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Nepal reins in private radio channels
Kathmandu, Feb 5
Nepal's new government has asked all the private radio stations in the country to stop broadcasting anything other than entertainment programmes. The government told the vast network of private radio channels not to broadcast news, views, reports and opinions. The move comes in the wake of King Gyanendra dismissing the Sher Bahadur Deuba government Tuesday, declaring emergency and announcing that "crimes against the nation" committed by the Maoists would be dealt with firmly. It was not immediately clear if the order also covered public announcements. The order will leave a void for thousands of listeners who had grown used to their daily doses of news and discussions on current issues as diverse as whether Nepal should hold beauty pageants to the woes of Nepalese workers seeking jobs abroad at the hands of unscrupulous brokers. However, newly appointed Nepalese Information and Communications Minister Tanka Dhakal has reportedly said communication curbs would be eased soon. Private radio channels blossomed in Nepal after the government opened the sector to private operators including national as well as regional and community-based stations. Shops tuned in to radio stations for the latest news, cruising taxis switched on to the FM stations and, during times of unrest created by the Maoist insurgents, people nationwide tuned into their favourite radio stations to find out if there was a curfew, a transport shutdown, a general closure. Indo-Asian News Service http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/...lnews&id=68744 |
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