ZAGREB RADIO 101 CELEBRATES 15TH BIRTHDAY

ZAGREB, May 8 (Hina) - A local Radio 101 in Zagreb commenced the celebration of its 15th anniversary with the techno and house party on Friday evening. On Saturday evening it will hold a great rock concert in the Sports' Big Hall ("Velika Dvorana Sportova") to thank its audience for having been faithful to the radio for the past 15 years, said Tamara Pavlica, a member of the radio's managing board. Its audience has been stable for years, she told Hina. The popularly called "Stojedinica" was the first independent urban radio at the time when it was established. It began broadcasting the programme on May 8, 1984, in facilities of the undergraduates' dormitory "Stjepan Radic" in Zagreb. One of the hardest days during the last 15 years was the end of 1996 when the concession for the broadcasting had been refused to the Radio, said Pavlica. Fortunately, its licence was soon renewed and during that "hot November" the audience rose to 47 percent, she added. At the moment, the 25-30 percent of the total radio audience in Zagreb are listeners to the Radio 101, she said. This radio celebrates the 15th birthday without the editor-in- chief and some journalists who marked the previous period. The question of the chief editor can be solved by the end of this month, she said adding that 75 percent of the radio is owned by its 20 workers, whereas the rest is owned by the city of Zagreb. The programme scheme will not be changed, Pavlica added. (hina) ms