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BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | July 17, 2014
BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | July 17, 2014
FM industry is left disappointed. They claim this is anyway part of the Phase 3 licensing
Minister of Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar yesterday told the Lok Sabha that private FM channels will be allowed to air news bulletins from All India Radio (AIR), but in exactly the same format. The minister also elaborated that instead of putting audio clips of news sourced from AIR, the ministry was exploring the option of the FM radio presenter to read out the exact news matter in his or her voice.
But the FM industry is left disappointed. They claim this is anyway part of the Phase 3 licensing.
Reacting to the I&B minister's statement, Nisha Narayanan, COO, Red FM, said, "We welcome the announcement made by I&B minister Prakash Javadekar, on allowing private FM radio players to broadcast news. It is partially disappointing too as we are only allowed to air the news bulletins of AIR and in exactly the same format of AIR! So far AIR has been enjoying an unfair monopoly in the broadcast of news and current affairs which is a violation of the Supreme Court's 1995 judgement. While the current statement by I&B is definitely good news, we would hope that with time, the government will further relax the policy to give freedom to private FM channels to broadcast news independently."
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