The University of Guyana [UG] will mark an “Historic Moment” today. This will translate to Minister of Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, and Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Leslie Sobers joining Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith, and Deputy VC, Dr. Paloma Mohamed-Martin, in the Vice Chancellery on the Turkeyen Campus to restore its broadcasting license. The event is scheduled for 1.00 pm.
The University of Guyana’s programme of Journalism and Communication has been in existence for more than 30 years old. It is one of only a few institutions in the region that is dedicated to training Broadcast and Print Journalists and Producers of radio and television programmes.
The University of Guyana’s Communications Studies Division had always been granted Radio Broadcasting Licenses up until 1990 when their request for a renewal was officially denied. Today, 27 years later, Minister Hughes is expected to make the ‘historic announcement’ that changes this situation.