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It

sound and television broadcasting service

which is responsive to the diverse needs.

and aspirations of the community.

should also impose upon the Corporation a

duty to inform, educate and entertain.

(e) the. Charter of the Public broadcaster

should set out in full the conditions and

stipulations under which the Corporation is

to operate; and that for the purpose of

administering the industry, the Charter

should, where appropriate, be treated as a

licence and the Corporation should be

subjected to the same overall regulation as

the other licensees.

(E)

(g)

the onus should be on the Corporation, at a

nearing held at the time of licence issue

and at the time of the mid-term licence

review, to establish that it has been

operating in accordance with the conditions

and stipulations in its Charter.

the first hearing for the public

broadcaster should be prior to the mid-term

licence review for the period commencing

December 1992.