KRRiT head calls radio license tender without waiting for Telecom Minister

The head of the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiT) has announced a new tender for two nationwide radio licenses, without reaching full agreement with the Telecoms Ministry. The licenses up for grabs are currently held by Radio Zet and RMF FM, but they expire next year. It is very likely that the two largest private radio networks in Poland will win back the licenses, said KRRiT head Juliusz Braun. He was supposed to have reached an agreement with Telecoms Minister Tomasz Szyszko regarding the frequencies to be granted. However, after months of haggling, Braun yesterday went ahead and announced a tender, although he did exclude the six disputable frequencies from it. They are to be issued in a separate tender later. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A3)