[etni] Gasping for airwaves

Gasping for airwaves
Haaretz - June 15, 2007

Faced with another round of budget cuts and possible closure, the staff of the Israel Broadcasting Authority's English news division is scurrying for ways to remain on the air.

Though crisis is hardly new to the IBA English staff, officials say the situation has reached a new low. Anxiety is rife and though broadcasts are continuing as usual, staff members say that the future of English-language public radio and television is in jeopardy.

"People are scared and we're now in a state of limbo," said one employee at English radio, who asked to go unnamed, "but we won't go down without a fight."

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