The Broadcasting Commission is confirming that its office received a bomb threat today
at 12:21p.m. The caller used expletives and alleged that the Commission was
threatening to remove the host of the Newstalk 93FM programme “Ragashanti Live”, Dr.
Kingsley Stewart, and in return, action would be taken against the Commission,
specifically that a bomb had been planted at its office to be detonated in the afternoon.

The Broadcasting Commission takes note of recent public statements in the media
referring to the issuing of an FM radio licence to Nationwide News Network (NNN).
Some of those reports have erroneously stated that a licence has been granted by
the Broadcasting Commission.

The Broadcasting Commission expresses disappointment that a matter
involving a genuine effort to respond to a crisis relating to our nation’s children
should be made into a controversy.

The Broadcasting Commission has secured an agreement from Cable
Operators and Broadcasters across the island to actively co-operate in the
immediate introduction of an alert system to expedite the recovery of children
reported missing.

The Broadcasting Commission is on course to facilitate more competition in the
Jamaican cable market.
The Commission is issuing a “Call for Applications” to companies that want to
provide island-wide subscriber television service using wireless technology.

The Broadcasting Commission has directed that the insertion of local
advertising into programmes originating on foreign cable channels
seen in Jamaica should be discontinued.