Greece
A free press operates in Greece, although material deemed offensive to the president or religious beliefs can lead to the prosecution of editors and publishers. It was only in the late 1980s that the virtual monopoly of state-run broadcasters came to an end, with the introduction of new commercial TV services. Peak-time TV schedules are dominated by news, domestically-made variety programs, comedies and game shows. The country hosts about 1700 private radio and TV stations, many of which are unlicensed, since broadcasting in Greece is relatively unregulated by European standards. An attempt made in 2001 to better regulate the FM dial in Athens resulted in a political row.
Press: There are numerous daily newspapers in Athens including Eleftherotypia, Kathimerini (in English) and Ta Nea. Athens News is published weekly in English.
TV: Publicly-owned ERT operates ET1, NET and ET3. Commercial channels include Mega TV, Antenna TV and Alpha TV.
Radio: Publicly-owned ERA operates ERA1, ERA2 (entertainment), ERA3 (culture) and ERA4 (sport and music). Commercial stations include Antenna FM, Skai 100.3 and Sfera 102.2. Municipal Athens station Athena 98.4 was one of the first non-state radio stations.
