Ciro García, chair of the Venezuela's Broadcast Chamber, said he met with officers of the National Telecommunications Council (Conatel), who told him that "little by little broadcast licenses would be renewed," AFP reported.

The broadcast licenses for the 156 AM radio stations operating in Venezuela expired last May 27, and only five have been renewed so far.

"They told us they had no problems with radio stations and they are going to renew the licenses as the relevant documents are reviewed," García told Últimas Noticias newspaper.

Radio stations whose licenses expired continue to operate.

President Hugo Chávez' government decided not to renew the broadcast license to 53-year-old private television station RCTV, which ceased operations last May 27.