NCA sanctions over 100 FM stations; revokes licences of 21 stations
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has sanctioned a total of
131 FM Authorisation Holders it says have violated various aspects of
the Electronics Communications Act (2009), Act 775.
A further 13 FM Authorisation Holders have been issued with reprieves as pertains to their authorisations.
The NCA has also revoked completely the authorisations of 21 FM
stations whose authorisations had expired over several years and were
operating illegally.
“They had also failed to apply for renewal 3 months before expiry of
existing Authorisation and as stipulated in their Authorisation. The FM
broadcasting stations in question also did not respond to a notice the
NCA sent to them to regularise their operations earlier this year,” the
NCA said in a release issued Thursday.
The airwaves regulator’s action follows the completion of a
nationwide FM Spectrum Audit conducted this year to determine compliance
of Authorisation Holders with their Authorisation conditions and to
determine which FM stations were in operations or otherwise.
The FM Spectrum Audit also forms part of a wider and on‐going audit
of all services regulated by the NCA, including TV and ISP services, NCA
said.
Price FM, Kumasi; Dess FM, Bekwai; Hello FM, Kumasi; Kapital Radio,
Kumasi, Voice of Sene, Kwame Danso; are among the radio stations
whose licences have been revoked.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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