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2,500 ELECTRONIC MEDIA WAITING FOR A LICENSE
Makassar, S Sulawesi, Feb 16 (ANTARA) - Around 2,500 electronic media across the country have been waiting for licences to operate, instructor of DR Soetomo Education Institute, Atmakusumah Astraatmadja who was also press council former chairman said.
"Since the reform era (1998), the number of electronic and print media rapidly increased, but around 2,500 electronic media are still waiting for licenses," Astraatmadja said in a workshop on journalistic ethics here on Tuesday.
Some 2,000 of the 2,500 electronic media are radio stations and the rest are television stations, he said.
In the meantime, the number of radio stations which have been operational so far reached 857, and 49 of them are in Jakarta, he cited.
Meanwhile, the number of television stations which have been operational amounting to 125, ten of which are in Jakarta.
According to him, granting operation licenses for electronic media is not as easy as for print media, because radio and television use "frequency" as a public domain.
"Electronic and print media were mushrooming during the reform era compared with that in the New Order era that required each of the media must have the press business license (SIUPP), he said.
Giving a comparison, Astraatmadja said there were only about 300 electronic and print media during the New Order time. However, after the SIUPP was no longer needed at the beginning of reform era in 1998, the number of print and electronic media reached 1,200.
After 1.5 years of reform, however, thousands of the media experienced natural selection and they only remained 600 or twice as that of the New Order period, he said.
According to him, the euphoria of the mass media occurred during the reform era, because for 40 years, Indonesia did not have the press freedom.
"Since the reform era (1998), the number of electronic and print media rapidly increased, but around 2,500 electronic media are still waiting for licenses," Astraatmadja said in a workshop on journalistic ethics here on Tuesday.
Some 2,000 of the 2,500 electronic media are radio stations and the rest are television stations, he said.
In the meantime, the number of radio stations which have been operational so far reached 857, and 49 of them are in Jakarta, he cited.
Meanwhile, the number of television stations which have been operational amounting to 125, ten of which are in Jakarta.
According to him, granting operation licenses for electronic media is not as easy as for print media, because radio and television use "frequency" as a public domain.
"Electronic and print media were mushrooming during the reform era compared with that in the New Order era that required each of the media must have the press business license (SIUPP), he said.
Giving a comparison, Astraatmadja said there were only about 300 electronic and print media during the New Order time. However, after the SIUPP was no longer needed at the beginning of reform era in 1998, the number of print and electronic media reached 1,200.
After 1.5 years of reform, however, thousands of the media experienced natural selection and they only remained 600 or twice as that of the New Order period, he said.
According to him, the euphoria of the mass media occurred during the reform era, because for 40 years, Indonesia did not have the press freedom.
