Private TV and Radio Broadcasting in Azerbaijan

The change of mass media and its innovation like the other areas were inevitable in post-soviet countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In this means, media area of Azerbaijan began to privatization process after independence and since mid 1990`s private radio and television channels began to broadcast in the country one by one that uni-centrally, officially and ideologically was directed by Moscow before. Progress which is related to privatization process of broadcasting in Azerbaijan is being handled in this study. This study also includes legal regulations in the mass media area and mechanism of auto-control. The activities of national private broadcasting companies are also scrutinized in the study as well as the condition of the communication freedom.