INDEPENDENT RADIO, TV STATIONS URGE COUNCIL FOR RADIO, TELEVISION TO RESIGN

ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - ETER 9, an association gathering independent Croatian radio and TV stations, on Monday urged members of the Council for Radio and Television to resign. In an open letter ETER 9 reminds that on January 3 Croatian citizens voted for changes replacing the party which in the last days of its rule appointed the current members of the Council for Radio and Television. "It is impermissible that decisions about the fate of private radio and television stations are made by those who for years had shaped Croatia's media image according to the taste of the former president and his most radical advisors," read the letter, sent to Council members. ETER 9 believes the Council for Radio and Television is still operating as an office of one political-financial interest group. The association ETER 9 includes representatives from Radio 101, TV Moslavina, Radio Gorski Kotar, Kanal RI, Luna TV Sisak, Nezavisna Televizija Zagreb, and the Croatian Journalists' Association (HND). The association has also called for changes in the Croatian Telecommunications Institute and its Council for Radio and Television, as well as for the revision of broadcasting licences and changes to the Law on Telecommunications. (hina) jn rml