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Nigerian Television Authority The Nigerian Television Authority – also known as NTA is a Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcaster that was inaugurated in 1977. At inauguration it had a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country. The NTA runs the biggest television network in Nigeria with stations in several parts of Nigeria. Formerly known as Nigerian Television (NTV), the network began with a takeover of regional television stations in 1976 by the then Nigerian military authorities, and is widely viewed as the authentic voice of the Nigerian government. NTA's monopoly was broken in the 1990s. The first chairman of
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also known as Baba Sala. In 1976, "Kootu Asipa" by Duro Ladipo was a popular drama. Western Nigeria Television Western Nigeria Television also known as WNTV was the first television service station launched in Nigeria and Africa. The station played a significant role in beaming taped Yoruba traveling theatre productions to households. In 1975, the Federal Government of Nigeria established Nigerian Television Authority network service and acquired all T.V. stations in Nigeria to form the network. WNTS then became NTA Ibadan. WNTS was created as a partnership between the Western regional government and a foreign firm. It was designed to
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Western Nigeria Television Western Nigeria Television also known as WNTV was the first television service station launched in Nigeria and Africa. The station played a significant role in beaming taped Yoruba traveling theatre productions to households. In 1975, the Federal Government of Nigeria established Nigerian Television Authority network service and acquired all T.V. stations in Nigeria to form the network. WNTS then became NTA Ibadan. WNTS was created as a partnership between the Western regional government and a foreign firm. It was designed to be an educational tool for the masses and also a medium to beam local culture, foreign
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NTV was Olapade Obisesan, a lawyer trained in the United Kingdom and son of Akinpelu Obisesan, an Ibadan socialite and first President of Cooperative Bank, Nigeria. The first official director general was Vincent Maduka, a former engineer. Prior to his appointment, Maduka was General Manager of Western Nigeria Television, Ibadan, which was Africa's first television station. The NTA has been criticized by performing artists such as Becky Umeh for pressuring artists to align their expression with government propaganda goals. "The Guardian" in its editorial of Sunday October 18, 2009 stated "The federal government-owned television network, the Nigeria Television Authority, (NTA)
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Adebayo Faleti Adebayo Faleti (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster, Africa's first stage play Director, Africa's first film editor and librarian with the first television station in Africa (WNTV/WNBS), Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter on television and radio alike, a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer, Nollywood films director and actor. He was also known as a Yoruba translator, a broadcaster, TV exponent and pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), now known as the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). He was responsible for translating Nigeria's National Anthem from English to Yoruba, his native
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Government House, The State Secretariat, The Federal Secretariat, The Central Bank of Nigeria Regional headquarters, Commercial Banks, Telecommunication companies, Police Headquarters, Nigeria Prisons Service, Aper Aku Stadium, Nigeria Air force Base, Makurdi, The Makurdi Modern Market, the Federal Medical Centre, Nigeria Railway Station, Benue Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Radio Benue, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Nigerian Postal service, Benue Hotels Makurdi, Benue Plaza hotel, Benue State University, Benue State Breweries. The North bank area of the town houses among other establishments, the Federal University of Agriculture, the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering, the headquarters of the 72 Airborne Battalion
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foundation president of Ugo Illah. Vincent I. Maduka Vincent I. Maduka (born October 5, 1935) is a Nigerian engineer, broadcaster and the first director general of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). He holds the Nigerian national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, OFR (2003). He is currently a senior fellow at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria. Maduka was born on October 5, 1935 in Epetedo area of Lagos state, Nigeria, to Albert Uzeduno Maduka and Cecilia Amamuziam Maduka, who hailed from Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. At the
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Vincent I. Maduka Vincent I. Maduka (born October 5, 1935) is a Nigerian engineer, broadcaster and the first director general of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). He holds the Nigerian national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, OFR (2003). He is currently a senior fellow at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria. Maduka was born on October 5, 1935 in Epetedo area of Lagos state, Nigeria, to Albert Uzeduno Maduka and Cecilia Amamuziam Maduka, who hailed from Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. At the traditional christening, he was named
