The fact is that the news media in these areas are still weak, often controlled or heavily influenced by local governments, and may be unable to survive as independent voices.Until the transition of these countries to full democracy and economic liberty is complete, American services like Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty will be essential, and this process could take a generation or more.
At the same time, the radio serviceshave tried to adapt to the new political reality. The decision to move Radio Free Europe's headquarters from Munich to Prague was taken for both economic and symbolic reasons; Prague appeared cheaper, and the move represented the return of these services to their region of interest. The services have also opened offices in many cities in the former USSR and Eastern Europe and hired broadcasters from the countries to which they were broadcasting. In addition, two language services,Polish and Czech,have been made private, and one other, Hungarian, has been dropped.
According to http://www.vii.org currently there is a dispute over private tv channel Nova in Czech republic. CET 21 who controls the legislation for broadcasting says that they are not worried about the merger between foriegn media company SBS and Central European Media Enterprises.