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Censored
June 4
Studio 99, CENSORED
The telephone wires of "Hyde Park," a popular call-in talk show broadcast twice a week by Sarajevo's independent radio station Studio 99, went dead just as listeners attempted to discuss the controversial issue of the existence of two armies in the Muslim-Croat Federation. On June 6, the lines went dead again just before a scheduled debate on plans to send an official Bosnian delegation to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for negotiations on establishing relations with Serbia.
August 12
Free Election Radio Network (FERN), CENSORED
The Bosnian Serb Ministry of Transport and Communications banned the Free Election Radio Network (FERN), sponsored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), from broadcasting its election radio program via the Lisina transmitter, which reaches Banja Luka and surrounding Serb-controlled areas. The ministry said that an "inspection revealed the transmitter was being used without the permission of the respective Republika Srpska ministry." FERN employees told CPJ that they continue to broadcast and that the transmitter in question is protected by IFOR, the peace implementation force, so that media groups may use it. FERN also said that the Bosnian Serb ministry has not proceeded with any further action since FERN ignored the ban.
November 13
Radio Krajina, CENSORED
Bosnian Serb police shut down Radio Krajina, an independent station with close ties to the recently sacked military leader Ratko Mladic, and confiscated the station's transmitter. Radio Krajina was run by Lt. Col. Milovan Milutinovic, formerly Mladic's spokesman. Mladic and other Bosnian Serb army officers were dismissed on Nov. 9 by Republika Srpska President Biljana Plavsic. The radio station began broadcasting in the summer of 1995 and was critical of the Bosnian Serb ruling party and authorities.
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