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===Radio=== |
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Radio B92 was founded in May 1989 in Belgrade as a predominantly youth-oriented station on 92.5 MHz FM. It received financial help from the [[Open Society Foundations]] and the [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.econ.berkeley.edu/~sdellavi/wp/Croatian_paper_11_04_20.pdf|title=Unintended media effects in a conflict environment: Serbian radio and Croatian nationalism|access-date=28 May 2017 |
Radio B92 was founded in May 1989 in Belgrade as a predominantly youth-oriented station on 92.5 MHz FM. It received financial help from the [[Open Society Foundations]] and the [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.econ.berkeley.edu/~sdellavi/wp/Croatian_paper_11_04_20.pdf|title=Unintended media effects in a conflict environment: Serbian radio and Croatian nationalism|access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref> It was briefly closed down by authorities in March 1991.<ref name="Milošević">{{cite book |last1=Milošević |first1=Milan |title=Political Guide to Serbia |date=2000 |publisher=Media Center |isbn=9788682827146 |page=73}}</ref> |
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During the [[Yugoslav Wars]] in the 1990s, RTV B92 was one of the very few sources for news not controlled by the government.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somerville |first1=Keith |title=Radio Propaganda and the Broadcasting of Hatred: Historical Development and Definitions |date=2012 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-28415-0 |page=110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkLPwvWmS_QC&pg=PT115}}</ref> Although the government did everything in its power to prevent RTV B92 from transmitting its programs they failed.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} With the help of Dutch internet provider [[XS4All]], RTV B92 started broadcasting their programs over the internet in 1996. These broadcasts were then also re-transmitted via the [[BBC World Service]] while several local stations on the ground made the programs available throughout [[Serbia]].<ref>History of [http://www.xs4all.nl/overxs4all/geschiedenis/ XS4All] (Dutch), visited 16 June 2012</ref> In 1996 the [[Internationale Medienhilfe]] organisation awarded the title "Radiostation des Jahres" to Radio B92.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/o_nama/nagrade.html|title=Awards for Radio B92|access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref> |
During the [[Yugoslav Wars]] in the 1990s, RTV B92 was one of the very few sources for news not controlled by the government.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somerville |first1=Keith |title=Radio Propaganda and the Broadcasting of Hatred: Historical Development and Definitions |date=2012 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-28415-0 |page=110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkLPwvWmS_QC&pg=PT115}}</ref> Although the government did everything in its power to prevent RTV B92 from transmitting its programs they failed.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} With the help of Dutch internet provider [[XS4All]], RTV B92 started broadcasting their programs over the internet in 1996. These broadcasts were then also re-transmitted via the [[BBC World Service]] while several local stations on the ground made the programs available throughout [[Serbia]].<ref>History of [http://www.xs4all.nl/overxs4all/geschiedenis/ XS4All] (Dutch), visited 16 June 2012</ref> In 1996 the [[Internationale Medienhilfe]] organisation awarded the title "Radiostation des Jahres" to Radio B92.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/o_nama/nagrade.html|title=Awards for Radio B92|access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref> |