SECTOR 3 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 (2012 = 2.5; 2010 = 2.1; 2008 = n/a; 2006 = n/a) 3.7 The state/public broadcaster offers diverse programming formats for all interests including local content and quality public interest programmes. While the state broadcasters’ political programming is definitely biased towards the ruling party, with political opposition voices rarely being aired, other programming formats – on health or environmental issues, for example – offer more diversity and focus on issues of public interest. The state radio stations – TBC Fm, TBC Taifa and TBC International – are particularly effective in this regard. Although the TBC is known to try to provide crews to go out and cover news in outlying areas, certain non-governmental organisations, such as the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), have been blacklisted by the state broadcaster. “Human rights and constitutional issues are generally suppressed by TBC. These issues are considered by the state to be politically dangerous and are, as such, controversial in the ruling party’s eyes. The state broadcasters have to meet a quota of 60% local content, which they do, although the quality of these programmes is often very poor. “The enforced 60% local content quota is one of the reasons these stations are branded ‘boring’.” 52 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER Tanzania 2015