1. Basic Requirements on Media’s Identity
1.1. Legal Entity Name
The Media Outlet, as Conforming Entity, shall provide the name designating the Legal Entity or entities under which it is conducting business. In some cases, this will be the company or public entity (branch of government, parliament, legally authorised state institution, etc.) that has ultimate legal ownership of the Media Outlet. This usually is the body that would be held liable in a court case. It is the body that enters into transactions such as paying employees and suppliers or receiving funds from readers, viewers, customers, advertisers and other sources of funding.
What is the Legal Entity Name?
1.2. Contact Details and Identifiers
The contact details that shall be provided are the postal address and both a general telephone number and email address for the Legal Entity or entities designated in clause 1.1 “Legal Entity Name”, as well as existing identifiers. Clarification: This should be the contact details for the Legal Entity. Elsewhere in this document, means of contact for reader, viewer or listener enquiries, editorial input and other purposes are required.
What is the postal address for the Legal Entity?
LV - 1505 Riga
Latvia
What is the general telephone number for the Legal Entity?
What is the email address for the Legal Entity?
Is the Legal Entity required to have a Tax ID, a Registration ID, a DUNS number and/or other identifiers?
YesWhat are these IDs for the Legal Entity?
Are there any other governmental or other identifiers that a certification body could use to verify the identity of the Legal Entity?
YesWhat are those identifiers?
1.3. Description of Media Outlet
The Conforming Entity shall list all brand names, titles, publication names, etc. under which its Content is published, broadcast, printed or otherwise disseminated to the public or customers. These will be known for this document and this process collectively as the Media Outlet. It is that Media Outlet that will conform with this Journalism Trust Initiative Standard. This is the Conforming Entity. These include all names used on website URLs and on social media accounts, etc.
What Brand Name(s), titles, publication names, etc. do you use to publish Content?
Latvijas Radio 1 broadcasts programs of wide appeal and news round the clock.
Latvijas Radio 2 is a Latvian popular music channel.
Latvijas Radio 3 - Klasika broadcasts classical music and cultural programs.
Latvijas Radio 4 - Doma laukums broadcasts programs in minority languages, mostly - in Russian.
Latvijas Radio 5 offers content intended for younger audiences.
Website: https://latvijasradio.lsm.lv/lv/lr/
LR content is published in common digital platforms of Latvian public service media:
https://www.lsm.lv/
https://replay.lsm.lv/lv
Apps: Latvijas Radio
Latvijas Radio pasakas (fairy tales for children)
LR content is also available on main social media networks: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, TikTok.
1.4. Distribution Channels and URLs
The Media Outlet shall list all URLs on which it publishes. If broadcast or audiovisual, the Media Outlet shall list all terrestrial frequencies, satellite, cable, streaming and other platforms on which it is distributed.
Does the Media Outlet publish on any URLs?
YesOn what URLs do you publish?
Does the Media Outlet publish any content on any social media?
YesWhat are the social media URLs, handles, addresses or names that you use to publish?
https://x.com/LRZinas
https://x.com/LatvijasRadio1
https://x.com/LatvijasRadio2
https://x.com/Klasika_LR3
https://x.com/PieciLV
https://x.com/krustpunkta
https://x.com/muzikalabanka
https://x.com/Gimenes_Studija
https://x.com/LRLatgale
https://x.com/LatvijasRadio4
https://www.instagram.com/muzikalabanka
https://www.instagram.com/piecilv
https://www.instagram.com/latvijasradio
https://www.instagram.com/gimenesstudija
https://www.instagram.com/latvijas_radio_4
https://www.instagram.com/lrlatgale
https://www.instagram.com/5breinumi
https://www.instagram.com/ka_labak/
https://www.tiktok.com/@latvijskoeradio4
https://www.tiktok.com/@piecilv
https://www.tiktok.com/@5breinumi
https://www.tiktok.com/@lrlatgale
https://www.tiktok.com/@ka.labak
https://www.youtube.com/@MuzikalaBanka
https://www.youtube.com/@PieciLV
https://www.youtube.com/@LatvijasRadio
https://www.youtube.com/@dodpiecimaratons
https://www.youtube.com/@LatvijskoeRadio4
https://www.youtube.com/@Latgalesstudija
https://www.youtube.com/@lrpodkasti
https://www.youtube.com/@lr4podkasti
https://www.facebook.com/LatvijasRadio
https://www.facebook.com/LatvijasRadio1
https://www.facebook.com/muzikalabanka
https://www.facebook.com/LatvijasRadio2
https://www.facebook.com/programma.klasika
https://www.facebook.com/LatvijskoeRadio4
https://www.facebook.com/piecilv
https://www.facebook.com/dodpiecimaratons
https://www.facebook.com/radiomazalasitava
https://www.facebook.com/kolnasatalr1
https://www.facebook.com/gimenesstudija
https://www.facebook.com/LRlatgale
https://www.facebook.com/Lieliskaispiecinieks
https://www.facebook.com/piejurasklimats
Does the Media Outlet publish any content by broadcasting and/or streaming?
YesWhat are the terrestrial frequencies, channels, satellite identifiers, other platforms or applications that you use to publish?
https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/par-mums/frekvences/
streaming: https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/lr1; https://lr2.lsm.lv/lv/lr2/; https://klasika.lsm.lv/lv/lr3/; https://klasika.lsm.lv/lv/lr3/; https://www.pieci.lv/lv/lr5/
mobile app: Android, iOS
1.5. Safety Concerns
The Media Outlet shall at all times keep the safety (including digital safety and cybersecurity) of staff, contributors and owners as a primary concern. If full transparency of contact details or other information might endanger individuals, the Media Outlet shall describe what it can about the legitimate reasons for a lack of disclosure or use of pseudonyms for that purpose. Safety concerns shall not be misused to refrain from disclosure.
Do the Media Outlet's Editorial Guidelines state that the safety of all journalists shall be treated as a primary concern?
YesIf you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.
Safety of journalists is also defined in Guidelines for War and Conflict Journalism of the Latvian Public Service Media which is addition to the general Editorial Guidelines of Latvian PSM.
Guidelines state: "The most important value of public media is the human being. When in a war or conflict zone, the priority for public media employees is safety, health, and preservation of life. Every LTV, LR, and LSM.LV employee makes the decision to work in a war or conflict-affected zone voluntarily, and every employee has the right to refuse to go to or stay in a war or conflict-affected zone. When in a country where war or armed conflict is occurring, the employee continuously assesses the situation and avoids places and situations that endanger his or her health or life. The immediate supervisor does not assign tasks to the employee that directly endanger his or her health or life in a war or conflict zone."
Are there any reasons that the Media Outlet has for withholding information on any of the questions as part of this JTI Standard process?
No1.6. Location
The Media Outlet shall provide the physical address of the headquarters of the legal entity referred to above in 1.1 Legal Entity Name. Clarification: This is necessary in cases where the address listed in the Contact Details clause (1.2) does not specify a physical location, or where the location designated by the contact details referred to in 1.2 is not the same location as the headquarters. Clause 1.5, Safety Concerns, may be applied.
Is the physical address of the Legal Entity different from the postal address according to question no. 2?
NoDo you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?
No1.7. Founding Date
The founding date of the Legal Entity referred to in clause 1.1 “Legal Entity Name” shall be specified. If the Media Outlet designated in clause 1.3 “Media Outlet” has a different founding date, the history of former legal entities and their founding dates shall be listed.