Editing Communications in Argentina (section)

==Radio==
{{Main|Radio in Argentina}}
[[File:Mitre-estudio-feria-libro.JPG|thumb|Radio Mitre at the [[Buenos Aires International Book Fair]].]]

Radio broadcasting in Argentina is predated only by [[radio in the United States]], and began on August 27, 1920, when [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Parsifal]]'' was broadcast by a team of medical students (the "madmen on the roof") led [[Enrique Telémaco Susini|Enrique Susini]] in [[Buenos Aires]]' Teatro Coliseo.<ref>[http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2005/08/26/sociedad/s-04202.htm ''Clarín'': La historia de la radio en la Argentina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117011857/http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2005/08/26/sociedad/s-04202.htm |date=2013-01-17 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> Only about twenty homes in the city had a receiver to tune in. The world's first radio station was the only one in the country until 1922, when ''Radio Cultura'' went on the air; by 1925, there were twelve stations in Buenos Aires and ten in other cities. The 1930s were the "golden age" of [[radio in Argentina]], with live variety, news, soap opera and sport shows.<ref>[http://www.swl.net/patepluma/south/misc/argendx.html Radio With a Past in Argentina] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108122925/http://www.swl.net/patepluma/south/misc/argendx.html |date=November 8, 2007 }} Don Moore</ref>

The medium, which was nationalized by President [[Juan Perón]] between 1947 and 1953, has historically been broadcast by a combination of state and private-sector operators, and most of the highest-rated stations are presently owned by a number of [[media conglomerate]]s.<ref>[http://www.genteba.com.ar/politica/notas/pol_nota.php?id=5813 ''Gente BA'': La concentración mediática en la Argentina] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904005419/http://www.genteba.com.ar/politica/notas/pol_nota.php?id=5813 |date=2012-09-04 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> [[Internet radio]] was first broadcast in Argentina in 2001 and by 2009, 61 stations did so, nationwide.<ref>[http://www.notiinforma.com.ar/radios.html notiinforma.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220060434/http://www.notiinforma.com.ar/radios.html |date=2012-02-20 }}</ref>

There are currently 260 [[AM broadcasting]] and 1150 [[FM broadcasting]] radio stations in Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mi Buenos Aires Querido |url=http://www.mibuenosairesquerido.com/xArgentina6.htm |title=Mi Buenos Aires Querido |publisher=Mi Buenos Aires Querido |access-date=2010-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723032928/http://www.mibuenosairesquerido.com/xArgentina6.htm |archive-date=2013-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Radio remains an important medium in Argentina. Music and youth variety programs dominate FM formats; news, debate, and sports are AM radio's primary broadcasts. [[Amateur radio]] is widespread in the country.

===Censorship===
The Federal Broadcasting Committee (COMFER) has continued to apply certain broadcasting regulations that were instituted during military rule. One such article "banning creation of permanent privately owned networks" was used to revoke the FM radio license of Radio Continental in 2008. Critics pointed out that the relevant law had been selectively applied and accused COMFER of attempting to suppress criticism of the government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cpj.org/2008/08/ruling-on-fm-broadcasts-draws-concern-in-argentina.php|title=Ruling on FM broadcasts draws concern in Argentina|first=Joel|last=Simon|publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists|date=2008-08-28|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>

A 2018 court case punished [[Radio 10 (Argentina)|Radio 10]] host [[Baby Etchecopar]] for comments made in his show "El Angel". Prosecutors collected eight pages of allegedly sexist remarks by Etchecopar and devised a programming schedule which they say "promotes tolerance". To avoid a harsher sentence, Etchecopar agreed to invite twenty gender specialists onto his program to speak uninterrupted for ten minutes at a time with no criticism following the appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/679851805/argentine-radio-host-will-avoid-criminal-prosecution-by-discussing-gender-issues|title=Argentine radio host will avoid criminal prosecution by discussing gender issues|first=Jenny|last=Gathright|publisher=NPR|date=2018-12-24|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref>