Radio Broadcasting in New Russia: Specifics of Structure and Problems Functioning

摘要

This article discusses the development of radio broadcasting in the new Russia that emerged in the years 1991-2011. Changes in radio were part of the larger, complex and controversial process related to major economic, political and social changes in the Russian Federation after the Soviet Union dissolved. Radio programming developed to reflect the new political, social and public lives of the Russian people. The analysis examines the functioning of state, public, and private radio, and their competition for audience, the role of radio advertising, and programming broadcast content. The article shows that there has been the formation of a new type of free, un-censored journalism with experienced radio journalists experiencing a new environment.