Decision by Ofcom - Castle FM (Leith Community Mediaworks Ltd)
| Published date | 01 February 2016 |
| Issuer | Office of Communications |
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Sanction Decision by Ofcom and Notice under sections 110(1)(a) and 110(1)(b) of the
Sanction: to be imposed on Leith Community Mediaworks Ltd
For failure to retain and provide recordings
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Ofcom’s decision
of sanction against: Leith Community Mediaworks Ltd (“LCMWL” or the
“Licensee”) in respect of its service Castle FM (or the
“Licensed Service”) (CR000080BA).
For: Breaches of Licence Conditions 8(2) (a) and (b)
contained in Part 2 of the Schedule to LCMWL’s
licence. These state respectively:
“The Licensee shall adopt procedures acceptable to
Ofcom for the retention and production of recordings of
any programme which is the subject of a Standards
Complaint and in relation to the production of
recordings of any programme which is the subject of a
fairness complaint the Licensee shall also comply with
the requirements of Condition 19 below”; and
“In particular, the Licensee shall: (a) make and retain,
for a period of 42 days from the date of its inclusion
therein, a recording of every programme included in the
Licensed Service together with regular time reference
checks; (b) at the request of Ofcom forthwith produce
to Ofcom any such recording for examination or
reproduction; and (c) at the request of Ofcom forthwith
produce to Ofcom any script of transcript of a
programme included in the Licensed Service which he
is able to produce it.”
Decision: To impose a financial penalty (payable to HM
Paymaster General) of £850.
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See: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-
bulletins/obb286/Issue_286.pdf
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