RADIO BLUES
The RIU ad carrying a petition form calling for the reinstatement of Barry Jenkin and Andrew Page and their midnight to dawn alternative show in the ZM network appears to have been too effective for the Broadcasting Tribunal. The tribunal has sent a terse letter to the ad's sponsor, Record Warehouse Managing Director Michael Dow requesting him not to sponsor another ad "as there is little value in more such paper being received in this office." The letter disclaims any ability on the tribunal's part to act on the matter.
It does not say who can do anything. The unsympathetic tone is echoed in the standard letter to those who signed the petition if you»put pen to paper you should have received one by now. It directs unhappy radio listeners to official complaint procedures, as detailed in the Broadcasting Act 1976, ' a copy of which can be bought from the Government Print Bookshop for $3.75. RB
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Rip It Up, Issue 79, 1 February 1984, Page 24
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158RADIO BLUES Rip It Up, Issue 79, 1 February 1984, Page 24
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