Maoist FM radio to be legalized: Mahara http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=105435 Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, April 3 - The government on Monday said it would bring the five Maoist-run FM radio stations under the jurisdiction of existing broadcasting law. However, the government is not clear who will own the stations used by the Maoists to disseminate their propaganda during wartime. "[They] will be legalized," Minister for Information and Communications Krishna Bahadur Mahara told a delegation from the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ). When asked about the ownership of the Maoist FM stations, he appeared confused. At one point he said, "All the FM stations would belong to the government since the Maoists have now joined the government." When journalists asked him to clarify what he meant by government ownership, Mahara said, "They were owned by the people, and the people will continue to own them. And the government will give them license." Mahara informed the FNJ delegation led by FNJ vice-president Shiva Gaunle that he would give priority to getting a Right to Information Act enacted by the Interim Legislature. During the meeting, Gaunle drew Mahara's attention to a host of problems faced by Nepalese media and journalists. Mahara said that he would study the problems and sit down with the FNJ for discussions. Saying that he would give continuity to existing media policy, he expressed his commitment to respecting and promoting media freedom. On foreign investment in media, he said, "Foreign investment cannot be stopped totally." Posted on: 2007-04-02 21:43:53 (Server Time) http://zlgr.multiply.com (raidio monitoring site plus audio clips ) http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload . on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas -tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs -ethics.htm : greek ethics , days and institutions -frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!! Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html