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located in Oyo State. There are 324 secondary schools and 1,576 public primary schools in the state. Other noteworthy institutions in the city include the University College Hospital; the first teaching hospital in Nigeria and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (lITA). Cocoa House was the first skyscraper built in Africa. The state is home to NTA Ibadan, the first television station in Africa, and the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, a stadium with a capacity of 35,000. Other major tourist attractions located in the state include: Agodi Botanical Garden, Ado-Awaye Suspended lake, Mapo Hall, University of lbadan Zoological Garden, Ido Cenotaph,
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Nigerian Television Authority The Nigerian Television Authority – also known as NTA is a Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcaster that was inaugurated in 1977. At inauguration it had a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country. The NTA runs the biggest television network in Nigeria with stations in several parts of Nigeria. Formerly known as Nigerian Television (NTV), the network began with a takeover of regional television stations in 1976 by the then Nigerian military authorities, and is widely viewed as the authentic voice of the Nigerian government. NTA's monopoly was broken in the 1990s. The first chairman of
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Nigerian Television Authority The Nigerian Television Authority – also known as NTA is a Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcaster that was inaugurated in 1977. At inauguration it had a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country. The NTA runs the biggest television network in Nigeria with stations in several parts of Nigeria. Formerly known as Nigerian Television (NTV), the network began with a takeover of regional television stations in 1976 by the then Nigerian military authorities, and is widely viewed as the authentic voice of the Nigerian government. NTA's monopoly was broken in the 1990s. The first chairman of
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Eastern Nigeria as a clerk in 1960 and later joined the Eastern Nigeria Information Service, printers and publishers of ‘Nigerian Outlook’ in May 1965 as a reporter. At the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, he trained as a journalist and broadcaster in Nigeria and overseas. He later worked in East Central State Broadcasting Service (ECBS), Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Imo Broadcasting Service (IBS) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). Senator Ude was the first General Manager of Radio Nigeria, Owerri (1981–1985); first Director-General of Imo Broadcasting Corporation (1985–1991); first Director-General of Broadcasting Corporation of Abia State
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Nigeria, except in the sense of "broadcasting licences" granted to private networks. The federal government's television station, NTA (Nigerian Television Authority), has two broadcast networks – NTA 1 and NTA 2. NTA 1 is partly funded by the central government and partly by advertising revenue, while NTA 2 is wholly funded by advertisements. Almost all of the thirty-six states have their own television stations funded wholly or substantially by their respective governments. RTVE, the public broadcaster, had been funded by government grants and advertising incomes since it was launched in 1937 (radio) and 1956 (television). Although the state-owner national radio
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Galaxy Television (Nigeria) Galaxy Television channel 53 was not only the first privately registered television station in Nigeria, but also the first one to broadcast. Galaxy started full broadcasting in May 1994 from the hills of Oke-Are, Ibadan with 10 kilowatts Areodyne transmitter. For about nine years, the station has maintained between 60 - 75% viewership in Oyo State and the neighboring Osun and Ogun States. Presently, Galaxy TV Ibadan is rated the number one television station in terms of viewership. In January 2002, the station established a second Galaxy Television Station (Channel 27) in Lagos to ensure full coverage
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join the programmes department as a staff announcer. When a television station was established at Ibadan, she was asked to interview and was subsequently given a job at the station. Agbaje-Williams was a pioneer staff of WNTV, which was first television station in Nigeria, she was also the first female broadcaster of the station. She rose rose to become a producer and director of programmes at the television station before retiring in 1986. Anike Agbaje-Williams Anike Agbaje-Williams (née Kuforiji) is one of Nigeria's pioneer newsreaders. She was the first female television staff announcer and broadcaster in Nigeria. Agbaje-Williams was born
