ADVISORY
It has come to the notice of the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that despite signing of Grant of
Permission Agreement (GOPA), which prohibits broadcast of objectionable,
obscene, unauthorized matter inconsistent with the laws of India and despite
the recent Advisory dated 15th October, 2012; objectionable content are
sometimes broadcast on private FM Radio
Channels. It has been noticed that the
language used by many Radio Jockeys is sometimes indecent, offensive and
aggressive. Comments on current affairs and news that are meant to bypass the
provisions of the GOPA are also being made by some stations.
It has also been brought to the notice
of MIB that some FM operators are making unsolicited calls to members of the
public and disturbing their privacy by way of aggressive comments and conversation
which are being broadcast without the prior knowledge and consent of these
individuals.
Such acts of making prank calls, which
violate the privacy of individuals cannot be permitted since these violate the
programme code and the advertisement code prescribed in the GOPA.
The recent sad death of a nurse of
Indian origin in a London hospital allegedly because of a prank call from an Australian
FM station; underscores the importance of curbing such unsolicited verbal pursuit of private individuals by FM
channels since these can have tragic and unforeseen consequences. All private
FM Broadcasters are aware of Clause 11.2 of GOPA which provides that
the permission holder should follow the same programme and advertisement code as
followed by All India Radio.
All private FM channels should adhere
to all the clauses, specially Clause 7.6 and 11.2 of GOPA in letter and spirit failing
which they will under themselves liable for taking action as per the relevant
clauses of GOPA.
this is not fair.
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