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Television:
As an important
part of the Soviet information machine, TV broadcasts started in Baku in
1956. Today about fifty radio and television companies are registered
with the government, but only eight are currently operating. State
television reaches the whole country, broadcasting on two channels, Az/TV
- 1, and Az/TV - 2. Channel 1 devotes large segments of its newscasts to
coverage of the Presidents activities. Az/TV - 2 concentrates more on entertainment.
State TV is a direct continuation of the Soviet Azeri language channel.
Several nominaly
independent companies are in operation.
- Azad Azerbaijan
- Azadliq TV
- Ictimai
TV
- Lider TV
- Oyanish TV
- Space TV Azerbaijan.
Foreign television: ORT and RTR (Russian);
two Turkish channels (TRT/1 and private Turkish channel).
Radio:
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State radio broadcasts nationwide and abroad
in Azeri, Russian, English, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic, French, German
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National TV and Radio Broadcasting Company
1 M. Husein
Tel. 395452, Fax. 932470
Radio
frequencies in Baku:
FM Radio
88.0 - Araz-1 State Radio
90.0 - Araz-2 State Radio
101.0 - Radio Antenn
102.0 - ANS Radio
102.7 - Radio Odlar Yurdu
103.0 - Radio Rossii
103.3 - BBC World Service
104.0 - Space Radio
105.0 - RFI 1/2 / RFI Musique
106.0 - Radio Azad 106
107.0 - Lider 107FM
107.7 - Europa Plus Azerbaijan
AM Radio
801 150kW Araz-1 State Radio
- Pirsaat AZ
801 15kW BBC World Service
891 30kW Araz-1 State Radio
1296 125kW Araz Radio foreign
service - Pirsaat AZ
1476 150kW Araz-2 State
Radio - Pirsaat AZ
1530 7kW Radio Liberty (Azadlig
Radio)
Newspapers
Press freedom is not one of the government's
priorities. Reporters without Borders ranks the country 162nd of 179 when
it comes to press freedoms. Newspapers have been published in Azerbaijan
since 1875 (the first Azeri newspaper was calle Akinshi - The Plowman).
Today about 400 newspapers are registered throughout the country,
but less than 50 appear more or less regularly. Regional newspapers are
weak, and most popular newspapers are published in Baku, among them:
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Government - financed and supported:
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Azerbaijan (organ of the Milli Medjlis)
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Bakinskii Rabochii (president's office)
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Yeni Azerbaijan (New Azerbaijan party of President
Aliyev)
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Khalg Gazeti (president's office)
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Party - financed:
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Azadliq (Popular Front/advertising)
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Yeni Musavat and Mukhalifat (Musavat party/advertising)
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Millet (National Independence party)
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Istiglal (Social Democratic party)
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Khurriyet (Democratic party of Azerbaijan)
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Independent/Commercial:
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Ayna (Azeri edition)/Zerkalo (Russian edition)
and Birzha (both financed by advertising sales)
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Avrasiya (financed by Turkish companies)
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Panorama (Publication of the Center
for Strategic and International Studies, financed principally by
advertising, but tends toward political support of Aliyev)
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Günay (wealthy individual, Makhmud
Makhmudov)
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7 Gün (wealthy individual)
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Press - Fakt (wealthy individual)
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Bakinskiy Bulvar (in Russian)
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Yezhednevniye Novosti
souce:
CPJ
English language newspapers do not abound.
You may try the Baku Sun.
Magazines
News Agencies
AzadInform News Agency (Russian/Azero/English)
1, Fikret Amirov Street
Tel: 98-48-59/69
e-mail:azadinform@azerin.com
Media Press Agency (Rus/Eng)
191/28 Bashir Safaroglu Street, Ichari
Shahar
Tel/Fax: 94-03-67
e-mail:agency@mpa.baku.az
Turan News
Agency
(Turan Haber Ajansi)
33 Khagani Street
Tel: 98-42-26
Fax: 98-38-17
e-mail:root@turan2.baku.az
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Note on the Azeri press freedom:
Censorship is constitutionally outlawed. But there is a government agency,
the "Main Administration for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press,"
to which editors must submit their issues prior to publication. Even so,
the censorship is relatively lax, largely because the censors appear overwhelmed
by the number of newspapers and periodicals being published. Many journalists
have been arrested and several remain in jail.
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