A small country like Guyana needs 45 radio stations? This is madness. I don't agree with the govt being the ultimate judge of who should get or not get radio license. There must be some transparent metrics to determine the process of awarding radio license. However it must be judicious as in the wrong hands a radio station will only give the opposition an outlet to foster more "mo fiah slow fiah" and perpetuate "kill the cockaroach" ala Rawanda.
45 applicants.
A small country like Guyana cannot sustain more than 3 radio stations and with internet radio on the scene it will even be more difficult for some of them to survive.
However that's not the issue at this time. The issue is the denial of Radio licenses and the process of how the few were handed out.