{"id":64686,"date":"2025-11-21T08:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64686"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:12:31","slug":"radio-free-europe-radio-libertys-hungarian-service-ceases-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/radio-free-europe-radio-libertys-hungarian-service-ceases-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"“Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty’s Hungarian Service Ceases Operations”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Bal\u00e1zs, who shares the following news via Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty<\/a> and <\/strong>the following remarks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“USAGM notified Congress on November 5, 2025, that it intended to terminate RFE\/RL’s Hungarian Service” – perhaps it is just a coincidence that the delegation led by Viktor Orb\u00e1n arrived in Washington the next day and began their meetings with the Trump administration. (On the RFE\/RL HU website, articles have been published on topics that are “uncomfortable” for the current government, and with the emergence of a new opposition party (and increasingly severe economic difficulties), the ruling party’s chances of victory in the upcoming April elections have significantly decreased (first time after 16 years). For this reason, the ruling party (using state resources) is further intensifying its already high level of propaganda activity (in offline media, there is now only one commercial TV channel left that is not under its influence) and is using methods that it has not used before.<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bal\u00e1zs, who shares the following news via Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty and the following remarks: “USAGM notified Congress on November 5, 2025, that it intended to terminate RFE\/RL’s Hungarian Service” – perhaps it is just a coincidence that the delegation led by Viktor Orb\u00e1n arrived in Washington the next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3],"tags":[6897,1160,1528],"class_list":["post-64686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-balazs-kovacs","tag-radio-free-europe","tag-radio-liberty"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gPk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45505,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/september-radio-news-items-from-hungary\/","url_meta":{"origin":64686,"position":0},"title":"September radio news items from Hungary","author":"Thomas","date":"September 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balazs Kovacs, who shares the following headlines from Hungary: Some Hungarian radio news from September, FM \/ online \/ DAB+ FM: The last independent radio station could be forced off airwaves https:\/\/ipi.media\/hungarys-last-independent-radio-station-could-be-forced-off-airwaves\/ Online: RFE\/RL Relaunches Operations In Hungary https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/rfe-rl-relaunches-operations-in-hungary-amid-drop-in-media-freedom\/30826537.html DAB+: all DAB+ broadcasts in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Digital Audio Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"Digital Audio Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-audio-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20321,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/rfe-and-the-1956-hungarian-revolution-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":64686,"position":1},"title":"RFE and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Part 1)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Richard Cummings of the website, Cold War Radio Vignettes, who notes that he has posted a new article\u00a0about Radio Free Europe and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Part 1). The article spotlights Operation FOCUS,\u00a0which was the combined balloon\/leaflet and RFE broadcast endeavours 1954-56. Richard notes that Part 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HalliDial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20400,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/rfe-and-the-1956-hungarian-revolution-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":64686,"position":2},"title":"RFE and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Part 2)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Richard Cummings of the website, Cold War Radio Vignettes, who writes: [F]or your weekend reading pleasure, Part Two, in which I briefly examine the background to and excerpts from the RFE\u00a0controversial broadcasts: https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.de\/2016\/08\/radio-free-europe-and-1956-hungarian_5.html Many thanks for sharing, Richard!","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HalliDial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47802,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/klubradio-hungarian-independent-talk-radio-station-leaves-the-airwaves\/","url_meta":{"origin":64686,"position":3},"title":"Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3: Hungarian independent talk radio station leaves the airwaves","author":"Thomas","date":"February 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bal\u00e1zs Kov\u00e1cs, who writes: Hi Thomas, As it was first announced last September 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Klubradio.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Klubradio.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Klubradio.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Klubradio.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40313,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/listen-to-rfe-hungarys-1956-revolution-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":64686,"position":4},"title":"Listen to RFE Hungary’s 1956 Revolution Broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"October 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post executive producer, Scott Gamble, who shares the following article from Hungary Today: From October 19th until November 12th,\u00a0Radio Free Europe\u2018s (RFE) Hungarian broadcast recorded around and during the 1956 Revolution can be listened to online, exactly how it was aired 63 years ago minute by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26629,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/cold-war-broadcasting-two-articles-feature-rfe-radio-liberty\/","url_meta":{"origin":64686,"position":5},"title":"Cold War Broadcasting: Two articles feature RFE & Radio Liberty","author":"Thomas","date":"June 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who shares the following article from the website Journalism Is Not A Crime: From Propaganda to Journalism: How Radio Free Europe Pierced the Iron Curtain The end of the Second World War signaled the beginning of an information war in Europe. 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