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Radio & Television STUDIO 99
Radio Studio 99 was founded in December 1991, a few months
before the war broke out, as the firs independent electronic
media in Sarajevo, and in Bosnia-Herzegovina as a whole. The
station played extremely significant role in wartime Sarajevo.
Through the most accessible media (due to siege and shelling,
radio was a primary mean to get information), citizens of
Sarajevo were informed about what was happening in their town and
the county. The programme has been permanently broadcast all
through the war. Thanks to its independent editorial policy and
critical approach towards the political establishment, the
station became one of the most influential media. The programme
is aimed to promote the values of a democratic society and to
oppose the division of Bosnia-Herzegovina in ethnic units by
offering its audience prospective of multi-cultural and
multi-ethnic life. A number of free intellectuals gathered around
the station and organised themselves within an organisation
called "Circle 99". With their as well abroad known
authority, they give additional credibility to Studio 99. In the
beginning of 1995, with the help from UNESCO, Studio 99 started
TV broadcast. TV equipment was afterwards set on fire and the
broadcast was prevented. Fortunately, due to urgent help from the
donor, TV Studio 99 quickly resumed its broadcast. After the war
was finished, the station started changing its programme scheme
an adapting it to another issues. At present, Studio 99 has a few
big and important projects:
1. Studio 99 started developing of the correspondents network
beyond the entity boarders in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as
beyond the borders of new-created states in ex-Yugoslavia region.
The station has regular reports from the spot from Republika
Srpska (correspondent from Banja Luka), so called Herceg-Bosna
(phono service of the Agency STINA), Croatia (correspondent from
Zagreb and phono service of STINA) and FR Yugoslavia
(correspondent from Belgrade).
2. The second project is related to development of cultural and
education programme, i. e. more hours devoted to it, as well as
more diversified and better quality of broadcasts. This is
basically done in two ways: using the video fond of broadcasts
from foreign stations provided by Soros Media centre and UNESCO,
and through development of own production in this field.
3. The third is broadening of the coverage territory. With new
equipment, Studio 99 will soon be able to reach 130km circle
around Sarajevo. People from Studio 99 hope that they will become
more attractive for companies that would like to have
advertisements. This is especially referring to foreign companies
that already have or plan to have some business in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. They would very much appreciate any kind of
support in this field.
Address: Djure Djakovica 41, 71 000 Sarajevo
Tel: + 387 71 664 550; Fax: + 387 71 664 551
E-mail: studio_99@ZAMIR-SA.ztn.apc.org
Contact person: Mr. Adil Kulenovic, Director and Editor-in-chief
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P.O. Box, CH-8031
Zürich, Switzerland