Thursday September 28, 2006

A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues

MEDIA BANNED

FM103 threatens legal action against PEMRA

The administration of Mast FM103 has demanded the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) renew the license of its Balakot transmission or it will go to court against the regulatory authority's alleged discriminatory attitude. A release stated that the administration had demanded a renewal of its license because PEMRA had renewed the licenses of other radio stations working in the quake-hit areas.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\09\28\story_28-9-2006_pg7_35

RADIO SECTOR

New radio goes on air in Larkana

The transmission of a medium-wave radio station went on air on Wednesday after the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBCC) gave a go-ahead through a faxed message. It is the second radio station in the city with an FM radio station operating in the city for 11 years. The medium-wave transmission will be on 1305 kilohertz, said Muhammed Ali Bahnbhan, the station director of Radio Pakistan, Larkana. Listeners could tune in to FM at 101 megahertz, he said. Both the FM and medium-wave radio stations will also air national programmes.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/28/local32.htm

Radio Station studios computerised

LAHORE : Studios at Lahore Radio Station have been upgraded after more than two decades. There are three studios at the radio station, of which two have been computerised for the launch of Channel 3, a new entertainment and public service message channel. Radio engineers had long been asking for better equipped studios, radio station staff told Daily Times.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\09\28\story_28-9-2006_pg13_4

MEDIA PROTEST

Journalists boycott PM's briefing

Journalists boycotted a news briefing on Wednesday in protest over the late arrival of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz by about two hours. The Prime minister's staff had invited journalists at 1300 jours at the PM Secretriate for a news briefing by the prime minister. Once at the Darbar Hall of the Prime Minister's Secretariat, the journalists kept on waiting until 1445 hours and then decided to boycott the function for not observing punctuality. …. Dawn, Page-17  

ACTIVITIES IN MEDIA

RIGHT TO KNOW DAY :

Changes to information laws demanded

ISLAMABAD : As the world observes the International right to Know Day on Thursday, a regional conference of civil society organizations here on Wednesday demanded amendments to the existing freedom of information regime in Pakistan. They said the Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002, local government 2001 and Sindh Freedom of Information ordinance 2006 were inadequate and needed improvement as these laws were damaging the image of the country……. Dawn, Page-18

‘Journalism in a futuristic world'

Department of Mass Communication at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) has started a series of lectures on various aspects of the media by prominent personalities in the profession. The first such discussion was organized on ‘Journalism in Futuristic World'….. Dawn, page-19

“Monthly Meeting of Dargai Press Club: Meeting discuss strategy to resolve problems of journalists”, Daily Aaj Peshawar, Page-2

ARTICLE:

Turn off TV, turn on life

In our part of the world television is considered as a source of enjoying life, while in the developed countries including the USA dozens of groups are seeing the television as a big time waster and urging citizens to turn off television and start enjoying life. It is said that television cuts into family time, harms children's ability to read and succeed in school, and contributes to unhealthy lifestyles and obesity. The TV turnoff network (formerly TV-Free America) is among those organisations that try to encourage children and adults to watch less television and so have more time for a healthier life and more community participation.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/28/local29.htm

COMPILED by: Sajid Gondal, Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan (www.internews.org.pk)

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