ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: In Yugoslavia, thousands of Serbs are rallying over the latest move to silence local radio and television stations. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic cut power Friday to a major station that opposes his ruling Socialist Party. CNN's Alessio Vinci has the story.</s>ALESSIO VINCI, CNN CORRESPONDENT  (voice-over): The Yugoslav government is clamping down on television and radio stations broadcasting without licenses, and as a result, hundreds of stations in Serbia are now struggling to remain on the air because the state wants to be paid by the end of the month. On Friday, government officials ceased transmitting equipment of a local TV station in Kraljevo, in Southern Serbia, leaving nearly a million people without a signal, but the government's attempt at regulating more than 150 stations across the country is perceived by many here as a clamp down on those media controlled by the opposition. TV Kraljevo is owned by the local city council, ruled by a coalition of opposition parties. Ivan Rajovic is the editor-in-chief of the station.</s>IVAN RAJOVIC, EDITOR IN CHIEF (through translator): This city is one of the main opposition power bases in our country. We proved it in 1996 and 1997 when we took over, together with our citizens, this television station.</s>VINCI: Protesting against the attempt at shutting down a TV station, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Kraljevo on Saturday, calling government officials "red bandits." Many here fear this is the beginning of a wider campaign by the state, aimed at taking control of all the so-called independent media.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): In this year, the communists must leave. So even if they remove the TV equipment or leave it, it doesn't matter; they're only making they're situation worse.</s>VINCI: But Yugoslav government officials deny they have singled out opposition media, saying radio and TV stations from across the country owe the state more than $2 million in broadcasting fees. Alessio Vinci, CNN, Belgrade.
Milosevic Cuts Power to Major Opposition Radio Station