“Antonio Di Giampaolo has hosted his popular radio news program En el Aire, Spanish for ‘On the Air,’ for nearly 40 years. On May 17, Di Giampaolo planned to broadcast an interview with opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, but executives at the station Éxitos 93.1 FM in the western city of Maracay nixed the plan with no explanation, according to the journalist.
‘I had already recorded the interview, but they told me it couldn’t be broadcast,’ Di Giampaolo told CPJ, adding that it would have been the first radio interview with González since becoming the opposition’s front-runner.
Di Giampaolo believes the radio station, which is waiting for state regulator Conatel to renew its license, did not want to risk offending President Nicolás Maduro, who will face González at the polls on July 28 in a critical presidential election.”
