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“In a letter from Paramount Systems’ chief executive, Gershan Major, to URCA, Paramount Systems undertook to maintain in an appropriate and commonly used format complete and accurate recordings of all materials broadcasted by Paramount Systems excluding the recordings of copyright material that can only be shared through a listener’s radio system and not via social media in video form,” URCA added.

To pacify URCA, and remedy the breaches, Paramount Systems said it had altered the Unfiltered timelines and schedules.

“Paramount Systems further represented to URCA that its chief executive met with the hosts and Paramount Systems’ radio program manager for the purpose of mitigating the possibility of future breaches of the code and ensuring compliance with the code,” the regulator said.

“Paramount Systems represented that its chief executive directed the hosts of Unfiltered to immediately cease all adult content and to issue an on-air public apology. Paramount Systems noted that it submitted a video clip of the apology to URCA.....

“Paramount Systems noted this is the first matter of such an extent that Paramount Systems has been made aware of, and has been the subject of, since being issued the licence by URCA and therefore would like URCA to strongly consider the draft order as a warning. Paramount Systems also reiterated to URCA that all necessary steps have been taken to ensure that this matter or matters of similar instances do not occur in the future.” These pledges, and Paramount Systems’ promise to ensure “all employees and agents acting on its behalf are adequately and appropriately supervised” dissuaded URCA from imposing a fine in the final determination and order that was signed-off by the regulator’s chief executive, Carlton Smith.