The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica welcomes 2013…a new year full of challenge, promise, and possibility. Sometimes it helps to look back before heading into the future. With that in mind, here are some of the BCJ’s major milestones over the past three years: We heard you! Over the past three years, the Commission has headed […]
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Jamaican e-Entrepreneurs Share Secrets to Success
Is there a secret to success? Why is it that some media and tech start-ups have been able to survive, while countless others have failed? Statistics from web analytics company Complete, for example, show how, between ’08 and ‘09, the number of Facebook users rose steadily to 120 million, far surpassing the number of Myspace […]
The Broadcasting Commission Reaches Out to Youth
As we approach the end of the year, it is only fitting to reminisce over the activities on which we’ve embarked over the past 12 months. As we observed in an earlier blog post, Jamaica’s DJs Sound Off, our aim as an organization isn’t only to regulate, but also to educate. In addition to speaking […]
Jamaica’s DJs Sound Off
For the past few months, the Broadcasting Commission has been conducting workshops with a diverse selection of Jamaica’s on-air personalities at various radio and cable stations. Thus far, we have visited Irie FM, Zip FM and Linkz FM, Vybz FM and cable operators in St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland with plans to visit more broadcasters in […]
Payola: Views and News
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Payola Across the World
While payola is an oft-debated topic, the Broadcasting Commission’s stance on the issue has always been quite clear. The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association has hypothesized that 4 out of 5 of the leading radio stations in Jamaica practice payola – with startling implications for the quality of music that is broadcast on the airwaves, the […]
Managing Your Digital Self
By 2012, according to the BBC, Hunter Moore had become “the net’s most hated man.” He founded the now-defunct IsAnyoneUp, a website aimed at “taking advantage of people’s mistakes.” Hunter would encourage viewers to send nude pictures of former boyfriends, girlfriends, and others – and would then post these pictures online with links to their […]
Does Fame Come with Responsibility?
Should artistes and members of the media automatically consider themselves role models—and be responsible for behaving as such? Does great influence really come with great responsibility? This is the Broadcasting Commission’s take on an issue that is as interesting as it is hotly-debated. Artistes, as we have already discussed, can have a huge influence on […]