B92
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B92 (Б92) is a radio and television station in Belgrade, Serbia. The station was a rare independent outlet for news and information in Serbia under Slobodan Milošević, and was a force behind many demonstrations that took place in Belgrade during the turbulent 1990s. The station originally went on the air in 1989, though it was shut down by authorities a few times in its early years. It was forced off the air for a time in 1999 when NATO bombed the region, and government agents cracked down on independent reporting.
B92 also won MTV Free Your Mind award in 1998. It also won many other awards for journalism and fighting for human rights. The subject of bestseller book This is Serbia Calling is also B92.
B92 went back on the air after the ousting of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000, and has continued as a combined music and news radio station since.
B92 radio station was founded in May, 1989 in Belgrade. It was predominantly a youth station. Throughout years it has become a regional radio with wide audience. In September, 2000 B92 TV station was opened. B92 also runs the most successful Internet portal in Serbia, CD label, book publishing and cultural centre "Rex". Today B92 has a national broadcasting licence and is not reserved for Belgrade only. Today it is among top five most popular stations together with national broadcaster RTS, Pink and BKTV. Radio station has about 400,000 listeners on daily basis which is around 35% of all radio listeners with almost 80 stations on the air. As of recently radio B92 covers Vojvodina and Serbia proper. B92.net, the onternet portal of B92, has been the most popular website in Serbia for nearly 10 years and it counts some 80,000 visitors per day. B92 portal is ranked on 1570th place worldwide according to Alexa [1].