The Dutch Media Authority has revoked the licence of Muslim broadcasting corporation OUMA (Broadcasting Corporation Universal Muslim Association) even before its first broadcast.
The Authority says OUMA will lose its licence as a result of a rift between the two parties which formed the new broadcasting company. One of the issues was the appointment of an interim director who was to earn an annual salary of 85,000 euros for a one-and-a-half-day working week. OUMA was to start its broadcasts on radio and television on 1 September.
OUMA’s predecessors, the Nederlandse Moslim Omroep (Dutch Muslim Broadcasting Corporation) and the Nederlandse Islamitische Omroep (Dutch Islamic Broadcasting Corporation) disbanded themselves after protracted managerial problems.