RADIO BROADCASTING: PROGRAMMATIC CHACTERISTICS A

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INFORMATION (FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS GR RADIO ?ROADCASTS
AIIBANIA, II11,,c..~.I_~~. ::lllvu:l:iY,
RUNSANL'l, YUGCI~LAVL!:; GREECE
Radio ',Broadca~tint;:
Programmatic Cl~aracteri.sti.c~
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A. Albania
il. Home Serrrice
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFOIRMATION ~,
~ The Albani;zn Home Service from Radio Tirana is, in the main, broadcast
simultaneously by -t?ransmitter~s in five other cities; distinct regional
programling is confined to secondary material. The programs are well
organized grid well presented: Male and i'emale announcers use good dicticln
and clear, simple Albanian. News and commentary are interspersed with
feature and cultural. prograu One daily period is devoted to detailed
home '.news, or.e to dictation-speed news for outlying area, and two to
'relaying Mc?caw'~, Albanian broadcasts.
Domestic news rind cormner.~ in the home service, unlike that beamed
(abroad, contains a large proportion of self-criticism. Foreign news and
comment is based largely on TASS or taken from Cominform and Soviet journals.
The Soviet li:ie is .followed closely. Tito is a frequent target.
~'s Foreign Service
I' The programs in other European languages are broadcast frccn T3raaa only.
Th~:ir quality ixx general is far inferior to that of the home', service.
a. Greek: A male announcer reads nevrscasts and commentlaries in poor
Greek with faulty sentence construction, giving the impressiox- that the
script is written by someone~whoae knowledge of Greek is inadequate. Diction
is poor. The programs follow the Soviet pattern and Soviet ~.ine. The
source of news i.e seldom mentioned. Weaterzl policies are deiounced, particu-
Iarly Anglo-~bner~i.can :imperia ism in the Aalkarns.
I'I' b. Serbo-Croat: F'rograuus are read by a female announcer in very poor
Serbo-Croat. Diction is poor. Sentence strv.cture is incorrect and the
scripts a~ e ui~viously translations from Albanian. The announcer appears to
lie an Albanir.,n. tlewscasts and brief commentaries are broadcast. News is
for the most p:~i?t under foreign datelines. Commentaries are on either
domestic or international topics and are announced as having been prepared
liy -the "c~nunentator.'T The Soviet pattern is followed closely in all 'uroad-
caets. 'Che programs are on a low intellectual level, apparent],y for the
tie*-efit of the lower cl.asses.~ Any mention of Tito or the Ti', o co-porkers is
accompanied by vitriolic adjectives.
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~~'~ o'. Turkish: A 1_ow Turkish, grammatically incorrect, is~u~ed by a male
announcer. Ariparently the announcer is Albanian, and scripts are translated
from A1bFinia~;. 'Pl:e netiKSCast~i ~~, ql~e~ cries never attack Turkey. On
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domesi;?c topics t,lte;: spe8k of ttte s~:,?,~eaes Mein? a?~ni4ved by the Altrar:ian people
Llrlde2' the (70n~ilili]'.iS~t T?ej,i~tte. Tlaf i';CS1~_':'.^, 1'.->wers ar(? c;'.,arply cr~it,-ic~ized, 'i~ito is
spoken of as a Casc:s't 'Lmperia] isi a~;el ' , a.:j'. is a~ ( r. End of Navin,; imperialistic
d~ _ Ir-~ns on ,",].l:ania. Ta1!ks Uy'l11i ~::a:, ](:a~iers are ,~:?rudcast ia; tranal.at.ton.
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'l'i'ce ?utr;al?'ian Nor:ce~^~@r'V"LCe':Ls r,rc~a;i~~adi, o?.r~r tiu ~e;transmiisters: Sofia I,
9161, cal]cd "%hr~sto Hc>~t?v" afi;~r a ?,~':1;?ar?iar: re~~o:~ t. ,.(>nary hero, on ~?I kcs;
Sc,f'ia I1 orr`~'?? k:'s, and ~r;of ia' :riT -.: ~ 'l. ;rK:s, A11. t,l',rr?oe .are in operatJ.on some-
tit:re dur'r:E; the da~?. st~lt.irahs ?>:irn~.lr.an~o r~'_,;'?
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`.19:1.e a~Td : ernale aIT110~u.ncer3 ~ a1',r>r lthl (' '1 i. DrP.9E".r l 1~:; ~I p'i''U$ratA3. 'the l.ail(;t.l8~e
used .i.: a low itulgar i8r~; ~easil3( cc.:der 5'.cmd o;; ell c.l ~-men~.;s of 't.he populal,ion,
except v~11er: f;orernmer,+,'decreee or :a.l h:: b': iinportani, i:(~rsons are Uroadcaet, A
].er ,e r:~:.m?~er c,C Rrtssiar~~~vords,'pFrr;c~rld 1, ~ec~hnical t:et?me, have infiltrated
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fjulr,aT'La:: lava*,ua,in (ir~(iFr the pre~~=r~r t ,=,llre. ~.lrarn:~c(~r and serrtenr.e construct, nn
br e l.oor. ;~:ict.i.on i _ food and e* .in-i ai ~r.rr i > cl.ear?. fire programs are well
or,;t~.:: i zrd e.nc; 'well pr(,r#erited e.rril Collcw a ;3(z'r r n~ to rye ~, f ern. Radio ~,of is ran 1?(r
dr:pended tiFCal tc adher~(:i ~t~o its time anti irr:~ ?~r a.u sc~V~edules, and any changes or
:-pecial programs are arinqul:red 'i:; a(1?ra,: ~.~ 'i
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newscasts .follow t;h~',S;,aie?t, paT.1.(>rn. ,.'.ri~k:c'.BS,?..es ticl~~~:ri.evFd izT i.ndust,rY,
a,-;r i ~:ult?ure o r any o titer ' field n f c-?1dC 9~;.)r a~r.-e (~ I?resse(~ contanual.l.;,-. Achieve-
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rnent::? oi' ic:dtvidual enl:Expr3.se:3 ??r ind:viiir;a:1 workr_~ ~ are reported i.n t;real:.
