Dead cat saga causes a second day of stink at CyBC.Byline: Stefanos Evripidou THE TROUBLES at the state broadcaster entered their second day yesterday with some employees warning they will refuse to work if the "stinky studios" problem is not solved. The four-hour morning show, 'To Proino Dromologio', had to be presented and prepared by a makeshift team as the regular members were unable to work in the studio, while the 1pm news bulletin was cut short by about 20 minutes. Yesterday, the building was visited by Labour Ministry inspectors, who reportedly warned management to take the necessary measures as this was the last time they would file a complaint about working conditions at the site. The inspectors agreed that the place really did smell but that there was no immediate danger working there. They vowed to take air samples, and depending on the results, could issue an order for the two offending studios to be sealed. The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου) or CyBC (CyBC) has been stationed at the same building for near six decades, leading to a myriad of difficulties for staff who complain that the ventilation system ventilation system Public health An air system designed to maintain negative pressure and exhaust air properly, to minimize the spread of TB and other respiratory pathogens in a health care facility is nowhere near adequate and causes problems with their voices. Staff have complained that the lack of temperature control for the building's air systems forces them to use halogen heaters in the summer because the air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. is too cold, and fans in the winter. The building is also inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with rats, fleas, pigeons and cats that often choose to take their last breath in the building's roof, sending a rotten stench down the ventilation shaft Noun 1. ventilation shaft - a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation air duct, air passage, airway - a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) shaft - a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) and into the studios. Presenters of Radio Trito, the corporation's third radio programme, reached the end of their tether tether to tie an animal up by the head or neck so that it can graze but not move away. See also barton tether. on Tuesday, when the stench got so bad, they could no longer perform live on air. Trito employees refused to work in such smelly conditions, forcing CyBC's News and Current Affairs Department head Yiannis Kareklas to take over for one of the hourly news bulletin slots. The remainder of the bulletins were conducted in a second studio found for staff, which still had traces of the same putrid putrid /pu·trid/ (pu´trid) rotten; putrefied. pu·trid adj. 1. Decomposed; foul-smelling; rotten. 2. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction. smell employees complained about. Copyright Cyprus Mail 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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