The government of Nepal is mulling withdrawal of the broadcast licences of over 200 FM radios if they fail to start operation immediately. It is planning to give them three months to go on air. The decision is aimed at discouraging the increasing practice of holding a radio frequency, thereby making genuine parties unable to acquire an FM broadcast licence.
Officials at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) said a total of 388 parties across the country have acquired FM radio broadcast licences. However, only 182 of them have come into operation so far.
A highly-placed source at MoIC said that the government is preparing to give three-month deadline to such individual(s)/companies already holding broadcast license to go on air. “The government will withdraw their licences if they fail to operate even after the stipulated time,” the source added.
(Source: MyRepublica.com)
