The National Council allowed 16 channels to continue broadcasting on the administrative border with the occupied Crimea

Любезна Катерина
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13:38, 18 June
The National Council allowed 16 channels to continue broadcasting on the administrative border with the occupied Crimea
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The National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has extended the permits for temporary broadcasting in the territories with a special broadcasting regime to 16 TV and radio companies for a year. The following permits were received by: Public Broadcaster, Dom, 1 + 1, Ukraine, ICTV, STB, Rocks Radio, Hit FM, etc.

The regulator made the corresponding decision at its meeting on June 17, the website says.

Permits are granted without competition and without paying an additional fee.

TV channels:

JSC “National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine,” Kyiv:

- “UA: FIRST” - in Volnovakha, Girnyk, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Donetsk region; Bakhmutivka, Komyshuvasi, Pidgorivtsi, Shiroke, Luhansk region; Skadovsk, Chaplinka, Chongar, Kherson region;

- “UA: CULTURE” - in Volnovakha, Girnyk, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Donetsk region; Bakhmutivka, Komyshuvasi, Pidgorivtsi, Shiroke, Luhansk region; Skadovsk, Chaplinka, Chongar, Kherson region;

- “UA: DONBASS” - in Volnovakha, Girnyk, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Pokrovsk, Donetsk region; Bakhmutivka, Bilolutsk, Komyshuvasi, Pidhorivtsi, Starobilskyi district, Shiroke, Luhansk region;

- “UA: CRIMEA”, “UA: KHERSON” - in Skadovsk, Chaplinka, Chongar, Kherson region;

- State Enterprise “Multimedia Platform of Foreign Broadcasting of Ukraine”, Kyiv (“DOM” logo) - in Bakhmutivka, Komyshuvasi, Luhansk region; Skadovsk, Chaplinka, Chongar, Kherson region;

- KP “Pershyi zakhidny” TV and Radio Company", Lviv (logo “PERSHY ZAKHIDNY”), - in  Bakhmutivka, Luhansk region, in Bilovodsk,  Bilolutsk, Zorynivtsi, Markivtsi, Svatovo, Luhansk region;

- LLC “TRK” Ukraine “, in Mariupol, Donetsk region:

- “UKRAINE” - in Volnovakha, Donetsk region;

- “DONBAS” - in Volnovakha, Pokrovsk, Donetsk region;

- TRK “Studio 1 + 1”, Kyiv (logo “1 + 1”), - in Volnovakha, Donetsk region;

- Black Sea Television and Radio Company LLC, Kyiv (logo: “stylized image of the sun on the wave”), - in Chaplinka, Kherson region;

- International Commercial Broadcasting Company (ICTV), Kyiv - in the town of Girnyk, Donetsk region, Chaplinka, Kherson region;

- TV channel “STB”, Kyiv (logo “C- everything is possible!” (Combined) “) - in Girnyk, Donetsk region, Skadovsk, Chaplinka, Chongar, Kherson region.

Radio:

- JSC "National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine", Kyiv:

   - "UKRAINIAN RADIO '' - in Bakhmutivka, Svatovo, Luhansk region; Girnyk, Donetsk region; Chaplinka , Kherson region;

   - RADIO "PROMIN" - in Volnovakha, Donetsk region; in Starobilsk, Shiroke village, Luhansk region;

   - "UKRAINIAN RADIO. PULSE "- in Bakhmutivka, Luhansk region;

- PE Firm "Lamin", Kyiv (call signs "Radio ROX - Ukraine"), - in Henichesk, Kherson region;

- UTAR Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, Kyiv (call signs “KISS FM”), - in Henichesk, Kherson region;

- LLC "TRK" Media Market ", Kyiv (call signs" HIT FM "), - in Henichesk, Kherson region;

- LLC "TRO" Russian Radio - Ukraine ", Kyiv (call signs" Russian Radio - Ukraine "), - in Bakhmutivka, Luhansk region;

- LLC "TRK" Mozhlyvist ", Slovyansk, Donetsk region. (call signs "Radio M") - in Bakhmutivka, Luhansk region;

- LLC "UNA-1", Rivne (call signs "Radio UNA. The first Ukrainian nationalist wave"), - in Girnyk, Donetsk region;

- LLC "TRK Klas", Kyiv (call signs "Perets FM", "Stylnoye"), - in Schastye, Luhansk region;

- LLC "TRK" Radio-Era", Kyiv (call signs" RADIO NV "), - in  Girnyk, Donetsk region, Chaplinka, Chongar, Genichesk district, Kherson region.

What is known

  • The National Council began issuing relevant permits in 2014 due to the need of the population of the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine to have access to Ukrainian TV and radio programs after several towers in the uncontrolled territories of the country were seized by the occupiers.
  • On May 19, the Ministry of Reintegration signed an agreement with the Crimean Tatar children's channel LALE to create and distribute an information product in Crimean Tatar and, if necessary, in other languages for children. The value of the agreement with LALE as a result of the tender amounted to UAH 3 million.