THE Tanzanian Broadcasting Services Act of 1993 has brought
remarkable achievements in the history of broadcasting industry in the
country, assuring private and individual organizations ownership of
patterns of broadcasting which are licensed.
For effective adaptation and implementation of the 1993 Act, the
government enacted the Tanzania Communication Authority Act in 2003 to
pave way for three distinct ownership of the industry; Commercial,
Public and Community. D espite the three forms of media ownership, much
emphasis has been directed to commercial ownership. Even though the stateowned radio station continues struggling to
become a full public owned outlet, a number of shortfalls can meanwhile
be recorded. It has been reported that operation of the said commercial
and public media outlets specifically for radio stations have raised
undependable questions amongst the majority poor and marginalized
communities. As some questions the validity of a need for public radio
station whose frequencies ends hundred miles away from the village.
Majority claims the need for effective community radios to promote
flow of information from one society to another. "We normally listen to
foreign radio stations when entertainments programmes are on-air. For
some occasions we get access to Swahili produced programmes from
neighbouring Kenya," noted Sanja Sundi a resident of Ololosokwan village
in Ngorongoro District, Arusha region.
(Source : Tanzania Daily News via allAfrica.com)
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