By Esther
Awuah
The National Communications
Authority (NCA) has denied allegations that it has tampered with radio signals
of Accra-based private television station, NET2 TV.
According to the authority,
“This allegation is unfounded.”
It explained that to
interfere with radio signals would require the use of a transmitter, which the NCA
does not have and therefore cannot cause interference to any radio signal.
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| Paarock VanPercy, NCA Boss |
It explained that “the NCA
received a complaint from NET2 TV on Monday, 26th November, 2012,
about interference to their transmission in Accra. Our monitoring team was therefore tasked to
investigate the complaint.
“A monitoring exercise
carried out on November 28, 2012 from the Authority’s Fixed Monitoring Station
revealed that there was no interfering signal on NET2 TV’s Channel (Channel
44).”
It further stated that
subsequently the Chief Technician of NET2 TV on Thursday, November 29, 2012 was
contacted to provide details of the nature and location of the said
interference so a joint monitoring exercise could be conducted.
“He indicated that a fault
had been observed on NET2 TV’s main exciter which could possibly be the cause
of the interference. The NCA Monitoring Team was therefore requested by the
said technician to hold off until the installation of a new exciter after which
the NCA may conduct a test if the problem still persists.”
The NCA indicated that it does
not have the capacity nor interest to interfere with radio signals, adding, “We
would like to assure the general public that the Authority would continue to
carry out its mandate of regulating the communications space in the best
interest of the country.”
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