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EntertainmentTelevision & RadioWhitemoney Wins BBnaija Season 6, Goes Home with N90m

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 3, 2021

LAGOS — Whitemoney has been declared the winner of the Season 6 of the Big Brother Naija reality television show themed ‘Shine Ya Eye’, leaving Liquorose as the first runner-up. At the grand finale on Sunday, housemates evicted were Emmanuel, Angel, Cross, and Pere; leaving Whitemoney and Liquorose as the top two housemates battling for the N90m grand prize. Born Hazel Onou, the 29-year-old contestant is one of the fans’ favourite. Fondly known as Whitemoney,...

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NigeriaTelevision & RadioPresident Buhari Approves 159 New Radio/Television Stations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 29, 2021

ABUJA — Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Balarabe Ilelah, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of 159 new radio and television stations in Nigeria. “Following the approval granted by the president, NBC has released the list of 159 licenses granted to companies, communities, and institutions of higher learning. “Today, there are a total of 625 functional broadcast stations in Nigeria.” “The commission was established by the NBC ACT, Cap. N11, Laws...

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NewsTechnologyTelevision & RadioSecond Phase Digital Switch Over To Begin On April 29 – Lai Muhammed

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 28, 2021

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced that the second phase roll-out of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) would begin on April 29 in Lagos state. The minister disclosed in Abuja, on Tuesday, at an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation and the 13-Member Ministerial Task Force on the DSO project. The minister said: “We are kickstarting the new roll out in Lagos State on April...

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NewsNigeriaTelecommunicationTelevision & RadioFG Announces Date to Roll Out Digital Switch Over In Lagos, Kano, Others

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 19, 2021

The Federal Government has announced the date it will switch over from analogue to digital in Lagos, Kano, and three other states. It added that the Digital Switchover will commence in five states between April and August, the exercise will thereafter kick off in the remaining states. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed when he led the members of his Ministerial Task Force on DSO on Saturday on an...

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NewsTelecommunicationTelevision & RadioDigital Switch Over: C’ttee Assures Residents of FCT, Plateau of Full Coverage

PilotnewsMarch 14, 2021

ABUJA, FCT  — Digiteam, the Presidential Implementation Committee on Digital Switch Over, has assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Plateau of full coverage of FreeTv digital signal in areas yet to be covered. Digiteam, a critical stakeholder in the process of the nation’s transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, gave the assurance on Sunday in Abuja. The Chairman of Digiteam, Mr. Edward Amana, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that with...

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NewsNigeriaTelevision & RadioSAD NEWS: Fombina FM Yola Lost 2 Staff in Less Than 24 Hours

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 1, 20211

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Fombina FM Yola, Adamawa state capital is again thrown into mourning as it lost two staff in less than 24 hours. Fombina FM is a Yola based local radio station, is a stable of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). Mr. Fidelis Jocthan a staff of the station who is also the secretary of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),  Adamawa state chapter confirmed the death. ” It’s with great shock...

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ColumnsTelevision & RadioUnited States100 Years Ago, the First Commercial Radio Broadcast Announced the Results of the 1920 Election – Politics Would Never Be the Same

PilotnewsNovember 9, 2020

Only 100 people were listening, but the first broadcast from a licensed radio station occurred at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1920. It was Pittsburgh’s KDKA, and the station was broadcasting the results of that year’s presidential election. When the man responsible, Frank Conrad, flipped the switch for the first time, he couldn’t have envisioned just how profoundly broadcast media would transform political life. For centuries, people had read politicians’ words. But radio made it possible...

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