The National Media Commission was set up on July 7, 1993, by an act of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana (Act 449) in accordance with Chapter 12 of the 1992 Constitution (National Media Commission Act,1993).
The National Mass Media Commission is a Government of Ghana agency mandated with the responsibility of registering, regulating and monitoring the activities of media houses in Ghana.The current chairman of the commission is Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh.
Adding to the National Media Commission members are also; Messes Patrick Boamah and Anyimadu Antwi, representing Parliament; Mrs Comfort Asare, Ghana Library Association, and Messrs Bright Blewu and Affail Monney, Ghana Journalists Association.
The National Media Commission (NMC) is made up of fifteen (15)members drawn from a broad spectrum of the media, and other professional stakeholder groupings under Article 166 (1) & Section 5 of the 1992 constitution.
The National Media Commission was set on July 7, 1993, by an Act of Parliament: