YEREVAN, JULY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Public Radio of Armenia has refused to prolong the contract concerning the broadcast of the programs of the Armenian service of the Radio Liberty/Free Europe, which has been rebroadcast on its frequencies since 1998. This was written in the message of the radio station and the agency supervising over it: the Board of Directors of the American Broadcast. All the technical problems were solved during the visit of the competent officials of the Board of Directors of the American Broadcast to Yerevan last week, whereas the delegation was made assertions that there was no danger for the programs of the Radio Liberty to be left out of the ether of the Public Radio. "It is evident that what hinders the signing of the contract has nothing to do with legal, contractual, and technical issues," James Glassman, the Chairman of the Board, mentioned. It should also be mentioned that the RA National Assembly did not adopt the legislative package presented by the government on July 3, with which they offered to prohibit the broadcast of the programs of other Mass Media on the frequencies of the Public Radio-Television company. A week later the management of the Public Radio declared that they are going to put an end to the transmission of the broadcasts of the Radio Liberty, citing issues connected with payments and contracts.

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