Hromadske Radio

Hromadske Radio, or Public Radio Ukraine, is a Ukrainian non-governmental and nonprofit public radio organization in Ukraine. Its predecessor, also called Hromadske Radio, was created in 2002 by journalist Olexandr Kryvenko (1963–2003). Despite the popularity of the website, the project was closed in 2005, as it failed to receive a government license for broadcasting. Hromadske Radio was considered one of the first independent and objective platforms in Ukraine, where representatives of different political forces can share their opinions without censorship.

In 2013 a new initiative group of professional journalists recreated Hromadske Radio with the same name and the same goals. Hromadske Radio was started as a podcast-project and transformed into a web-radio. In July 2015 Hromadske Radio won the competition of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, giving the station an ability to broadcast in some cities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and in Kyiv.