Will famous names boost the fortunes of TOK FM?

Publisher of Gazeta Wyborcza Agora and the publisher of weekly Polityka, Spoldzielnia Pracy Polityka, intend to upgrade the quality of their Radio TOK FM. The station which was set up six years ago has failed to bring expected commercial success and its shareholders have decided to cut costs by reducing the number of live program and invite celebrities to take up air time. General director of TOK FM Ryszard Wojciul blames the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV) for its unwillingness to cooperate when the station was in financial dire straits. The Council's director Juliusz Braun told the Rywin Commission that the Council had several times rejected Agora's requests to change TOK FM's shareholders. "Two shareholders, Infor and Central European Broadcasting, want to withdraw from the station," said Wojciul. (Gazeta Wyborcza, March 15-16, p. 27) A.Z.