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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA - 23/10/2010.

TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY

PUBLIC NOTICE

CLOSURE OF RADIO SAUT FM IN MWANZA FOR INTERFERING WITH

AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS.

The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) would like to inform the

general public that on 23rd August, 2010 ordered Radio SAUT FM in mwanza to close

down due to harmful interference with aeronautical communications to levels that

threaten the safety of aircrafts. The order to close the station was not due to political

reasons as alleged by Majira Newspaper of September 23rd, 2010 a story carried on

page 4 headlined “TCRA yaifungia Radio SAUT”.

The closure of the Radio Station was done after a technical investigation was carried

out by experts from TCRA, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) and Radio SAUT FM

who found that the Radio was broadcasting on frequency 118.2 to 119.3 instead of

frequency 96.2 MHz assigned to them by TCRA. The frequency 118.2MHz to 119.3MHz

were giving out superous emissions interfering with aeronautical communications.

It should be NOTED that TCRA, cannot compromise the safety of aircrafts using

Tanzania airspace in conformity with national and international standards that when

interference occurs between other forms of communications like the radio station and

aeronautical communications, the immediate action is to close down the radio station

for safety reasons.

Radio SAUT FM, was directed to rectify this anomaly by installing filters to eliminate

unwanted signals, tuning its broadcasting equipments to operate within its assigned

frequencies and avail the station to the Authority for inspection before reopening the

radio station.

Issued by

DIRECTOR GENERAL
TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY