GNBA grants licences to five radio broadcasters

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The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) yesterday handed out licences to five radio broadcasters. From left are Neaz Subhan, of Radio Guyana Inc 89.5FM, Meleisa De Freitas, of National Television Network Radio Inc., GNBA Chairman Leslie Sobers, Maxwell Thom, of Wireless Connections, National Communications Network (NCN) Chief Executive Officer  Lennox Cornette and Renatha Exeter, of iRadio Inc.
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) yesterday handed out licences to five radio broadcasters. From left are Neaz Subhan, of Radio Guyana Inc 89.5FM, Meleisa De Freitas, of National Television Network Radio Inc., GNBA Chairman Leslie Sobers, Maxwell Thom, of Wireless Connections, National Communications Network (NCN) Chief Executive Officer  Lennox Cornette and Renatha Exeter, of iRadio Inc.

Five radio broadcasters, who have demonstrated full compliance under the 2011 Broadcasting Act as of 31st December, 2016, were yesterday presented with licences and Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leslie Sobers said the move paves the way for the enforcement of the recently-amended legislation.

“This presentation is to bring things back on even keel because some of these licences were not issued. There are reasons for that. It is public knowledge that the board was going through a trying time and there was a transition taking place between the previous board and the new one and so licensing was not done and what we are trying to do now is to bring things back to normal…so that we can move forward with some degree of smoothness for 2017,” Sobers explained, shortly after signing and handing out the licences to National Television Network Radio Inc., iRadio Inc., National Communications Network (NCN), Wireless Connections and Radio Guyana Incorporated.