Decision of further sanction – Afro Caribbean Millennium Centre
| Published date | 21 June 2021 |
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Issue 429
21 June 2021
Issue 429 of Ofcom’s Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin
21 June 2021 1
Decision by Ofcom’s Sanction Panel – Afro Caribbean Millennium
Centre (“ACMC”)
Type of case
Broadcast Standards
Outcome
Ofcom’s Sanction Panel has decided not to impose any
further sanction on ACMC for broadcasting a
programme on its community station New Style Radio
which included potentially harmful content about the
Coronavirus pandemic. ACMC has already been
directed to broadcast a summary of Ofcom’s findings.
Programme
Service
The Family Programme
New Style Radio 98.7 FM
Date & time
1 November 2020, 18:00
Category
Harm
Summary
This programme featured potentially harmful
statements about the Coronavirus pandemic and
adequate protection was not provided to listeners.
Breach of Rule 2.1 of the Broadcasting Code and a
direction to broadcast a statement of Ofcom’s findings
in this case.
New Style Radio 98.7 FM (“New Style Radio”) is a community radio station providing a service for Afro
Caribbean communities in the Winson Green area of Birmingham. The licence for the service is held by
Afro Caribbean Millennium Centre (“ACMC” or “the Licensee”).
Ofcom’s Decision published on 7 December 2020 in the Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin found that
The Family Programme broadcast on 1 November 2020 between 18:00 and 20:00 featured potentially
harmful statements about the Coronavirus pandemic without providing adequate protection for
listeners and breached Rule 2.1 of the Broadcasting Code (“the Code”).
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