Radio stations yet to receive reauthorization letters, days after NCA announcement
FM Radio stations that were shut down by the National Communication Authority though, have been noted would be given the license to operate, they are yet to receive letters to confirm that.
This was confirmed by the President of Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) Mr Thomas Nii Lantey Sunkwa-Mills during an interview on Accra based TV3 on October 16, 2021, monitored by myactiveonline.com as he revealed that NCA communicated to GIBA that they are about to send the reauthorization letter to the affected stations.
“There has been no actual confirmation. We have made contact with the NCA and the response we got was they were putting together the letters to be sent to these stations but as at yester night, no station has received any clear letter from the NCA confirming this.’’
He added that “it would be good if this was made public and then other news followed or the perceptions would have been clarified.’’
The Governing board some days earlier had approved the licenses of some 133 stations including Accra-based Radio Gold to commence operations again.
In issuing the notice, the NCA further explained that the stations include those whose licenses were revoked after an audit in 2017 which affected Radio Gold and XYZ as well.
“The Governing Board of the National Communications Authority (NCA), at a Board meeting held on 11th October 2021, approved the grant of a total of One Hundred and Thirty-Three (133) FM radio broadcasting authorizations which include new applications from entities whose FM radio stations were closed down after the 2017 FM Audit as well as existing stations which applied for renewal of their expired FM Radio broadcasting authorizations,” a statement from the NCA said.
According to the statement, the approval is “subject to the applicants attending a sensitisation workshop on the terms and conditions of FM radio broadcasting authorisations.”
“The workshop shall clarify the legal, regulatory, and technical requirements for the establishment,” it added.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
