Station continues to use its presenters in political ads
Bermuda's most popular radio station HOTT 107 continued to play political ads voiced by its famous presenters yesterday, breaching broadcast laws.
Owner and PLP MP Glenn Blakeney refused to return calls yesterday and Wednesday about his station's apparent breaches of the Broadcast Commission amendments.
In 2003 the PLP made amendments to the "Political Broadcasting Directions 1980 Act".
The amendment stipulated: "No employee of an undertaking (ie a broadcasting organisation) shall take part in a political broadcast unless he is a member of the Legislature or a candidate and he takes part in a broadcast in that capacity'.
But three employees of Hott 107.5 -Thaao Dill, Kristy Burgess and Jamel Hardtman — have been playing on the station for weeks and yesterday adverts with Thaao's voice continued to run.
And during the afternoon on Miss Thang's show Ms Burgess questioned why United Bermuda Party had not mentioned the station's breach in a letter sent to the Broadcasting Commission.
The letter alleged that HOTT 107 was biased and could be breaching regulations.
She said: "Say what you mean and mean what you say. They don't think we should be using presenters voices in the ads.
"Why didn't the Chairman write about that? Then I wouldn't have a problem. And you don't hear people complaining about all those emails going around."
Calls to the head of the Broadcast Commission were not retuned yesterday.
