An attempt by
lawyers representing Voice FM radio station to get the Civil Law Court
to lift its suspension to use the controversial 102.7 frequency was on
Friday rejected by Judge Yussif Kaba.
Denying the
request, Judge Kaba said Voice FM was never licensed by the Liberia
Telecommunication Authority (LTA) - the regulatory agency - to operate
radio communications equipment or given the authority to use the 102.7
frequency, which is at the center of the contention.
"Therefore to allow
the Voice FM to operate such equipment would be tantamount to giving
blanket license to all to violate the regulation," Judge Kaba ruled.
He said, "This
court denied and dismissed the request to vacate its preliminary
injunction and by that makes permanent the injunction issued pending the
outcome of the declaratory judgment."
The controversial
102.7 frequency was initially licensed to the Liberia Web Radio (LWR) on
July 1, 2013 for a period of one year, and the LWR did not renew the
license at the LTA when it expired in 2014.
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