2013 broadcasting 3rd quarter quality of service report

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Broadcasting Monitoring Third Quarter Report Page 1

BROADCASTING MONITORING QUARTELY REPORT

JULY 1stTO SEPTEMBER 30th, 2013

SUBMITTED BY:

THE BROADCASTING MONITORING UNIT


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3.0. PRIVATE COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS

3.1. CAPITAL RADIO

The station gave much of its airtime to issues on entertainment and sports at 58%. This was

followed by political and governance issues at 10% and human rights, crime and courts at 9%.The pie chart below presents how the rest of the issues were given airtime on Capital Radio.

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

7% Health

4%Politics and

Governance

10%

Human

Rights/courts/Police

9%

Sports and

Entertainment

58%

Foreign Content

8%

Education

1%Religion

3%

Capital Radio issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.2. POWER 101

As a youth oriented radio station, Power 101 allocated much of its airtime to entertainment

and sports. Human Rights issues were given 8% of the airtime, followed by foreign content at

6% while politics and governance and economy were allocated 5%. The rest of the categories

shared almost equal airtime as shown by the pie chart below.

Economy/Business/Ag

ric./ Development

5% Health

4%Politics and

Governance

5%

HumanRights/courts/Police

8%

Sports and

Entertainment

67%

Foreign Content

6%

Education

2%

Religion

3%

Power 101 Issue Based Programming: 1st July -30th September, 2013


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3.3. ZODIAK BROADCASTING STATION

The station allocated 32% of its airtime to issues on sports and entertainment while human

rights issues were allocated substantial airtime at 19%. This was followed by economy,

business, development and agriculture at 13%. The chart below presents the rest of the issues

and how they were given airtime on ZBS.

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

13%

Health

9%

Politics and

Governance

10%

Human


19%

Sports and

Entertainment

32%

Foreign Content

8%

Education

1%Religion

8%

(Zodiak) Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.4. STAR FM

Star FM allocated 30% of its airtime to issues on entertainment and sports followed by religion

at 17%. Foreign content got 14%. Human rights issues were allocated 11% of the airtime while

issues on politics and governance and economy, business, development and agriculture got 9%.

The chart below presents how the other issues were given airtime on Star FM.

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

9%

Health

5% Politics and

Governance

9%

Human


11%

Sports and

Entertainment

30%

Foreign Content

14%

Education

5%

Religion

17%

Star Radio: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.5. MATINDI FM

Matindi Radio station allocated 32% of its airtime to entertainment and sports while issues on

human rights and foreign content got 16% and 14% respectively. Categories of politics and

governance and economy, business and development each got 11%. Below is a chart showing

how the rest of the issues were given airtime

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

11%Health

4%

Politics and

Governance

11%

Human


16%

Sports and

Entertainment

32%

Foreign Content

14%

Education

7%

Religion

5%

Matindi FM: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.6. MBC RADIO ONE

The public broadcaster gave much of its airtime to issues on business, agriculture and development at

27%. Issues on entertainment and sports were allocated 24% of the airtime. The pie chart below

indicates how the rest of the categories were allocated airtime on the radio station.

Economy/Business/Ag

ric./ Development

27%

Health

11%

Politics and

Governance

8%

Human


15%

Sports andEntertainment

24%

Foreign Content

4%

Education

6%

Religion

5%

MBC RADIO 1: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.7. GALAXY FM

The category that got much of the airtime on Galaxy FM is entertainment at 44%. Issues on politics and

governance and human rights and courts got 13% each. This was followed by economy, business,

agriculture and development that got 12%. The chart below presents the rest of the airtime allocation.

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

12%

Health

3%

Politics and

Governance

13%

Human


13%

Sports and

Entertainment

44%

Foreign Content

5%

Education

1%

Religion

9%

Galaxy FM: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.8. MIJ FM RADIO

Much of the airtime on MIJ was given to entertainment and sports. Human rights and courts

were given the same airtime as politics and governance at 13%. The chart below presents the

rest of the allocations.

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

12%Health

6%

Politics and

Governance

13%

Human


13%

Sports and

Entertainment

46%

Foreign Content

7%

Education

1%

Religion

2%

MIJ FM: Issue based progaramming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.9. JOY RADIO

Joy Radio allocated much of its airtime to issues on sports and entertainment that got 39%. Issues on

human rights and courts followed at 19%. The rest of the categories were allocated airtime as shown in

the pie chart.

