'Batam TV' still airing despite ban

'Batam TV' still airing despite ban

BATAM: Batam's first local television station, Batam TV, and Radio station Hang FM continue their broadcasts, despite warnings that they have no permits and to abandon frequencies used also by several television and radio stations in Malaysia and Singapore.

"We have warned them to stop their broadcasts but this has been ignored, so Batam police must immediately act to seal their offices and cut their broadcasts, about which our neighbors have complained," said the ministry of telecommunication's department of frequency regulations head Woro Indah Widyastuti on Friday.

Batam TV and Radio Hang FM were both launched by Batam's mayor Nyat Kadir on January 18 2003.

Woro said that neither the mayor nor the governor had the authority to issue the broadcasting permits. -- Antara