By Adolf Mbaine “The Frontline”, a popular programme on NBS TV, ended abruptly on Thursday, 28 July 2022. This followed a live on-air disagreement between two panellists — Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and Uganda Media Centre Executive Director Ofwono Opondo. The said show seemed balanced with four panellists — two from the government and […]
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Editors note: The suspended radio presenters named below were cleared by UCC to resume work on Thursday 7 December, 2017. Endigyito Radio is the latest FM station to be punished for what the regulator says is a breach of minimum broadcasting standards. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) suspended the producer and presenter of a political […]
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has suspended the broadcasting licence of faith-based television station, ABS TV, for its “offensive programmes”. A letter to the station’s management from the UCC Executive Director, Godfrey Mutabaazi, sent on 5 September 2017 reads in part: “In spite of the several warnings and attempts to give the management of ABS […]
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Uganda’s broadcast regulator has instructed NTV Uganda to stop featuring in its programming the crude language of commentator Frank Gashumba, or else be found in breach of minimum broadcasting standards. In a 10 October 2016 directive that came to light this week via social media, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says that it had received repeated […]
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