Ten years after WWI and the unification of Greater Romania, the most
\nefficient and popular means of communication was first introduced in Romania:
\nthe radio. On November 1, 1928, the newly founded Romanian Radio Broadcasting
\nCorporation aired its first broadcast. From the very beginning the radio was
\ndescribed as a means of public information, education and entertainment. <\/p>\n
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This
\nyear Radio Romania celebrates 89 years of continuous radio broadcasting.
\nDespite having to constantly adapt its editorial policies, the public radio
\nsurvived each radical change on the political spectrum, from the interwar
\ndemocracy to right-wing dictatorships around the Second World War, and from the
\ncommunist dictatorship to the democracy restored after the anti-communist
\nrevolution of 1989. For years now the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation
\nhas been considered one of the most trustworthy and reputed media institutions
\nin Romania, due to its large number of listeners. <\/p>\n
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Radio Romania addresses all
\ngenerations and caters for all tastes, addressing society as a whole. It
\nconsists of channels with nationwide coverage, Radio Romania News and Current
\nAffairs, Radio Romania Culture, Radio Romania Music and the Village Antenna, as
\nwell as regional and local studios, Internet platforms and a children’s and
\nyouth station. The Romanian public radio has started broadcasting abroad ever
\nsince the 1930s. <\/p>\n
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Today, Radio Romania International tries to keeps both
\ninternational audiences and Romanians living abroad up to date with news from
\nRomania and our traditional values. RRI broadcasts in 11 languages: Arabic,
\nChinese, English, French, German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Russia, Ukrainian
\nand starting this year, Hebrew, as well as in Romanian and the Aromanian
\ndialect. Its target audience virtually includes the entire world, from Alaska
\nto Australia, from Argentina to the Russian Far East. <\/p>\n
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Nearly nine decades since
\nits first broadcast, Radio Romania continues to innovate, to reinvent itself
\nand to adapt to the ever-increasing market competitiveness and legislative
\nchanges. One such change was the recent scrappage of the radio license fee,
\ntraditionally covered by taxpayers, which now means the institution is fully
\nfunded by the state, amidst criticism from the political, civil and
\njournalistic fields over editorial interference. <\/p>\n
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Similarly, other voices from
\noutside or within the institution have over the years signaled controversial
\nmanagerial practices of successive administrations. Thanks to its
\nprofessionals, however, Radio Romania remains the leading media institution in
\nthe country to date. (translated by Vlad Palcu) <\/p>\n
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