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NMC initiates processes to suspend operations of Onua TV/FM

by The Sikaman Times
November 28, 2023
NMC initiates processes to suspend operations of Onua TV/FM
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The National Media Commission (NMC) has initiated processes aimed at suspending the frequency authorizations of Onua TV and Onua FM.

The move, according to the NMC, follows what it describes as “persistently dangerous broadcasts” by Onua TV and Onua FM, owned by Media General.

Graphic Online has gathered that the NMC has written to some institutional partners serving notice of the processes it has initiated towards the suspension of the frequency of Onua TV and Onua FM.

The notice from the NMC to one institutional partner, based on what Graphic Online has gathered, states, “We believe our intervention to save the nation may have implications for your members and their clients who deal with the two stations. We therefore deem it necessary to inform you of our action to enable you to advise the advertising community accordingly.”

“Our action is in line with our Memorandum of Cooperation agreed upon by stakeholders in the media industry, including the Advertising Association of Ghana, in April 2021 at the Alisa Hotel and executed on June 15, 2021. We have attached correspondence relating to the matter for your records,” it added.

Background

In a statement dated November 14, 2023, the NMC issued a final warning to Onua FM, Onua TV, and one of the station’s presenters, Captain Smart, over the said inciteful broadcast.

The NMC indicated that Onua had carried a broadcast in which Captain Smart directly insulted the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) and other commanders of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) by describing them as “beasts.”

Last week, on November 24, the NMC announced in another statement that it had extended the final warning, after which the commission said it may act without any further reference to Media General, owners of Onua FM and Onua TV.

The extension of the deadline followed a response Onua FM/TV sent to the NMC in a letter dated November 20, 2023.

Captain Smart had claimed that the military officers embezzled funds meant for soldiers on peacekeeping operations but offered no evidence to back his claims, the NMC stated.

“This was as dangerous as it was unprofessional,” the commission added.

The commission, in its letter, made reference to a similar incident in 2022, where, in a letter dated December 8, 2022, it drew the attention of Onua TV/FM to the use of the station to promote violence against the state and the management’s lack of capacity to address the same.

The NMC said it was of concern that the behaviour persists after attention was drawn to it and the management was not instituting any measures for any internal gatekeeping to help prevent re-occurrence.

 

Source: Graphic Ghana

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