[cma-l] RSL station fails to log

[CMA-L]

Ofcom has found another short-term community radio station in breach
of licence conditions for failing to log its output - details below.

In Breach:

Radio Ramadhan Keighley 102.1 FM, 14 September 2009, 12:00

Introduction:

Radio Ramadhan Keighley was a radio service which broadcast in West
Yorkshire under a short-term restricted service licence for the
Ramadhan period. A listener complained that the station broadcast
content with a bias towards the Labour Party, and that this was not
politically balanced and did not serve the purpose of a
religious-based station.

Ofcom asked Radio Ramadhan Keighley for a recording of the programme
to assess the content.

Response:

Radio Ramadhan Keighley explained that it was unable to obtain the
recording from its logging facility. It said a computer hardware
failure meant that the external hard-drive used to record programmes
was faulty, and had failed to record the programme.

Although it was unable to provide a recording, the station did explain
that it had no bias towards any political party, and it had invited
representatives from all the political parties to participate in local
community awareness programmes.

Decision:

While noting Radio Ramadhan Keighley’s comments about impartiality
towards all political parties, in the absence of a recording we were
unable to consider the complaint. It is a very important condition of
all radio broadcasters’ licences that recordings of their output are
made and retained and copies provided to Ofcom on request “forthwith.”
The failure of Radio Ramadhan Keighley to meet these requirements is a
serious and significant breach of the conditions of its licence. This
breach will be held on record.
Breach of Licence Condition 8 (Part 2 General Conditions) of
restricted service licence

Source: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/obb145/

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