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National Films and Video Censor Board (NFVCB). The emergence of television in Nigeria was a significant development in the Nigerian film industry. The Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTV), Nigeria's first television station, began operation in the then Western Region in October 1959. The other two regions of the country soon followed suit; with the establishment of the Eastern Nigeria Television Service (ENTV) in Enugu, in 1960, and the Radio Television Kaduna (RKTV) in Kaduna, in March 1962. Also in 1962, The Federal Government established a fourth station, the Nigerian Television Service, in the then capital, Lagos. The numbers grew rapidly
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After this decree came the first private television network in Nigeria, Africa Independent Television (AIT). AIT was pioneered by Dokpesi, and was also Africa's first satellite Television station. Today Dokpesi is regarded as the media guru of Nigeria. Some also refer to him as the Ted Turner of Nigeria. Dokpesi not only pioneered the first satellite TV but also the first privately owned radio station in Nigeria. According to the journalist Kolapo (2006), Raymond claims that AIT set the standard for salary structure in the media industry in which Nigerian Television Authority imitated. Dr. Raymond Dokpesi started as the personal
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to get her an audience with a T.V. station manager. In 1959, she became part of the team of WNTV, she initially worked as a receptionist but when Anike Agbaje-Williams was pregnant and wanted to go on maternal leave continue, Coker was brought in as a replacement. Coker became one of the earliest well known television broadcasters in Nigeria. After Western Nigeria Television started operation as the first T.V. station in Nigeria, Coker was the second female announcer but unlike Anike Agbaje-Williams who worked as producer and programme director, Coker had long career as a familiar face seen on t.v.
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view live broadcasting on the website from their different television stations. The LIVE streaming can be viewed on desktops, and mobile devices such as iPad and iPhone. Galaxy Television made a re-branding of their logo at the Second Quarter of 2010. Galaxy Television (Nigeria) Galaxy Television channel 53 was not only the first privately registered television station in Nigeria, but also the first one to broadcast. Galaxy started full broadcasting in May 1994 from the hills of Oke-Are, Ibadan with 10 kilowatts Areodyne transmitter. For about nine years, the station has maintained between 60 - 75% viewership in Oyo State
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pageant. The Siverbird Communications comprises the company's radio station Rhythm 93.7 FM and Silverbird Television. Rhythm 93.7 FM Lagos was established in 1997 while Silverbird Television commenced transmission in Lagos in 2003. In 2002, Rhythm 93.7 FM Port Harcourt was established and the Silverbird TV was also set up. The Silverbird Cinema is one of the biggest cinemas in West Africa with 69 screens in branches across Nigeria, Accra and Nairobi. The first cinema was opened in May 2004 at the Silverbird Galleria in Victoria Island, Lagos. Massive commercial success has given rise to the opening of additional multiplexes in
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After college, Teju Oyeleye spent two years (1957–1959) getting practical experience at Ferguson Radio Corporation, Enfield, North London. After his experience at Fergusson Radio, Teju Oyeleye returned to Nigeria with his wife Mrs. Funke Oyeleye, a registered nurse. Back in Nigeria, Teju Oyeleye jumped into a much bigger project. The Western Nigerian Television Station hired him in September 1959 as a Development Engineer. This was the first television station in Africa which meant a lot of things were required of the company. First, the company needed to provide television service to the general public. They would then have to broadcast
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News Agency of Nigeria News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority. On 10 May 1976 the agency was founded and established by Onitsha noble Onuora Nzekwu who was its first official Managing Director and Chief Editor. On 2 October 1978 its operations began. NAN provides General News Service to subscribers in three bulletins published daily. The agency’s website www.nan.ng was launched on 8 August 2016, to offer news to the worldwide audience interested in news primarily about Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country. The
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the then Western Region in October 1959. The other two regions of the country soon followed suit; with the establishment of the Eastern Nigeria Television Service (ENTV) in Enugu, in 1960, and the Radio Television Kaduna (RKTV) in Kaduna, in March 1962. Also in 1962, The Federal Government established a fourth station, the Nigerian Television Service, in the then capital, Lagos. The numbers grew rapidly and in the mid-1980s, that every Nigerian state had its own broadcasting station. Laws were made by regulating bodies to limit foreign contents on television, with the National Commission recommending a minimum of 60 percent
