{"id":47802,"date":"2021-02-16T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47802"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:00:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:00:45","slug":"klubradio-hungarian-independent-talk-radio-station-leaves-the-airwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/klubradio-hungarian-independent-talk-radio-station-leaves-the-airwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3: Hungarian independent talk radio station leaves the airwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bal\u00e1zs Kov\u00e1cs, who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

As it was first announced last September<\/a> as a possibility now happens: (one of?) the last major independent talk radio station in Hungary, the Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 is forced off the air (92.9 MHz, Budapest region) from Monday (they will continue online).<\/p>\n

“With the silencing of Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3, it\u2019s not just my morning commute that will suffer. Europe will have failed to stand up for its most fundamental values.”<\/strong>
\nA detailed article about the situation at the Independent from a former member of the governing party:
\nhttps:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/eu-hungary-media-viktor-orban-b1799214.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“There is a huge propaganda balloon built up by the government and Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 was a little hole, a little piece of truth where the air could escape, so they had to close this little hole in the balloon and so they can construct their own propaganda world which does not reflect the realities of Hungary.”<\/strong>
\nThe latest news in a shorter form at the CNN:
\nhttps:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/09\/europe\/hungary-klubradio-ruling-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“Finally, Ms. Karas says that Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 still has a chance to be on air in case of a successful tender, but then right after this, she symbolically pulled the plug out of the transmitting equipment.”<\/strong>
\nLatest news release in response to the state from the radio:
\nhttps:\/\/www.klubradio.hu\/adasok\/klubradio-news-release-116227<\/a><\/p>\n

with best regards,
\nBalazs<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Balazs also shared this video which captures the last broadcast of Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3:<\/p>\n