violated their terms of authorization<\/span><\/strong><\/a> was not an act of political witch-hunting.<\/p>\n\u201cThe NCA had to face the Public Accounts Committee for something of this sort to answer as to why it had allowed some companies it regulates to close down, and not to pay the required regulatory fees. This is an effort that the NCA is making to streamline the operations of all service providers within the communication industry. This is not aimed at any of the FM broadcasting stations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She added that, \u201cA similar audit is also going on for TV services and ISPs among others\u2026 If there are companies that are not in compliance with the terms and conditions of the authorization, they will be sanctioned.\u201d<\/p>\n
A total of 131 radio stations, including Accra based-Radio Gold,\u00a0Atlantis Radio and Radio XYZ were sanctioned by the National Communications Authority (NCA) on Friday for various violations of the terms of their authorization.<\/p>\n
The offenses included operating without a license, and operating with expired license among others.<\/p>\n
The sanctions meted out to them ranged from fines to the total revocation of licenses. Radio XYZ was fined GHc 4,090,000, while Atinka FM was fined GHc 14,800,000.<\/p>\n
Radio Gold and Atlantis Radio were fined GHc 61,330,000 and GHc 60,350,000 respectively.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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