Radio Velkaton Explained

Radio Velkaton
City:	Velika Kladuša
Rds:	VELKATON
Branding:	Commercial
Languages:	Bosnian language
Owner:	RTV VT ROYAL d.o.o. Velika Kladuša
Coordinates:	45.1833°N 63°W
Translators:	Pećigrad/Kudića brdo-Karanova glavica

Radio Velkaton is a Bosnian local commercial radio station, broadcasting from Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This radio station broadcasts a variety of programs such as music, talk show and local news. The owner of the radio station is the company RTV VT ROYAL d.o.o. Velika Kladuša.^[1]

Program is mainly produced in Bosnian language at one FM frequency^[2] (Velika Kladuša) and it is available in the Una-Sana Canton and in neighboring Croatia.

Estimated number of listeners of Radio Velkaton is around 105.383.^[3]

History

See also: Propaganda during the Yugoslav Wars. Radio Velkaton was founded on 3 May 1984.^[4]

The founder and director of the radio was Sead Purić, long-term journalist with journalistic experience at Radio Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana, and an editor at Radio Sarajevo.^[5] According to media reports,^[6] Sead Purić is known in the Krajina area as a former spokesman for Fikret Abdić.^[7]

During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio Velkaton was an important media and radio station for politician Fikret Abdić and his ambitions to create an Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia.

When the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia^[8] was proclaimed on September 27, 1993, led by Fikret Abdić, Radio Velkaton-Radio Velika Kladuša was one of the few media institiutions that existed and worked in Velika Kladuša (along with: News agency ZBIA - Zapadnobosanska informativna agencija ZBIA, television channel TV Velkaton and weekly Zapadna Bosna). All of these were under the absolute control of Abdić's government and their task was to support the government, justify the conflict among Bosniaks and raise the morale of fighters for autonomy, inciting hatred towards members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina with whom they clashed with the support of Chetniks and the like.^[9]

See also

• List of radio stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Radio Velika Kladuša
• Radio Bihać
• Radio USK
• Radio Ključ
• Radio Sana
• Trend Radio

External links

• www.radiostanica.ba
• www.fmscan.org
• Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Notes and References

1. Web site: www.akta.ba . www.akta.ba . www.akta.ba . 3 April 2021 . Bosnian.
2. Web site: Radio Velkaton (Bosnia and Herzegovina) FM Frequencies . www.fmscan.org . www.fmscan.org . 3 April 2021 . English.
3. Web site: Tehnički uslovi za radio stanice. www.cra.ba. Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2 April 2021.
4. News: Velkaton radio slavi 36.rođendan . 3 April 2021 . www.velkaton.ba . www.velkaton.ba . Bosnian . 3.maja davne 1984. godine prvi put se oglasio ovaj radio i od tada ovaj radio je zaista imao burnu prošlost i brojna iskušenja. Međutim, nije čak popucao ni po šavovima jer mora da je dobro skrojen. Danas će skromno Velkaton programski obilježiti svoj jubilej, a vama poštovani i dragi slušaoci neizmjerno zahvaljujemo što ste bili s nama, što ste nas podržavali i u nemogućim prilikama i što smo zajedno izdržali ponekad surovu prošlost..
5. News: KAKO VLAST U USK DOŽIVLJAVA NOVINARE: Neodgojeni propaliteti i Udbini otpadnici . 3 April 2021 . www.zurnal.info . www.zurnal.info . Bosnian . „Kvaziurednik" i „novinarčić“ Velkatona Sead Purić, dugogodišnji je novinar sa novinarskim stažom u Radiju Beogradu, Zagrebu i Ljubljani, urednik u Radiju Sarajevo. Osnivač je Velkatona, izdavač i urednik novina „Kladuške novosti“ prije rata i direktor jedine televizije izvan glavnih gradova tadašnjih Republika –Televizije Velkaton, koja je ugašena pojavom afere „Agrokomerc“..
6. News: Kad patriote utihnu, autonomaši progovore . 3 April 2021 . www.krupljani.ba . www.krupljani.ba . Bosnian . Prema informacijama koje su bile dostupne krajiškoj javnosti u proteklih nekoliko sedmica, laburisti su za novog direktora RTV USK planirali postaviti Adisa Purića, sina Seada Purića, prvog čovjeka Radija Velkaton iz Velike Kladuše, na što je u medijima reagirao i komandant Hamdija Abdić Tigar, slavni komandant 502. brigade ARBiH, poručivši: “Taman posla!” Sead Purić u Krajini slovi za nekadašnjeg glasnogovornika Fikreta Abdića, koji je za Babine interese djelovao putem Radija Velkaton..
7. News: Kad patriote utihnu, autonomaši progovore . 3 April 2021 . www.stav.ba . www.stav.ba . Bosnian . Sead Purić u Krajini slovi za nekadašnjeg glasnogovornika Fikreta Abdića, koji je za Babine interese djelovao putem Radija Velkaton..
8. News: Dedić . Midhat . Fikret Abdić, portret jedne kontroverze . 3 April 2021 . www.balkans.aljazeera.net . www.balkans.aljazeera.net . Bosnian . Fikret Abdić formirao je tzv. Autonomnu pokrajinu Zapadnu Bosnu (APZB) 1993. godine u dogovoru sa Slobodanom Miloševićem i Franjom Tuđmanom zbog „neslaganja sa tadašnjom politikom SDA i predsjednikom Alijom Izetbegovićem. Potom je kao predsjednik paradržave potpisivao sporazume sa Matom Bobanom (priznao „Herceg-Bosnu“, a Boban priznao „APZP“) i Radovanom Karadžićem o trajnom miru. Svoju paradržavicu proglasio je 29. septembra, na svoj 54. rođendan. U to ratno vrijeme, od Franje Tuđmana dobio je status povlaštenog partnera i pravo na upotrebu bescarinske zone u Rijeci..
9. Book: Šljivo Grbo . Amila . Mediji saučesnici u ratu, sljedbenici politika u miru . 2016 . Znakovi vremena : časopis za filozofiju, religiju, znanost i društvenu praksu = Signs of the times . 188–189 . 73 . 3 April 2021 . Bosnian.