SECTOR 3 “the whole history of coup d’état has been around capturing the radio and or information system”, and that any state entity should communicate through the state-owned media, rather than their own platforms. Rejections of other licence applications have been made on the basis of over-subscription in the areas in which the application was made. The NMC, an independent body set up by the constitution, is charged more with content oversight, is perceived to be more independent than the NCA and is considered to operate in the public interest; although the ruling of the NMC’s proposed LI2224 may have created the perception that it seeks to overregulate. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 2.3 (2006:1.3; 2008:3.2; 2011:1.7; 2013:2.5) 3.4 The state/public broadcaster is accountable to the public through an independent board which is representative of society at large and selected in an independent, open and transparent manner. The NMC appoints the board of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), and although the NMC is itself independent, panellists debated whether the GBC Board is fully independent and accountable to the public. On the one hand, some panellists felt that “ ‘the representative nature of the GBC’ “is a problem because when you look at the spectrum, you see the same old faces involved in discourse on the media. You don’t see civil society or the public at large being well represented.” On the other hand, however, other panellists noted that “we should not lose sight that the NMC representation is well-represented,” and that, “we think that they need to be accountable to the people through the independent NMC.” One panellist added that the NMC consults with recognised bodies in and out of the 50 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER GHANA 2017