Amidst increasing number of private radio stations and their popularity, Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma on Thursday said these stations should be allowed to broadcast news and current affairs programmes.
"The government must allow private radio stations to broadcast news and current affairs programmes since radio can reach more people than any other medium," he said. Describing the guidelines under which private radio stations cannot broadcast news or news programmes as "illogical", Sarma said "there is no such restriction in force regarding television channels". "If we can see news on private TV channels, why can't we hear it on radio?" he said. Sarma suggested the Government constitute a national regulatory authority to monitor the content in private radio stations. On the allegations that AIR and Doordarshan are filled with government related news, Sharma said "government makes news always and nobody can ignore it". He was speaking at the launch of the book 'handbook of the media in contemporary India' edited by Uday Sahay, Deputy Director General of Prasar Bharati in New Delhi. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1388102.cms ++++++++++++++++++ Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India. www.dxersguide.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
