Region 10 pushing ahead with TV station…regardless

Jan 09, 2013 News

Region Ten Chairman, Sharma Solomon, says that his administration will not make another application for a broadcast licence to establish a television station within the Region.
According to him, the Regional Administration has already sent in an application, and that is the most it will do based on the understanding of the agreement that was signed with the National Frequency Management Unit.
In his comment to the media on Monday, Solomon said the Regional Administration is prepared to broadcast even without being granted a licence.
“They can say we are lawbreakers,” he said. “They can call it what they want.”
He noted that at the time that agreement was signed, there was nothing like the National Broadcasting Authority. “
“When we signed that agreement, President (Bharrat) Jagdeo had already given ten licences just before he demitted office.
It means, then, Solomon said, that the government could have granted a licence when the agreement was signed.
He contended that what the opposition did, as in the case of the electricity tariff hike, was to discuss with the government without engaging the Regional Administrations (and) sign on to the National Broadcasting Authority.
This, he stressed, has prompted the government to state that the National Broadcasting Authority exists and that the Regional Administration has to apply to that body for a Broadcasting licence.
“We’re saying no. We are saying that the agreement predates the National Broadcasting Authority. If we had known what we know now, we would not have signed that agreement.”
Solomon said that the Region Ten Administration has formed a Regional Information Management Committee (RIMC), which will exercise oversight on information-gathering and dissemination within the Region and influence information policies set by the Region’s Democratic Council.
The RIMC will not act as a business entity, but will be limited to policy formulation on behalf of the people of the Region, including greater access to hotspots and broadband internet connection.
The RIMC will be responsible for appointing a Board that will run the day to day affairs of the proposed television station.
Four young people have already been identified for training to work in various capacities at the proposed television station. A Management Board will include a private investor, who will act in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer of the station.

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