On May 3 at Internews office a round table was held with the participation
of managers of the Yerevan radio companies and the listeners – journalism students.
The event was organized under Internews project “Re: Media”, supported by the
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Armenia. After a brief presentation
“City-FM” (former “Hit-FM”), dealing with the new image of the radio station,
the subject of the discussion at the round table were the news, their financial
justification for radio stations, the specifics of the Armenian media market.
Internews also announced the conduction of monthly Internet competitions among
radio stations. Their winners are determined by online voting. The winner of
the first contest, held by Internews in April, for the best jingles was “City-FM”
radio company, aired on 106.0 MHz in Yerevan. It received a monetary prize.
The next Internews competition, in May, is held among news radio programs.
The newscasts can be heard and voted for at Internews web site www. media.am
