Modification of Radio programmes during pandemic: Case study of Radio Beograd 2/RTS

Abstract

The text is a combination of an original empirical research, theoretical model, professional observations, analysis and conclusions about the influence of the pandemic on the modification of the content of Radio Beograd 2 programmes of the public broadcaster of Serbia. Professional challenges placed before Radio Beograd 2 were even more pronounced as it was necessary to keep the programmes sustainable in a situation where the events usually providing the backbone of the programming concept were almost non-existent. Subject of the research was the scope of crisis management, general and specific, in Radio Beograd 2 during the emergency situation. Purpose of the research was to determine the capacities of an organisation unit of the Serbian public broadcasting company in non-standard circumstances by analysing its key activities - the capacity to remain consistent with the basic principles set for the operation of the company and to define standard procedures undertaken during the pandemic. Results of this research are expected to serve as records of a global phenomena - witnessing to the position of the media and media workers of a public broadcasting company in the pandemic conditions.