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

12%Health

2%Politics and

Governance

9%

Human


19%Sports and

Entertainment

39%

Foreign Content

7%

Education

3% Religion

9%

JOY Radio: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.10. MBC RADIO 2

On MBC Radio 2 the two categories of sports and entertainment and economy, business, agriculture and

development each got 21% of the total broadcast time. This was followed by foreign content at 17% and

human rights at 14%. The other categories were allocated airtime as indicated by the pie chart below.

Economy/Business/Ag

ric./ Development

21%

Health8%

Politics and

Governance

5%

Human

Rights/courts/Police14%

Sports and

Entertainment

21%

Foreign Content

17%

Education

5% Religion

9%

MBC Radio 2: Issue based programming : 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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3.11. MBC TV

On MBC TV issues on economy, business, agriculture and development got 28% of the airtime closely

followed by sports and entertainment at 26%. Below is how other categories were allocated the airtime.

Economy/Business/Ag

ric./ Development

28%

Health

10%

Politics andGovernance

9%Human


11%

Sports and

Entertainment

26%

Foreign Content

2%

Education

7%

Religion

7%

MBC TV: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th October, 2013


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4.0. FAITH BASED RADIO STATIONS

4.1. RADIO MARIA

Typical of a religious radio station, Radio Maria allocated 68% of its airtime to religious programmes. The

rest of the issues were allocated airtime as presented in the pie chart below.

Economy/Business/

Agric./ Development

4%

Health

3%

Politics and

Governance

4%Human


6%

Sports and

Entertainment

7%Foreign

Content

5%

Education

3%

Religion

68%

Radio Maria: Issues based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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4.2. TRANSWORD RADIO

Issues on religion dominated the airwaves at Transworld Radio as this was allocated 33% of the

airtime. This was followed by entertainment. Below is a chart indicating how the rest of the

issues were allocated airtime.

Economy/Business/Ag

ric./ Development

8%

Health

11%

Politics and

Governance8%

Human


12%

Sports and

Entertainment

18%

Foreign Content3%

Education

7%

Religion

33%

TransWorld Radio: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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4.3. RADIO ISLAM

Religious programmes got much airtime at 28% followed by governance and political issues. The rest of

the issues were allocated airtime as shown in the pie chart.

Economy/Business/

Agric./ Development

11%

Health

9%

Politics andGovernance

16%

Human


15%

Sports and

Entertainment

4%

Foreign Content

10%

Education

7%

Religion

28%

(Radio Islam) Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th September, 2013


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4.5. CALVARY FAMILY CHIRCH

Calvary Family Church radio gave 65% of its airtime to religious issues. This was followed by

entertainment and human rights at 105 and 9% respectively. Below is how the remaining categories

were given airtime.

Economy/Business/A

gric./ Development

6%

Health

2%

Politics and

Governance

1%Human


9%

Sports and

Entertainment

10%

Foreign Content

4%

Education

3%

Religion

65%

Calvary Family Church: Issue based programming: 1st July - 30th July, 2013


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CONTENT BASED PROGRAMMING

NOTE:Sports and entertainment dominated content on most broadcasting stations under the category of commercial

or public broadcasting. This was followed by issues on human rights and politics and governance.

COMMERCIAL/ PUBLIC

BROADCASTER

CONTENT IN % MIJ MBC 1 Capital FM 101 ZBS JOY MATINDI STAR MBC TV GALAXY MB

Education 1 6 1 2 1 3 7 5 7 1

Politics & Governance 13 8 10 5 10 9 11 9 9 13

Health 6 11 4 4 9 2 4 5 10 3

Religion 2 5 3 3 8 9 5 17 7 9

Business & Develop 12 27 7 5 13 12 11 9 28 12 2

Sports and

Entertainment 46 24 58 67 32 39 32 30 26 44 2

Foreign content 7 4 8 6 8 7 14 14 2 5 1

Human Rights 13 15 9 8 19 19 16 11 11 13 1

TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1


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RELIGION STATIONS

CONTENT IN % RADIO

MARIA

CALVARY

RADIO

LIVING

WATERS

RADIO ISLAM TRANSWORLD

Education 3 3 2 7 7

Politics & Governance 4 1 4 16 8

Health 3 2 1 9 11

Religion 68 65 59 28 33

Business 4 6 5 11 8

Sports & Entertainment 7 10 11 4 18

Foreign Content 5 4 5 10 3

Human Rights 6 9 13 15 12

100 100 100 100 100

Note:As expected most of the religious stations allocated a higher percentage of airtime to religious

programmes. However, some stations allocated substantial airtime to other categories. Worthy

mentioning is the time Radio Islam allocated to issues on Politics and Governance. The station together

with Living Waters and TransWorld also allocated considerable airtime to issues on Human rights,

courts, security and police.

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