Dear Editor,
Mr Mohammed Sattaur, CEO of the National Communications Network Inc, in an interview last Monday in East Berbice said that NCN had made drastic leaps over the past year — and rightly so. However, NCN does receive tens of millions of dollars each year as a grant from the Guyana government. The other TV stations, struggling for revenue, do not receive grants from the government. NCN receives millions to upgrade and enhance. The other TV stations, struggling to entertain the Guyanese public, do not. So it would be very unfair to compare NCN to other media entities in Guyana, hence, it is more than expected that they would have to perform, and perform well for Guyanese.
Also it was rather pleasing to hear that Guyanese will once again get back Radio Roraima (or ‘Double R’). This channel should not have been taken off the air in the first place. I hope they have competent announcers when that time comes.
Berbicians are still awaiting the signal of 98.1 FM. And Guyana is still awaiting other radio signals from private individuals. The year is quickly coming to an end and broadcast legislation to allow private radio stations seems virtually impossible.
But why wait? You can listen to the world and all of its radio stations at www.live-radio.net. You can listen to thousands (two thousand to be exact) radio stations from Anguilla to Zambia and from all corners of the globe during any time of the day or night with an internet connection. That’s my preferred choice. Guyanese radio just doesn’t do it for me. Somehow I find it displeasing with little effort from management to do a better job. Sometimes you cannot even get a decent reception. I said, ‘sometimes.’
Yours faithfully,
Leon Jameson Suseran
