Radio Prijedor

Coordinates: 44°58′51″N 16°42′48″E / 44.98083°N 16.71333°E / 44.98083; 16.71333
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Radio Prijedor
Радио Приједор
Broadcast areaBosanska Krajina
FrequencyPrijedor 97.9 MHz
BrandingPublic
Programming
Language(s)Serbian language
FormatLocal news, talk and music
Ownership
OwnerIPC Kozarski vjesnik a.d. Prijedor
TV Prijedor
History
First air date
12 June 1969 (1969-06-12)
Call sign meaning
PRIJEDOR
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
44°58′51″N 16°42′48″E / 44.98083°N 16.71333°E / 44.98083; 16.71333
Repeater(s)Kozara/Mrakovica
Links
WebcastOn website
Websitewww.kozarski.com

Radio Prijedor or Радио Приједор[1] is a Bosnian local public radio station, broadcasting from Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Local TV Prijedor is also part of public municipality services.

History[edit]

Radio Prijedor was launched on 12 June 1969 by the municipal council of Prijedor. In Yugoslavia and in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was part of local/municipal Radio Sarajevo network affiliate. This radio station broadcasts a variety of programs such as local news, music, sport and talk shows. Nowadays, program is mainly produced in Serbian.

During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this radio station was used for propaganda in Prijedor. On May 31, 1992, Bosnian Serb[2] authorities in Prijedor[3] issued an order via local radio[4] ordering the non-Serb population to mark[5] their houses[6] with white flags or sheets, and to wear in public white ribbons around their sleeves if they leave their homes.[7] "Citizens of Serbian nationality, join your army and police in the pursuit of these extremists. Other citizens, Muslims and Croats, must hang white flags on their houses and apartments and put white ribbons on their hands. Otherwise, it will suffer severe consequences ", read the call on the radio.[8][9]

Frequencies[edit]

Estimated number of listeners of Radio Prijedor is around 177,145.[10] Radio station is also available in Una-Sana Canton and neighboring Croatia.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ In Bosnian Cyrillic alphabets
  2. ^ "Dan bijelih traka obilježen u Velikoj Britaniji" (in Bosnian). www.avaz.ba. www.avaz.ba. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Mirnom šetnjom obilježen Dan bijelih traka u Prijedoru" (in Bosnian). www.slobodnaevropa.org. www.slobodnaevropa.org. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ "BiH / Prijedor se danas sjeća: Na rukama su nosili bijele trake, samo zbog imena" (in Bosnian). www.radiosarajevo.ba. www.radiosarajevo.ba. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Roditelji ubijene dece obeležili Dan belih traka u Prijedoru" (in Serbian). www.rs.n1info.com. www.rs.n1info.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Obilježen 'Dan bijelih traka'" (in Serbian). www.kozarski.com. www.kozarski.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Puhalo: Danas je dan kada smo ponižavajući Bošnjake u Prijedoru ponizili sebe" (in Bosnian). www.vijesti.ba. www.vijesti.ba. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Obilježen 'Dan bijelih traka'" (in Bosnian). www.balkans.aljazeera.net. www.balkans.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Dan bijelih traka u Prijedoru:Roditelji traže izgradnju spomenika ubijenoj djeci" (in Serbian). www.6yka.com. www.6yka.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021. Vlasti bosanskih Srba u Prijedoru su 31. maja 1992. izdale naredbu putem lokalnog radija kojom se nesrpskom stanovništvu nalaže da obilježi svoje kuće bijelim zastavama ili čaršafima, te da pri izlasku iz kuća stave bijele trake oko rukava.
  10. ^ "Tehnički uslovi za radio stanice" (PDF). www.cra.ba. Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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