Employees of Kyrgyzstan\'s National Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation (NTRK) held a news conference on 22 April demanding that state-run television be transformed into public television, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. They stated, \"The destabilization of the information front will continue until NTRK becomes public television.\" Jainagul Maksimova, chair of the group Journalists for Law and Order and the head of a broadcasting company in Chuy Province, said, \"Kyrgyz TV carries out the same political orders now as it did under the previous regime,\" akipress.org reported. She argued that only public control can bring freedom of expression to the airwaves. Tamara Valieva, a television staffer, said that new procedures are needed for appointing top management, or else \"TV staff will stage attempts to stop broadcasts.\" Despite tension between the post-Akaev management of state-run television and employees, management is also prepared to accept public control over broadcasting. (RFE/RL)