Dear Editor,

CAN you believe it is 19 years today (October 1) since the establishment of 98.1 Hot FM on NCN Radio? This station has not moved up the ladder to coincide with its number of years of being on the air. Berbicians still cannot pick up its signals, nor can the online Web streams be accessed.I’ve written umpteen times about that. From Fuzzy Sattaur to Molly to this present CEO (now also under fire), not one of them has listened to the call to have this station accessible to the entire nation!

What a shame and disgrace. CEO after CEO has taken the helm of this organization, but none has seen fit to improve the broadcast quality as well as standards of its slew of radio stations. I daresay NCN radio has become irrelevant, being replaced by more modern-based and higher-quality radio stations over the years. What is needed perhaps is a revamp of state radio in Guyana like the revamp of the state-owned paper.

While NCN 98.1 Hot FM remains Guyana’s first and oldest FM station, it has only suffered mismanagement over its nearly two-decades-old history.
Regards,
LEON SUSERAN