Avtar Lit is the owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group

Sunrise Radio Group

Sunrise Radio Group Limited is a UK radio broadcaster. The group is owned by the Litt Corporation , and runs Sunrise Radio, Yarr Radio, Kismat Radio and Punjabi Radio...

, and was listed by AIM magazine as one of the "20 most powerful Asians in British media

British Asian

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" in 2005, and said to have amassed a big personal fortune. His son Tony Lit is director of Sunrise Radio.

Political ambitions

Avtar Lit stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Ealing Southall parliament

Parliament

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ary constituency in the 2001 General Election

General election

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. Sunrise Radio carried extracts from an interview with him in advance of this, contrary to section 90(2)(b) of the Broadcasting Act

Broadcasting Act

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 1990; the Radio Authority (now Ofcom

Ofcom

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) fined Sunrise Radio £10,000. Avatar Lit's son Tony Lit stood, also unsuccessfully, as a candidate in the 2007 Ealing Southall by-election

By-election

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