Guatemalan stations being forced off air

According to reports from OneNewsNow, Religion Today and HCJB, most Christian radio stations in Guatemala are being forced off the air.

This comes through pressure that secular radio stations are exerting on the government.

One radio station reported that over the past four years, the Guatemalan Congress had received a lot of pressure from the secular radio station owners that they were losing revenue to the Christian stations which are becoming more and more popular,

Congress has refused to move on the issue and Police have reportedly been using violent tactics to take some stations off air.

Radio licenses in the country are also so expensive that many missions and churches are now chosing to operating on community frequencies, thereby limiting their reach.