authorized giving 101.2 frequency to the state-controlled Radio Style.
Broadcast
Radio 101.2 was commercially successful, it had a wide audience and attracted big sponsors. Its analytical programmes criticized the authorities, the news blocks published information about the demonstrations, names of the detained. However, the media strived to be objective, it published governmental releases and invited the state officials to comment the actual issues.
Reception
Music journalist Źmicier Padbiareski said in 2000 that the example of Radio 101.2 showed the public that the Belarusian can be profitable, since “the matter is in the quality of music and professionalism of
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Many experts described Radio as the only independent broadcast in Belarus of that time.
When the news about closure came out, the listeners brought flowers to the Radio’s office and cars honked around all Minsk as a sign of support. Its closure marked the beginning of a crackdown on the media in the country.
See also
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Autoradio (Belarus)
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15 гадоў таму ўпершыню выйшла ў эфір Радыё 101.2
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