Replays and music on air. 24-hour strike in the Czech media

Most employees and collaborators of public media joined the strike. Their bosses had to decide to limit the schedule. Radio and television did not stop broadcasting because the law prevents them from doing so.

Individual stations broadcast replays and music programs. The number of information and journalistic programs was reduced.

Radio and television authorities assured that recipients would receive full information in the event of emergency situations. During the strike, the latest reports on the road situation are also provided. In most public radio stations before At 8, 12 and 18, statements of the "Public" initiative, which initiated and supports Tuesday's protest, will be broadcast.

Changing the financing of public media?

The protesters believe that the announced change in the financing of public media will mean the loss of their independence and a reduction in funds for programs, among others. for children and teenagers. That is why one of the symbols of the protest are newspaper hats, modeled on the character from the leading Czech film "Dobranocki".

Financing restrictions are expected to reach 20%. current media budgets. Critics of the government's plans demand that the government bill, which has passed the first reading, be withdrawn from parliamentary work.

Night voting

In their opinion, the introduction of the project to the agenda - which happened unexpectedly, outside the arrangements of the management of the Chamber of Deputies - was scandalous. The rigidly fixed time for voting on the project in the first reading - 4:36 a.m. on the night of October 23-24 - is equally harshly criticized.

The symbolic hour of 4:36 a.m. will be followed by a demonstration called by the "Public" initiative on Tuesday, scheduled for 16.36 on Wenceslas Square in the center of Prague. Students from many Czech universities will participate in the television and radio strike and will join the demonstration in several independent marches.