Hungary's first gypsy radio to go live

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Hungary's first gypsy radio to go live



Welcome to the EJC Media News Digest of 08 February 2001
 
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Hungary's first gypsy radio to go live
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Hungary's first independent gypsy radio station, called Radio C,
begins broadcasting on Sunday. The new radio's editor-in-chief Gyoergy
Kerenyi hopes it will help to break the isolation of the large gypsy
population and bring about its "emancipation".
 
The radio, based in the capital Budapest, hopes to reach the
100,000-strong gypsy community in and around Budapest. Hungarian
television said Radio C has recruited an initial staff of 40 talented
young Roma, as they are also known. They say they want to make their
community life more "liveable".
 
They offer a range of documentary and informative programmes. One
staff member told the TV: "There is an increasing number of gypsies
who do not want to be a parasite on society. They want to do something
for their prosperity." The radio would also like to break down the
barriers between gypsies and the market place.
 
Radio C has been set up with the help of the European Union's Eastern
European reconstruction fund. The Hungarian Independent Media Centre
and the Roma Press Centre have organised journalist courses for young
Roma people, free of charge. Radio C is only one of several
initiatives by the community to establish its own social and cultural
institutions.
 

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/world/europe/newsid_1155000/1155818.stm
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