Radio Ramadhan Keighley in trouble with Ofcom

A short term licence radio station based in West Yorkshire called Radio Ramadhan Keighley has landed in trouble with Ofcom.

A listener complained that the station broadcast content with a bias towards the Labour Party, and that this was not politically balanced and did not serve the purpose of a religious-based station.

Radio Ramadhan Keighley explained that it was unable to obtain the recording from its logging facility. It said a computer hardware failure meant that the external hard-drive used to record programmes was faulty, and had failed to record the programme.

Although it was unable to provide a recording, the station did explain that it had no bias towards any political party, and it had invited representatives from all the political parties to participate in local community awareness programmes.

The failure of Radio Ramadhan Keighley to meet Ofcom’s recording requirements is a serious and significant breach of the conditions of its licence. This breach will be held on record by Ofcom.