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Current AffairsCzech Service to be axed as BBC launches Arab-language TV station
Presenters on the BBC Czech Service had the unenviable task of announcing
their own demise this morning. The BBC World Service is about to introduce
sweeping changes to its programming - ten of its language services, mostly
in Central and Eastern Europe, are to be axed in order to finance a new
Arab-language TV station. Among the ten services to go is the Czech
Service, which has been on air since 1939. John Renner is a member of the
World Service Management Board. He told Radio Prague why the changes were
being made:
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Current AffairsTopolanek downplays 'informal' meeting with far-right National Party
Not long after Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolanek threatened a
"night of the long knives" for the civil service if his party
wins the next elections, he now finds himself under the spotlight for
holding talks with a small nationalist grouping. On Tuesday Mr Topolanek
met Petra Edelmannova, the leader of the marginal right-wing National
Party, though he told reporters the talks had no particular goal. But is
there a chance the Civic Democrats could in some way link up with the
National Party in the future?
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Current AffairsCould a news TV channel survive in the Czech Republic?
After the successful launch of the first Czech parliamentary satellite TV
channel last week, one has to wonder when the electronic media in this
country will move on to the next step - a news channel. Is Czech society
ready for such a move, and could an all-news television or radio station
survive in this country?
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Letter from PragueDeath of John Peel sad news for many Czech bands and music fans
I'm sure anybody with an interest in radio will have been saddened this
week at the news that the much-loved British broadcaster John Peel has
died at the age of 65. You wouldn't have to appreciate all the music he
played (and some of it would have been harsh and difficult to most ears)
to recognise that he was an all-time radio great. His humour, humanity and
sheer love of music was apparent in every programme, and for decades he
was
- for people around the world - a symbol of independence and enthusiasm. More
