29. 03. 2011

Radio Sombor needs help

The Province Secretary Miroslav Vasin in Sombor

Sombor, March 29, 2011. (Dnevnik) - At the meeting held in Sombor Municipality, Miroslav Vasin, Provincial secretary of the Secretariat of Labor, Employment and Gender Equality, urged local self-governments in Zapadna Backa to help the Radio Sombor, one of the oldest local electronic media. The Radio Sombor, one of the rare local radio stations that had been privatized before imposing the moratorium on the transformation of capital in town radio stations, is again owned by the state. The state has disaffirmed the privatization due the the unpaid debts. In addition to that, Radio Sombor ceased airing the program as it had been cut off from the power grid due to unpaid bills.

Apart from the representatives of the City of Sombor and municipalities of Apatin, Kula and Odzaci, this meeting was attended by Ljiljana Sokolova-Djokic, Chairperson of the Zapadni Banat Management District, Anita Beretic, Representative of state capital in the Radio Sombor and Andrija Penzes, the President of the Managing Board of the Radio. At the meeting, support of RTV to their colleagues in Sombor was announced and this support would be through education, exchange of programs and help in planning the program scheme, which would lead to establishing a correspondent office. The Province Secretary announced that a model of financial support to Radio Sombor by the Province had been found.