SECTOR 3 The conflict in the management of frequencies between the Ministry of Communication, the High Council and the Presidential Frequency Management Commission creates a confusion that disfavours equal opportunities in the creation of broadcast corporations. Nearly all broadcasters are believed to be operating with provisional authorisation, pending the definition of licensing rules by the High Council. Some of these “provisional authorisations” have been granted by the Ministry of Communication, others by the High Council. 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: 1.5 3.4 The state/public broadcaster is accountable to the public through a board representative of society at large and selected in an independent, open and transparent manner. Tele-Congo and Radio Congo, two separate state broadcasters have no boards. They are statutorily separate directorates of the Ministry of Communication and headed by appointed directors – one for radio services and another for television broadcast. Both directors are directly answerable to the Minister of Communication. Radio-Congo and Tele-Congo are lodged in a new building which they occupied in 2009. The building is managed by a delegated administrator, who is also directly answerable to the Minister of Communication. Two more directorates of the Ministry of Communication are also located in the building, namely, La Nouvelle République and Télédiffusion du Congo (TDC), which manages audiovisual frequencies and transmitters. Presidential guards, who search everyone entering and leaving, watch the building. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2013 107