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current Managing Director of NAN is Bayo Onanuga. News Agency of Nigeria News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority. On 10 May 1976 the agency was founded and established by Onitsha noble Onuora Nzekwu who was its first official Managing Director and Chief Editor. On 2 October 1978 its operations began. NAN provides General News Service to subscribers in three bulletins published daily. The agency’s website www.nan.ng was launched on 8 August 2016, to offer news to the worldwide audience interested in news
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the location of Radio Rivers 99.1, the first government-owned FM radio station in the state, and the second FM radio station to launch in Nigeria. Also headquartered in the neighbourhood is Rivers State Television whose signal is received in parts of nine states. In October 2003, DAAR Communications Plc launched its radio and television stations which are transmitted from Choba. In 2008, Pidgin English radio station Wazobia FM 94.1 began broadcasting from its studios in Rumuosi. Obio-Akpor Obio-Akpor is a local government area in the metropolis of Port Harcourt, one of the major centres of economic activities in Nigeria, and
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an overall five-year delay because of the country's sparser population. CBC Television, the country's official national broadcaster, launched in 1952, and CTV Television Network, the oldest commercial network in the country, followed in 1962. Although there were a handful of efforts to produce domestic content for the Canadian networks, most Golden Age shows were imported from the United States until the Can-Con requirements took effect around 1970. Nigeria has the earliest television industry on the African continent and one of the earliest in the world. The Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTV), Nigeria's and Africa's first television station, began operation in
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television stations. Private players in the Nigerian television scene include: Silverbird Television (STV), Africa Independent Television (AIT), Channels Television, Superscreen Television, and several others. Most of their programming is aimed for the African and global markets and is broadcast globally from Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt centres with affiliated TV stations in other cities in Nigeria and several African countries. African Independent Television (AIT) is a high-profile satellite television station broadcasting globally from its Lagos and Abuja centres. Other direct satellite television stations with international reach operating in Nigeria are Murhi International Television, ON Television, Galaxy TV, TV Continental, etc.
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was conducive enough due to the deregulation of broadcasting in Nigeria. In 1994 he launched the first Nigerian private FM radio station RayPower. Two years later, he launched Africa Independent Television. Thus, according to Oyinlola (2005)he became the pacesetter in the world of Nigeria media for the likes of Galaxy TV, Silverbird TV, MBI television, Rhythm FM and a host of others. Africa Independent Television has gained much coverage. On 20 September 2003, Africa Independent Television launched its signals in the United States. Presently, AIT is received in America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe-wide on the Hotbird satellite as well
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stems form her involvement in both sports and radio broadcasting. In January 2017, she was inaugurated by Nigeria Football Federation as the head of Nigeria Women Football League, the body that organizes Aiteo Cup and Nigeria Women Premier League. Aisha Falode Aisha Falode is a famous popular sports journalist in Nigeria. Aisha originally came from an impoverished family and made her living by trading in underdeveloped areas. Her first degree was in physical education. Afterwards when Chief Raymond Dokpesi was planning his own broadcasting station later known as the African Independent Television (AIT) that she became involved. This later led
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this story to survive in the BBC archives. On 11 October 2013, the BBC announced that the remaining five episodes had been recovered from a television relay station storage room in Nigeria following search efforts by Television International Enterprises Archive and Philip Morris, making the serial complete in the BBC television archives for the first time since the mass junkings of "Doctor Who" episodes between 1972 and 1978. It was subsequently released at iTunes. It is also the second Season 5 serial to be found in its entirety. Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling did not appear in episode 4, as
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October 2013 a BBC press conference announced the return of 11 episodes (two of which previously existing) from a television relay station in the city of Jos, Nigeria. In the course of his work abroad, Philip Morris of Television International Enterprises Archives had discovered episodes 1–6 of "The Enemy of the World" and episodes 1–6 of "The Web of Fear" and returned 11 of these to the BBC. The return of the nine missing episodes was the single largest recovery of "Doctor Who" episodes in 25 years, resulting in only the second full serial from Troughton's first two seasons to
