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was in no way a reason for closing down Saint FM, the very fact that Mark Capes should use a
Christmas message as an advert for government financed media shows very clearly the attitude of certain key officials within government towards private sector media and the private sector in general. 'Small private sector businesses cannot compete against governments who have almost unlimited resources by comparison, Mike said. 'It is clearly evident to all, they are prepared to use large amounts of public money on unnecessary schemes in order to pander to their prejudices while vital public services become worse with each passing week'.
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Mike added that recent difficulties with Cable & Wireless, who repeatedly closed down transmission of Saint FM while working on equipment at High Knoll Fort, caused a great deal of unnecessary extra work in order to sort the problem out. He also stated that, while the governor's
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Weekday daytime programmes were usually presented by station staff, with evening and weekend programming done by 'voluntary presenters'. 'Local news' (which also included events on
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Independent newspaper Saint FM broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week and relies on a minimum number of paid staff and a lot of goodwill from volunteers, the public, the government and other business interests to keep going. It has become increasingly difficult to continue
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Despite Saint FM's undoubted popularity, world-wide broadcasting capability and successful involvement in community fund-raising projects the radio station's editorial policy to encourage open debate and expression of opinion has always been a point of controversy with the Island's government and
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Independent. It was found possible to resurrect the Island's only private sector newspaper through further cost cutting measures. Throughout this period the government
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As a commercial station, Saint FM played adverts for local businesses. Some of these are still available online.
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