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 RADIO
BOOM 93
"Radio Broadcast Equipment". Radio Boom 93, die Station in Milosevics
Geburtsstadt Pozarevac, steckt in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten für ihren Neubeginn. Von
Ende 1996, als die StudentInnen auf Serbiens Strassen protestierten, bis Mitte 1997 war
der Sender vom Regime abgestellt worden. Jetzt sendet die unabhängige Stimme aus
Pozarevac wieder und hat damit begonnen, für das Netzwerk der unabhängigen
elektronischen Medien ANEM eine Serie von Beiträgen über das Leben der Roma und Sinti in
der Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien zu produzieren. Es fehlt aber an nötiger Technik. Boom 93
hofft, mit der Unterstützung der Medienhilfe Ex-Jugoslawien die technische Qualität der
Produktionen zu verbessern.
Radio Boom 93 is located in Pozarevac, 80km on south-east from Belgrade, in town famous
as the birth place of president Milosevic (although it could be famous for something much
better). Radio Boom 93 Broadcasts its program on frequency 93,4 MHz FM STEREO with
transmitter power of 300 W. Favourable geographic configuration allows it to be listened
to even in the nearby towns in central Serbia, so that there are about 300,000 potential
listeners.
The crazy idea, opening a private independent radio station, was created in the spring of
1992. It all started after a friendly discussion of two students of Radio Production from
the University of Drama in Belgrade - Milorad Tadic, present general manager of radio and
Marko Gligoric, present editor-in-chief. It`s basic motto was: " When other people
can do it, we can do it far better ". Few months later, on September 5th, the first
signal was broadcast.
Radio Boom 93 has chosen for itself the term urban radio, trying to point out its
difference towards both commercial and local radio stations, whose programs by the
traditional forms, thematic orientation and the way of leading and organizing are even
more turned to rural or "newcityish", and the least city population. It could,
naturally, be directly seen through music programs, which are the best sign of realizing
the fact of one radio station being turned to a specific cultural model, but also in all
other means of expression of a radio program: speech, the use of sound, noise and even
using the silence (which is panically avoided by local radio stations, thus usually
leading to never ending-stories...). It can also be noted through broadcasts whose type or
genre could hardly be measured by common measures and standards.
The policy of our radio is based on Universal declaration on Human Rights of UN. Boom 93
was offering to its listeners only the best quality: specially selected music,
non-censored information, relevant interviews about social and economic themes, sarcastic
humor and urban entertainment. We can compare our program to the program of the Radio B92,
with which we co-operate very closely since the beginning.
It was a real challenge to create a independent media in Pozarevac, in a conservative
surroundings unaccustomed to what we wanted to present. The resistance of the listeners
was evident, because they were completely brain-washed by state media information, so that
the program of RADIO BOOM 93 was accepted with disapproval. It changes gradually and radio
becomes a real alternative radio in comparison to local state media, so that there are
more and more people day in day out who listen to RADIO BOOM 93 and support it, at least
we hope.
We succeeded in extending our temporary permit two more times, and then our independence
began to annoy the authorities and we were forbidden to work any more. Naturally, we
ignored the piece of paper and went on with broadcasting. They are probably afraid of the
public reaction, although it is more probable that we are kept under suspense. We have not
achieved yet the necessary influence, such as media which are supported by the authorities
and which create public opinion. These media are also used by the autorities in order to
discredit as much as possible the independent ones. It is wide-spread opinion that being
independent directly means being a traitor, foreign hireling and so on. We are all
constantly fighting an uphill battle against an incomparably stronger and ruthless
adversary for the attainment of the basic democratic rights - freedom of information. At
the beginning of 1994 we hoped for final legalization of our status, but our application
form was refused at the open competition of the government of the Republic of Serbia, from
some mysterious reasons although our application form was legally satisfying. We don`t
have such illusions any more. At the moment we are trying to consider better terrible
situation in this area, the freedom of media by broadcasting our radio program at least.
RADIO BOOM 93 had not been known only for our`s independent editorial concept, but also
for our fight against the media obscurity in Serbia.
RADIO BOOM 93 does not belong to any party in political way, but it was, at the beginning,
against every warmonger politics, which was, unfortunately, widely-spread all over
ex-Yugoslavia. The idea of BOOM 93 was created at the time of arrival of UNPROFOR in
Croatia. We were optimists, hoping for peace. We started broadcasting when the war in
Bosnia and Hercegovina was spreading. Professional ethics did not allow us to take
anyone`s side, but we were trying to approach and explain tragedy of the war to our
audience, supporting every political solution leading to peace. Unfortunately, those who
should have such opinion failed, and we were treated just like an enemy on the
battlefield.
General manager and editor-in-chief
Milorad Tadic
Contact: phone:
++ 381 12 223 515
++ 381 12 213 201
phone./fax:
++ 381 12 222 515
 E-mail: Boom93@opennet.org //
BOOM 93: http://www.boom93.opennet.org // http://www.boom93.opennet.org/engl.html
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