vol'.:;t:e. T`'ews front t.t~a;Mgv et:T,3nlun .i~c r'eat.~r!red in del..aia, Pbrettln news ~.tsuall5.
Lo71ow~ the ('ominCor!a'l~rte, I j
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'Che radio 'is used ~?ijC:e7.y far l':c p~..rposi:'~ oC t, r?an,:.Tr,'lttinl; official. t;overrunent
decrees, spr_r. tal repot 1:q'~,or 'lnformat'i.~::. 'i'a'llts ?~:-? '.!~:I ~;ar.i~an Covertunerrt off'ir.Ials
are Uroadcast ili fr.tll.';~??eport.r? on 'oru:r~ni?~t' or.fer~~r.~~;t and other irfl'i.cia7.
flrnrtions ar(: gi?ren .t n,dEt(a'Ll. I'alkc; ?,?: ;=ov.ir~t, lead~?rs are often broadcast, i.r:
f~_tll, a.:ui at least, arE quot,ed'i.r': lent;+t~.
C,omn'~en':aries I'ur tkce~'~,n:ost,part, !.enr? on rl~e:lat.ion~ `.,Iaween I'ul_;aria and other
co'~:c;tries :~.T. :;oatt;eask,ei?tt Lt.IrUpe. "Pie ~'nnri.n~,fnr!n lire ?ei usually fo]:Luwed,
F'rzs.' reviews are ln-oade&st cletily. '1'f:ec ~ i:ris bet-cr n s?.igilt change recently in
the manner of l.,:e presei}tatiort of these revi'c?ws; whereas formerly special.
emphasis tin3s :?iven i.o ciei?tain edii.o?'ial .and a'r?ticles, lately the reviews have
i)CB?T 1iTni.ted to +-!eneralj:~~urve~s of t}~te pres.>~, with no :~per..ial a't;tent-i.on to any
pe.ri:i.^ular? ~ tams. ' ! ~
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2. I'oreii;n ;Service ~ ~,~ ~ ~ ~~
a. F,r:;lislt: twlalel Ieicd female announcers sllernat.el' in the rn~;lish lan?nlage
proograms. Lii.ci,ion s?uij e>i1ur.~c'Is't3on are poor.li The 'impression is that the script
wr?ii.ers as well. as t,hel announcers are P~uli;an:ans with poor knowledge of the
English lan~:age. News~cast5 and 'talks cons ti~ute the ilsuel broadcast. The
peti;ern of the newscasi:'$is uiifo?rtn: Z~ult;ar,ian and ,,^:oiret news first, followed
b-r news from other couniti??ies. '' L'tomestic new,', stresses the fulfillment of national
prigs, differing from Similar news i.n ?3u].ganian in i,I(a1; 'the latter puts greater
stress on successes achieved b;~ individual enterprises] and workers. Summaries
of officisl decrees as'~ rvel` fl3 swmnar ized versions of talks by i]j.ilC;arian
lcacier are broadcast; ~I~ ~ Cormn.tni,arias empY~asi!2e the peace 9fforte of the Soviet
TJ::ior, and People's Gemoci?aca.es aga'Irc.;.. the war? provoca;tiona and aggressive desiEns
of '!?he Ar,glo?-American powers acrd their al.l ies. Cirlce a!i week a special feature,
"'Pl;is is America, ~' p'icttir.es life 'ir; t,t:e iln:itied .;i.ates ~s seen throu;h flulgarian
lrlOnurllii.i9t e;,~es. ~ ! i ~: ~ ~
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b, :;ex?bo-CroaC; Nears and, c?nunentaries ',are l:roadcetst 'to Yugoslavia. The
news usuall;; stresses'. the successes ac!'ci.eve~i i.n L'rrlgara under the Communist
r?a?ime. llu lgar3e.n axid', ;Yugoslav emigre new:jiiaper. s are quoted frequently.
Considerable--. s~:ress i(il ~10.id on 'the ?~Tacedonian questiorT r nd the commentaries
e;rtpha,ze the poor l.iV~ri~; c:ond'i.'tions of the ',P~lacedonians nder the Tito regime.
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r.?. Tur?ki.eh : AQa~.1~~ ~ajld female annourcr,er alternete~ i a reading the programs.
'l'lu: 7.an?:cal;A used is poor ~'urlcish, not al.wa;~s grammati _:a11.y cox?rec?t, although
ea3i.1;; understandably ~~iThe sc'~ripi, writ.er?'s'~,loTOwled~;e oC the language appears poor,
1:?I :i.ion i.s Food and enurl~?i.atzon is clear, l~ewscasts and brief coumtentaries are
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