BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) services available in the licence area of the licence (including another service operated by the licensee), contributes to the provision of an adequate and comprehensive range of broadcasting services in that licence area. PART IV COMMUNITY BROADCASTING Additional conditions of community broadcasting licences 10.(1) Each community broadcasting licence is subject to the following conditions⎯ (a) the licensee shall not broadcast any political matter; (b) the licensee shall continue to represent the community interest that it represented at the time when the licence was allocated; (c) the licensee shall encourage members of the community that it serves to participate in⎯ (i) the operations of the licensee in providing the service; and (ii) the selection and provision of programmes under the license; (iii) the membership of its governing body. (2) A community broadcasting licensee may broadcast sponsorship announcements that run in total for not more than four minutes in any hour of broadcasting. (3) A community television broadcasting licensee may broadcast sponsorship announcements only during periods before programmes commence, after programmes end or during natural programme breaks. (4) In calculating the length of time dedicated to the broadcasting of sponsorship announcements, the following shall not be included⎯ (a) material that promotes the licensee’s products, services or activities for the broadcast of which the licensee does not receive any consideration in cash or in kind; (b) material that publicises programmes to be broadcast by the licensee; (c) community information or promotional material for broadcast of which the licensee does not receive any consideration in cash or in kind; (d) sponsorship announcements consisting pattern. of moving text that is overlaid on a test SIXTH SCHEDULE (Section 11(3)) LOCAL CONTENT CONDITIONS Definitions 1. In this Schedule “music from Africa” means music that is produced and performed by persons from the African continent and is lawfully available in Zimbabwe; “performance period” means the period between 0500 hours and 2300 hours every day; - 57 -

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