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\n<\/figure>\nExecutive Director of the IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe believes the shut down of some two radio stations, Radio Gold and Radio XYZ, was not thoroughly thought through by the National Communications Authority (NCA).<\/p>\n
Describing the move as political, Mr. Cudjoe said the shut down was only a ploy to hurt the opposition party\u2019s main communication tool.<\/p>\n
Mr. Cudjoe on Citi TV\u2019s\/ FM<\/strong>\u2018s Big Issue<\/strong> said the NCA could have used a better approach in getting the two stations to operate based on the Authority\u2019s laid down rules.<\/p>\n\n\u201cThis is politics- look at the biggest opposition parties main communication tool and then you actually say you are shutting it down. I would have thought that the sensible thing to do was to say I am blacklisting you\u2026and if you do not pay I am suing you\u2026 but the very childish act of shutting down a station is in itself crude especially when it is not even a new station\u2026.What you are actually doing is treating them like a criminal entity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The two radio stations were shut down<\/strong><\/span> on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\nThere was an ongoing NDC press conference being aired by both stations when they were shut down.<\/p>\n
Radio Gold, Radio XYZ shutdown not politically motivated \u2013 Oppong Nkrumah<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah<\/strong><\/span> earlier denied claims that the shutdown of the two stations meant a political vendetta.<\/p>\nHe said the exercise cuts across all users of electronic spectrum who are operating without the right authorization and not a specifically targeted user.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI am very sure some persons would speculate that this exercise appears to be an action against the two radio stations that may appear to be unaligned to the current administration. But the brief I have is that, this exercise cuts across various user of spectrums who have been cautioned that they had been operating without authorization for some years now. And this exercise has been going on for a year now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The NCA\u2019s 2017 audit named Radio XYZ and Radio Gold among the many FM stations that were operating against its regulations.<\/p>\n
Radio XYZ\u2019s license was said to have expired on 8th May 2016 and that of Radio Gold on 6th September 2000.<\/p>\n
In the report, both Radio XYZ and Radio Gold were fined GHs 4,090,000 and GHs 61,330,000 respectively.<\/p>\n
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