Closure of our station by NCA inconsiderate

Closure of our station by NCA inconsiderate – Radio Gold

Management of Radio Gold has described the closure of the station by the National Communications Authority (NCA) as high-handed.
Though the NCA said the station had been operating without valid authorisations, Radio Gold in a statement said it had tried to rectify this shortcoming on numerous occasions.
“We have made numerous attempts to submit the required documentation to the NCA for the purposes of renewing the frequency authorization, which documentation was inexplicably rejected by the NCA,” the statement signed by its CEO revealed.
Radio Gold was shut down alongside fellow pro-opposition radio station, Radio XYZ.
The NCA in a 2017 audit named Radio XYZ and Radio Gold among over 50 FM stations that were operating against its regulations.
It fined Radio XYZ GHs 4,090,000 in September 2017 for operating with a license that expired on 8th May 2016.
In the report, Radio Gold was fined GHs 61,330,000 for operating with a license that expired on 6th September 2000.
Radio Gold also said it expected that the NCA action “would have been preceded with prior and adequate notification.”
“… the closure of Radio Gold is high-handed and runs contrary to the spirit of engagement that existed between the NCA and the station.”

Source: citinewsroom.com

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