- Target:
- ICASA
- Region:
- South Africa
South Africa is a diverse country of many cultures and religions. ICASA (the broadcast regulator) is required by government to manage the licensing of media services to cater for a diverse range of the population, yet their radio license policies and the current state of radio does not reflect this at all.
Other than small campus radio, there is no radio station catering for local music, rock, metal, 60s music or dance music specifically to its demographic. Most existing radio stations have the same music policies, and even similar play lists.
Other countries have adopted an LPFM (Low Power Fm) license system which allows more stations to operate to smaller areas, thereby creating the diversity that our country is supposed to be embracing. ICASA's current LPFM license policy is only designed for shopping malls and drive-in movie theaters.
If you're sick of hearing the same thing being played on every station, and are now turning on your Ipod, or if you love dance music, metal, rock, 60's, 70's or 80's music, or any genre that's not being aired on radio, or even if you're a musician struggling to get your music heard, its time you did something about it!
Sign this petition, and force ICASA to change their LPFM license policies to allow radio stations with 250W ERP transmitters to operate commercially, and allow you to hear the music you want to hear!
We, the undersigned, call on ICASA, the broadcast regulator to change your current Low Power Fm broadcast policy, to allow low power commercial and community radio stations with an output of 250w ERP to be licensed, in order to provide services to smaller demographics, and to provide a more diverse range of services to our rainbow nation.
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The More radio stations to cater for our tastes petition to ICASA was written by Freeradio and is in the category Media Issues at GoPetition.