57 radio stations face suspension over regulation breaches – Sam George

The Minister for Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has announced that 57 radio stations face the risk of frequency suspension for violating regulations.

The Minister says the suspension is intended to provide the media organisations an opportunity to rectify their regulatory breaches before resuming operations.

Addressing journalists on Monday, March 24, Samuel Nartey George stated that three out of the six radio stations that were recently suspended would have their frequencies restored in the coming days.

“The other six stations are a part of a total number of about 63 radio stations whose frequencies are not going to be revoked but are going to be suspended. We suspended the first six because we cannot have a situation where media houses would flout the regulation and say that because of press freedoms, the conditions for their licenses will not be met.

“I will be suspending the licenses, offering them the opportunity to remedy the anomaly in their cases. The six that were affected in the first phase, three of them have indicated to us and brought to the regulator the documentation required for the restoration of their frequencies and I will be authorising the restoration of their frequencies.”