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–Pix (above): NBC DG, Mallam Balarabe Shehu
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the operating/broadcast licences of African Independent Television (AIT), Raypower FM, Silverbird TV and Rhythm FM, amongst numerous others around the country, directing its state offices to liaise with security agencies to ensure the shutting down of their operations within the next 24 hours.
Disclosing this, Friday, August 19, in Abuja, NBC Director General, Mallam Balarabe Shehu, said the action came on the heels of the stations’ failure to renew their broadcast licences.
The NBC boss who directed its state offices to liaise with security agencies to ensure the shutting down of the stations’ operations within the next 24 hours, said that in May 2022, the commission published in the national dailies, the list of licensees that are indebted to NBC and gave them two weeks’ ultimatum to renew their licenses and pay their debts or consider their licenses revoked and frequencies withdrawn.
Find below the list of the affected stations: Africa Independent Television (AIT) and its sister radio station, Raypower FM; Silverbird Television, Rhythm FM (Silverbird Communications Ltd), Greetings FM (Greetings Media Ltd), Tao FM (Ovidi Communications Ltd), Zuma FM (Zuma FM Ltd), Crowther FM (Crowther Communications Ltd), WE FM (Kings Broadcasting Ltd), Linksman International Ltd, Bomay Broadcasting Services Ltd, MITV (Murhi International Group Ltd), Classic FM (Pinkt Nigeria Ltd), Classic TV (Pinkt Nigeria Ltd), and Beat FM (Megalectrics Ltd).
Others include: Cooper Communications Ltd, Splash FM (West Midlands Ltd), Rock City FM (Boot Communications Ltd), Family FM (Kalaks Investments Nig. Ltd), Space FM (Creazioni Nig. Ltd), Radio Jeremi (Radio Jeremi ltd), Wave FM (South Atlantic Media Ltd), Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation, Kwara State Broadcasting Corporation, Niger State Broadcasting Corporation, Breeze FM (Bays Water ltd), Vibes FM (Vibes Communication ltd) and Family Love FM (Multimesh Broadcasting Co. ltd).
These are not all. Others include; Gombe State Broadcasting Corporation, Lagos State Broadcasting Corporation, Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, Ondo State Broadcasting Corporation, Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, Bayelsa State Broadcasting Corporation, Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation, and Imo State Broadcasting Corporation.
Also affected are; Anambra State Broadcasting Corporation, Borno State Broadcasting Corporation, Yobe State Broadcasting Corporation, Sokoto State Broadcasting Corporation, Katsina State Broadcasting Corporation, Zamfara State Broadcasting Corporation, Kebbi State Broadcasting Corporation, Jigawa State Broadcasting Corporation and Kaduna State Broadcasting Corporation.
The NBC’s action is coming few months after the commission had imposed a N5 million fine on Trust TV over the broadcast of a documentary tagged “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story,” aired on March 5, 2022./SHARE THIS