The Programming Council of the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija endorsed on Tuesday the nominees for the director of TV Slovenija, Joze Mozina, and for Radio Slovenija, Vinko Vasle. The pair was put forward by RTV Slovenija director general Anton Guzej.
The councillors were almost unanimous with 19 votes in favour of Mozina, one against and two abstentions. Vasle meanwhile got the support of 17 councillors, one "no" vote, while four council members abstained.
In his vision of TV Slovenija's news programmes, Mozina, who works for TV Slovenija as a journalist, stressed that the journalists' incisiveness should be both strengthened and rewarded.
He finds it worrying that the main evening news show, TV Dnevnik, is losing its ratings, which he also attributes to the one-hour format of the show.
This trend could be reversed by improving the work and increasing the number of staff and by better programme management, he believes.
Mozina moreover stressed the need for historical impartiality in educational programmes and pointed out that some religious shows should be broadcast "at a better time".
Mozina is a two-time recipient of the Josip Jurcic Award, conferred by the namesake fund on journalists who pursue truth, for his documentaries on mass executions by Slovenian resistance during and after WWII.
Vasle, a former journalist of the daily Delo and the weekly Mag, is currently assistant editor-in-chief of the women's magazine Jana.
In presenting his vision of the radio broadcaster, Vasle said that radio is still the fastest medium, therefore, it should be organised so that it "would broadcast the information now".
In his view, Radio Slovenija's "Val 202" station should be able to make its own original news programme. Currently all three stations of Radio Slovenija broadcast uniform main news programmes.
He believes that short news should be broadcast every half an hour rather than every hour, while a ten minute news show on the events of the day should be introduced in the morning, and another, a 15-minute one, in the afternoon.
He also believes that Radio Slovenija should set up an archive that it would offer to other radio stations at a suitable price.
Both directors will be appointed for a four-year term by the general director, who however is not obliged to take into account the Council's opinion.
The RTV SLovenija Programming council consists of 29 members, out of which 21 are appointed by the parliament.
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