UK communications regulator Ofcom has today fined 30 local radio stations, which form part of GCap Media's One Network, a total of £1,110,000 for the unfair conduct in a listener competition; Secret Sound.  Taken together, the fines amount to the highest total financial penalty to be imposed for the broadcast of radio content which has been found in breach of the Broadcasting Code.

Ofcom's investigation found that on a number of occasions programme makers deliberately put to air text entrants with incorrect answers in order to prevent the prize from being won too soon. As a result, those listeners who had paid to enter the competition on these occasions had no chance of winning. The seriousness of the compliance failures was compounded by some of the actions taken by GCap after the incidents had come to light.

Ofcom has also directed each of the 30 licensees to broadcast a summary of Ofcom's finding on two separate occasions.

Fuente: blogs.rnw.nl

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