For many years, Serbia’s leading independent broadcaster, Radio-TV B92, was scattered in five different Belgrade sites across the city of Belgrade - an unmanageable situation for a station that had grown dramatically since Serbia’s electoral transition in 2000.
The station had made a successful transition from its days as a small, independent crusader to a republic-wide network. The station had expanded its commercial market but was still dedicated to providing free and fair news, and promoting truth and reconciliation. A headquarters with a studio facility was needed to bring all facets of operation under one roof and reflect the station’s growth.
USAID financed the reconstruction of an old bank building into a new radio and television studio complex, which includes a large newsroom, office space, and room for all the technical equipment needed to keep both radio and television networks on air twenty-four hours a day. USAID also financed the installation of thirteen new television transmitters across the country. Now over 70% of Serbia’s citizens can access B92 programming.
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