Russian-language songs have completely disappeared from Ukrainian radio airwaves – the language ombudsman
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Not a single Russian-language song remained on the airwaves of national radio stations. However, there are rare cases of non-state language use in radio broadcasts.
The Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language reported that on December 2 and 7, 2023, the secretariat conducted an analysis of the daily broadcasts of 14 nationwide radio stations.
As a result, experts did not find a single case of broadcasting of a Russian-language song. Of the 8,334 songs played over two days, 5,599 were performed in Ukrainian (67.3%), 2,732 in official EU languages (32.7%), and three in Georgian.
In addition, five broadcasters broadcast songs exclusively in the Ukrainian language, in another five their share was more than 50%, in four others – music in EU languages prevailed.
| Analysis of the air of national radio stations. Photo: Commissioner for State Language Protection/Facebook |
“For the second year in a row, we note that in response to Russia’s large-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine, not only songs by Russian artists, but also Russian-language songs have disappeared from the airwaves of Ukrainian radio stations.
Last year, out of almost four thousand analyzed songs, only one was recorded in Russian, and this year, out of more than eight thousand, none were recorded.” – noted language ombudsman Taras Kremin.
At the same time, in the broadcasts of information and entertainment programs of the radio stations “Ukrainian Radio”, “Radio NV”, “Hit FM”, “Melodia FM”, “Perets FM” there were cases of use of non-state language by both presenters and experts.
“Unfortunately, the practice of Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism is present not only in the broadcasts of TV channels, but also of radio stations. Yes, this is not a violation – the current legislation of Ukraine allows the insignificant use of a non-state language in the live air of Ukrainian-language programs. However, taking into account the decades of Russia’s war against Ukraine, it’s high time, without waiting for any laws, to use exclusively the Ukrainian language on the air.” Kremin emphasized.
As a reminder, from January 1, content in Ukrainian on TV and radio must occupy at least 90% of the airtime.
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