MOSCOW – Russia’s most independent and liberal radio station has been firmly reminded of who’s boss here, winding up on the losing end of a boardroom fight. Ekho Moskvy, or Echo of Moscow, has been a fixture in Russia since just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a favorite of the intelligentsia, a relentless critic of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and, many believe, a safety valve in a country where free expression on the airwaves is typically suppressed . But with a presidential election campaign underway, and tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets regularly, even Ekho Moskvy’s relatively small voice might have become too loud for the Kremlin’s liking. Read full article > >

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Owner wields ax at lively Russian radio outlet

Hungary’s media authority investigates a radio station for playing a rap song under a new law that has raised concerns about press freedom.

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The boss of Wales’ biggest commercial radio station says he is confident it will stay in tune with its listeners as it prepares to go national.

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An embattled Somali radio station, Radio Shabelle, receives an international press freedom award at a ceremony in Paris.

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All public and charter schools in Florida’s Broward County are on lockdown after a woman called a radio station and said her husband was going to “start shooting” at a school in Pembroke Pines. Police ordered the lockdown of the country’s sixth-largest…

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Some Florida Schools on Lockdown

Somali journalists walk out of a radio station recently seized by Islamists in the capital, Mogadishu, refusing to broadcast their orders.

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Somali radio boycotts Islamists