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Nigeria Television (WNTV) in 1959. The oldest surviving Nigeria newspaper is in Ibadan Tribune founded by chief Obafemi Awolowo premier of western Nigeria. The first private TV station Galaxy tv in Oyo State also started in the city. As at 2014 the city is home to several media outlets including Galaxy TV Satellite channels are provided by The radio stations in Ibadan are increasing in number compared to 5–10 years ago, when only 3 operated. Today, there are: There are also online communities of Ibadan residents such as CONNECTIBADAN, Ibadan247, IBpulse and WhatsupIbadan. They help the public connect with news,
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of over 700 people. At this time cinema business had become a notable employer of many people and also served as an important social function, as Nigerians visited cinemas for relaxation and entertainment purposes. The increased purchasing power in Nigeria also made a wide range of citizens to have disposable income to spend on cinema going and on home television sets. Television broadcasting in Nigeria began in the 1960s and received much government support in its early years. By the mid-1980s every state had its own broadcasting station. Law limited foreign content on television, so producers in Lagos began televising
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of radio or television services in Nigeria. However, such limitations have since been improved in order to reach larger audiences both within and without Nigeria, such as with the growth of satellite television. The BBC World Service as well as the Voice of America and the German broadcasting organization Deutsche Welle (DW) also provide shortwave radio in the Hausa language. Virtually all Nigerian newspapers have an internet presence; in addition, there are several websites which are dedicated to allowing Nigerians to air their opinions on a variety of topics. Leading internet news sites in Nigeria include established ones like Premium
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Television in Iran Television was first introduced to Iran in 1958, as a privately owned and commercially operated enterprise, before being nationalised, remaining a state-controlled monopoly, first of National Iranian Radio and Television, and following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. On October 3, 1958, Television Iran (TVI) was established, broadcasting from Tehran. A second station, based in Abadan in the south of the country, was established in 1960. Its programming included quiz shows and American programmes dubbed into Persian, and appealed to an unsophisticated audience. Habib Sabet, a Baha'i who was one of Iran's
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Nansok Sallah Nansok Sallah (1966?- 19 January 2012) is a journalist who was killed in Nigeria preceding a major attack by the Boko Haram terrorist group. Nansok Sallah was 46 years old when he was killed. He was from Langtang, Nigeria. Sallah, who worked at Plateau State Radio and Television and Cool FM in Abuja before joining Highland FM radio, which is a government-owned station Jos. Sallah was the news editor and he produced a weekly call-in radio program called "Highland Profile." The body of journalist Nansok Sallah was found lying face down in a shallow stream under a bridge
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Mexico and Cuba to see the latest in television technology, and to bring it to his home country, Delgado Parker enlisted the help of Don Isaac Lindley, owner of the Inca Kola bottling plant and financial backer for the new station, and Cuban television magnate Goar Mestre, who offered him technical expertise as well as a relationship with CBS in the United States. In 1997, they established a television station called Panamericana Televisión, S.A., and a production company called Producciones Panamericana S.A. The station had first begun its test broadcast on July 21, 1959, and then, later than two years,
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digital cable and satellite systems were established. Geographical usage of television The geographical usage of television varies around the world with a number of different transmission standards in use and differing approaches by government in relation to ownership and programme content. Despite being the most economically advanced country on the continent, South Africa did not introduce TV until 1976, owing to opposition from the apartheid regime. Nigeria was one of the first countries in Africa to introduce television, in 1959, followed by Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1961, while Zanzibar was the first in Africa to introduce colour television, in 1973.
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National Iranian Radio and Television National Iranian Radio and Television, or NIRT for short,() was the first Iranian state broadcaster, which was established on June 19 1971, following the merger of the country's radio and television services. It operated up until the Iranian Revolution in 1979, after which NIRT became the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). Television was first introduced in Iran on October 3, 1958 by Television Iran (TVI). A privately-owned and commercially-operated monopoly, TVI carried Western programming dubbed in Persian. Following the opening of its station in Tehran, it established a station in Abadan on February 28.
