“Pro TV Chisinau” and radio “Antena C” best audiovisual institutions in 2006

One in four of the respondents of the opinion poll “Moldova 2006 – Results of the Year” named “Pro TV Chisinau” channel the best in Moldova. It is the fifth year in a row when “Pro TV Chisinau” is nominated Moldova’s best station. It is followed by NIT (about 20%), TV7 – about 9%, “Euro TV Chisinau” – 7%. The national television station placed fifth, with about 5% of the respondents’ preferences. Also, for the fifth year in row, the radio station “Antena C” ranked the first in the top (10.2%). It is followed by Radio Noroc – 9.7%, Kiss FM – 8%, Hit FM – more than 5% etc. “Timpul de dimineata” newspaper is considered to be the best publication by 16.7% of the respondents. It is followed by “Economiceskoe obozrenie” (about 10%), “Flux”, “Jurnal de Chisinau” and “Komsomoliskaia Pravda v Moldove”. Nearly the same rankings have been registered in the last 4 years. Among the press agencies, the best is considered to be Noutati Moldova, followed by Basa-press, Infotag and Info-Prim Neo, which climbed three places compared with previous years. The website www.azi.md has been the most visited local site (19.3% of the respondents) in 2006. The next place is occupied by www.newsmoldova.md/ru and www.salut.md. The poll was conducted online by the “Opinia” Independent Sociology and Information Service. 1088 persons participated in the survey, which represents about 0.5 % of the active internet users in Moldova. According to the organisers, the margin of error is of 3%.