The Minister for Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has revealed that 57 radio stations are at risk of having their frequencies suspended due to regulatory violations.
According to the minister, a suspension would offer these media organisations a chance to address regulatory issues before they could resume operations.
During a press conference, Samuel Nartey George noted that three of the six radio stations that were recently suspended are expected to have their frequencies reinstated shortly.
“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”.