Dear Sir,

The following is a letter of complaint addressed yesterday to Michael Scott, the chairman of the Broadcast Commission.

Dear Mr Scott,

I hope this letter finds you well. I write to you as a matter of urgency regarding a broadcast made today (October 2, 2024) on Magic 102.7 FM’s morning show, Health is Wealth.

As you are aware, there is a by-election in Constituency 36 (Sandys North) this Friday, the fourth of October. Today’s broadcast included the Reverend Emily Gail Dill, who is the candidate for the Progressive Labour Party in the upcoming by-election. During the broadcast, the interviewer stated that “Rev Dill will be on here Friday morning as well”.

We find this to be unethical, as neither the Free Democratic Movement, the One Bermuda Alliance, nor independent candidate Cire Bean were invited to be interviewed on this station during the time that Health is Wealth is aired — known as “the morning rush” when the majority of listeners are listening to this station.

Furthermore, it will not be possible to have the remaining three candidates interviewed during this time period on this station before Friday’s by-election.

It is because of this that we write to you to intervene under Section 8(3) of the Broadcasting Communications Act and restrict Inter-Island Communications from hosting any political broadcast during “the morning rush”, as Friday’s broadcast will not be impartial and fair with respect to the C36 by-election.

RAYKI BASCOME-EMERY

Chairman

Free Democratic Movement

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