A Belgrade radio station that was shut down by the Serbian government Tuesday will continue daily broadcasting via the Internet.
Radio B92, the only independent radio station in Belgrade, will broadcast from its Web site using RealAudio in English and Serbian, said editor in chief Veran Matic.
In the first RealAudio broadcast after Federal Republic of Yugoslavia officials switched the station's transmitters off, an announcer read from a letter by the Yugoslavian Ministry for Transport and Communication claiming that the station did not have a license to broadcast. The station has been broadcasting without an official license for seven years.
In the past week, Radio B92 had problems with interference while broadcasting anti-government demonstrations, leading Radio B92 journalists to believe the transmission jams would result in a final shutdown. Some 100,000 people have taken to the streets of Belgrade in the past two weeks demanding the overthrow of Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic after ruling Socialists canceled local elections.
"We please urge you all to use the Internet as much as possible and to keep in contact with Radio B92," the announcer said at the end of the RealAudio broadcast Tuesday.
