Abduraupova Shahlo’s presentation

Mass Media in the country Newspapers

As it has been stated, there are more than 400 newspapers and magazines, of which more than 300 are published by the various ministries and departments of the government, state enterprises, or political parties. Almost all newspapers are printed at the state printing facilities, which makes it convenient and not-so-obvious for the print copy to be censored. Of the total number, 66 may be regarded as national, 68 regional, and the remaining local.

Radio

• Just as in television, there are state-owned and independent radio stations in Uzbekistan. The state radio has FM, medium-wave and short-wave transmissions. The state radio has four channels, each with its own specialty: channel 1 (Uzbekistan) is the most important channel, paralleling Uzbek TV 1 in its programming; radio Channel 2, popularly known as “Mash’al”, is directed to the youth and has more entertainment programs than others. Radio channel 3, known as “Do’stlik” focuses on the minorities in the country; radio channel 4 known as “Yoshlar”, is directed toward the youth. Yet another government-owned radio station, “radio Tashkent” broadcasts on a short-wave to numerous countries in 12 languages.

Television

• The state TV has four channels, each with a different coverage, Language of broadcast, and content. The Uzbek channel 1 is the primary channel, and bears a resemblance to C-SPAN, with an emphasis on all government activities, speeches, and public events, with a pronounced political and economic bias. It broadcast in Uzbek and is the most censored Of all state TV channels. The Uzbek channel 2 Is called “Yoshlar”, or youth channel. It covers one-half of the geographical area of the country. Although the channel is supposed to compete with channel 1, its coverage, apart from some emphasis on “entertainment of the youth” covers political events such as presidential and parliamentary elections, political events, and talk shows on political and economic Essues. Channels 3 and 4 are entertainment-oriented with movies, and sports; channels 3, also known as TTV because of its coverage focused on Tashkent, sometimes creates its own programs.