This research attempts to look into what practical changes the broadcasting media inrnEthiopia have experienced in light of media regulation policies, and if the intendedrnchanges have not taken place, attempts to point to reasons.rnThe period after the coming into power of EPRDF (Ethiopian Peopleâ€™s RevolutionaryrnDemocratic Front), 1991, marked a change in Ethiopian media politics. Of the reformsrnEPRDF made was liberalizing the media through granting different freedoms. This wasrndone through various laws and policies. The 1992 press law that gave citizens thernfreedom to exercise freedom of expression through private print media, the 1999rnbroadcast proclamation, the 2003 press law and the newly endorsed broadcastrnproclamation of the year 2007 are the major policies introduced with regard to thernmedia. The 1995 Ethiopian Constitution also is a monumental document for reinforcingrnfreedom of expression in Ethiopia. Article 29 of the Constitution confirms that allrncitizens have the right to â€œseek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kindsrnregardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in prints in the form of art, or throughrnany idea of his/her choiceâ€ (FDRE Constitution, Art 29).rnAfter eight years of the endorsement of the first Broadcast Proclamation in 1999, whichrnfurther affirms the full grant of the right to own a private broadcasting station, there isrnno private television station, and radio stations are still under the control of the controlrnof the government in one way or another. Why are the broadcast media regulatedrnseverely while full freedom of expression is granted on other arenas? Data for the studyrnwas acquired from documents and personal interviews with actors in the mediarnindustry. The conclusion of the research include: private broadcasters and licensees dornnot work together; the new broadcasting regulation policy gives broadcasters a chancernto appeal and imprisonment is excluded from the punitive articles.