Vocea Basarabiei hasn't won any of the licenses distributed by the Broadcasting Coordination Council (BCC) at the final stage of a public competition on Wednesday, May 7, Info-Prim Neo reports. The outcome angered the applicant radio, who accused the BCC members of being partial in selecting the winners. The station had applied for licenses which granted use for frequencies in Chisinau, Balti, Cahul, Ungheni, Briceni, Drochia and Ocnita. BCC awarded on Wednesday licenses for the use of 17 radio frequencies, selecting winners out of 32 contesters. One of the frequencies put up for contest remained undistributed. BCC's decision concerning the 102.7 MHz frequency raised a few eyebrows. The frequency was made available for the contest although it is currently used by a Romanian station called Radio 21, which holds a license valid until 8 June 2008. Some BCC members questioned the fairness of the decision. Eventually, the license was awarded to a barely known station called Magic FM, which pledged to offer its audience a 100 percent made-in-Moldova production, targeting mainly women. To sweeten the pill for Radio 21, BCC awarded it a license for the 72.71 MHz frequency in Chisinau. When asked to comment the outcomes of the competition, attending MP Anatol Taranu has told Info-Prim Neo that as a rule BCC convenes public meetings as this one to announce some decisions made in advance without proper debating. He believes the legal gaps leave much room for political interference, all the more since the BCC members have been appointed on political criteria. According to Taranu, it's obvious that most of the BCC members represent the interests of the parliamentary majority, therefore the pluralism of the media space in Moldova is severely affected.