Armenian Station Abruptly Suspends New RFE/RL Television Show
A new television program created by and featuring news and analysis from RFE/RL's Armenian Service, was abruptly pulled from the schedule of the local Armenian television station "Kentron" on October 13, according to service director Hrair Tamrazian. Although the television station's management has made no comment on the decision, it is widely suspected that Kentron was pressured to suspend further broadcasts of the program, either by official interests or local media competitors.
The television show, a 30-minute long analytical program called "Azatutiun" (Liberty), debuted to rave reviews on Kentron Sunday, October 10 and was rebroadcast by Kentron the next day, October 11. Two days later, Tamrazian was informed by Kentron director Petros Ghazarian that the show would be "indefinitely suspended." Kentron has not commented on the reasons behind his station's decision.
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