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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has revoked content licences for Ufulu FM, Ufulu Television and Galaxy FM because they owe the regulatory body a total of K74 million in licence fees.<\/p>\n

A statement signed by MACRA Director General, Daud Suleman, says Ufulu FM owes MACRA K27.2 million, Ufulu Television owes K18.1 million while Galaxy Radio is required to pay K28.9 million.<\/p>\n

The three media houses were given a deadline of 22 August 2022 to pay their outstanding licence fees but they are yet to pay. Failure to pay licence fees is a substantial breach of licence conditions.<\/p>\n

Last week, MACRA also revoked the content licences of Joy Radio, Sapitwa FM and Capital Radio. Licences of Angaliba Radio and Angaliba Television and Rainbow Television\u2019s licences were also canceled by MACRA for similar reasons. Critics say MACRA\u2019s action against the media houses is drastic considering the current economic conditions under the Lazarus Chakwera administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t forget that we\u2019re passing through Negative environment whereby things are not working due to Ukraine and Russia war, Now MACRA before taking action they must consider about the negative environment which is within us,\u201d one person said on social media.<\/p>\n

Others have argued that the annual licence fees is possibly too high. \u201cSomething must be wrong here\u2026I think licence fees are too huge for the local broadcasting industry in the country. In normal circumstances, we can\u2019t have all these broadcasting houses being closed for similar reasons,\u201d a social media user said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has revoked content licences for Ufulu FM, Ufulu Television and Galaxy FM because they owe the regulatory body a total of K74 million in licence fees. 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