BCC finds not all radio stations respect Moldovan music quotas
Some radio stations in Moldova air songs which are impossible to identify as local or foreign, and this makes it difficult to enforce the Moldovan music quotas provided by the legislation. This is one of the findings of a monitoring report discussed Thursday at the meeting of the Broadcasting Coordination Council (BCC).
“Overall, the situation is good, with Moldovan music averaging 31% at radio stations across the country. Taken apart, however, there are a number of stations which fail to meet the quota”, said BCC member and rapporteur Dinu Ciocan.
He mentioned Hit FM, Kiss FM and Radio Alla among the stations whose music programming contained under 20% of Moldovan production, remarking in particular Univers FM with a lowly 2%.
Univers FM's representative begged to differ, saying that the software used in the monitoring was unable to identify, for example, instrumental music as being local or foreign.
The BCC decided check the data collected in the monitoring with that provided by the broadcasters to decide on whether sanctions should be imposed.
Some radio managers attending the meeting argued it was better to air less Moldovan music which is of superior quality than to air loads of poor local music.
The Law defines a Moldovan musical composition, or literally “autochthonous music”, as a piece of music whose lyrics or music are composed by Moldovans or are performed by Moldovans.