The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Friday revoked the operating licenses of 52 broadcast stations across the country, AIT, Silverbird, Raypower, Rhythm FM and the Lagos Broadcasting Corporation included.
NBC’s Director-General, Malam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, said the stations whose licenses were revoked had been in debt of the total sum of N2.6 billion since 2015 to the Commission.
According to Ilelah, the affected stations are to pay up their bill within 24hrs or they would have their stations disconnected. Back in May, the commission had published the defaulting stations in newspapers and ordered them to pay up their debt within two weeks or had their licenses revoked. Despite the publication, the affected stations didn’t give attention to the warning bill till this moment which left the commission with no choice than to revoke their licenses. Therefore, the acts violated the NBC Act CAP N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, particularly Section 10(a) of the third schedule of the Act. 
“Therefore, after due consideration, the NBC hereby announces the revocation of the licenses of the under-listed stations and gives them 24 hours to shut down their operations. Our offices nationwide are hereby directed to collaborate with security agencies to ensure immediate compliance.” The DG stated. “There’s no way the affected stations would be allowed to continue operating illegally.”
Affected stations are: Rhythm FM (Silverbird Communications Ltd), AIT’s sister radio station Raypower FM, Greetings FM (Greetings Media Ltd), Tao FM (Ovidi Communications Ltd), Zuma FM (Zuma FM Ltd), Crowther FM (Crowther Communications Ltd), WE FM (Kings Broadcasting Ltd), Linksman International ltd, Bomay Broadcasting Services Itd, MITV (Murhi International Group Ltd), Classic FM (Pinkt Nigeria Ltd), Classic TV (Pinkt Nigeria Ltd), Beat FM (Megalectrics LTD), Cooper Communications Itd, Splash FM (West Midlands Ltd) and Rock City FM (Boot Communications Itd).
Family FM (Kalaks Investments Nig. Ltd), Space FM (Creazioni Nig. Ltd), Radio Jeremi (Radio Jeremi ltd), Wave FM (South Atlantic Media Itd), Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation, Kwara State Broadcasting Corporation, Niger State Broadcasting Corporation, Breeze FM (Bays Water ltd),Vibes FM (Vibes Communication ltd) and Family Love FM (Multimesh Broadcasting Co. ltd).
Others are: Gombe State Broadcasting Corporation, Lagos State Broadcasting Corporation, Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, Ondo State Broadcasting Corporation, Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, Bayelsa State Broadcasting Corporation, Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation, Imo State Broadcasting Corporation, Anambra State Broadcasting Corporation, Borno State Broadcasting Corporation, Yobe State Broadcasting Corporation, Sokoto State Broadcasting Corporation, Zamfara State Broadcasting Corporation, Kebbi State Broadcasting Corporation, Jigawa State Broadcasting Corporation, Kaduna State Broadcasting Corporation, and Katsina State Broadcasting Corporation.