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The Headies The Headies (formerly known as the Hip Hop World Awards) are an accolade established in 2006 by the "Hip Hop World Magazine" of Nigeria to recognize outstanding achievement in the Nigerian music industry. The annual ceremony features performances by established and promising artists. It is broadcast live on HipTV to television viewers across Nigeria. The 2006 and 2007 editions of The Headies were held at the Muson Center in Onikan, Lagos State. From 2010 through 2012, The Headies were held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos. Several media personalities in Nigeria have hosted the
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National Root Crops Research Institute The National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Abia State is an agricultural research institute in Nigeria. Its origins can be traced back to an experimental farm established at Moor Plantation, Ibadan on January 1, 1923 by the Nigerian Department of Agriculture. The School of Agriculture was established in 1955, and the two establishments were combined as the Eastern Nigeria Agricultural Research and Training Station (ARTS) in 1956, with headquarters at Enugu. In 1972, the institution assumed federal status as the Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station (FARTS). In 1976 it was renamed the National Root
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the Director-General of "Deutsche Welle" describe "Channels TV" as a great television station and a perfect partner for "Deutsche Welle". Limbourg said "We at "Deutsche Welle" think that we have to report the great things that happen in Africa, especially in Nigeria. John Momoh, the Chief Executive Officer of "Channels TV" described the partnership as "Made from heaven". He said, "This is part of our strategy to tell the African story, especially that of Nigeria, from the African perspective so that we do not leave this key element of definition of who we are, what we do and why, to
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to stream its television programming live for 24 hours. Channels Television was founded in 1995 as a private television station with only 15 employees by Nigerian veteran broadcaster and entrepreneur John Momoh and Sola Momoh, also a broadcaster. The company commenced operations in Lagos, south western Nigeria and has since grown to include three other stations in Abuja, Edo and Kano states. It also has bureaus in almost every state in Nigeria, including stringers and affiliates in other parts in Africa, as well as strong relationships with international media organizations which allows access to information around the world. The channel
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who won the award of the person for the year. The station is poised to focus on sports, business, politics, governance, economy, health, family, relationship issues, youth with women perspective. According to Toun in The Guardian (Nigeria) "We are very delighted to have the first women radio station in Nigeria and we have mapped our strategies to serve the people fantastic women related programmes. If you are a woman, mother, sister or a girl, WFM is the best station for you to listen to learn a lot and also to share your opinion about women issues." The station started test
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AM), KGHM (1340 AM), KBRU (94.7 FM), KXXY-FM (96.1 FM), KTST (101.9 FM) and KJYO (102.7 FM). Channel 4 is claimed to be the first television station in the United States to have established a professional meteorological department, as a result of the 1951 hire of weather director Wally Kinnan. It also claims to have hired the first local broadcast meteorologist in Oklahoma, Harry Volkman, who joined WKY-TV in March 1952 after a two-year stint at KOTV in Tulsa. On September 5, 1954, it became the first television station to broadcast a tornado warning, doing so for a tornadic thunderstorm
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Wole Soyinka was a meeting spot for artists and writers. It was there that Okosun began to develop an interest in music. Appearances at the Eastern regional television station gained him notice from Mariam Okagbue, who bought him a guitar and encouraged him to continue working on music. In 1965, he was a participant in a drama group that won the first prize at a competition, the group's winning play was a dramatic version of J. P. Clark's "Song of a Goat" and Okwerri's "Masquerades". As the winning group they represented Nigeria in the 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival held in
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from the programs already showing. Whilst community radio stations were quickly established around Australia, community television took longer to develop. During 1984, a Perth-based community group unsuccessfully applied for a community television licence. In the late 1980s in Alice Springs, Imparja Television (now a commercial station) was established. In 1987, RMITV was set up by students at RMIT University in Melbourne. This became the first community television station to receive a test transmission permit. In 1992, the Government asked the ABA to conduct a trial of community television using the vacant sixth television channel (UHF 31 in capital cities). Community
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a wedding, and with the villain dying, going to jail, becoming permanently injured or disabled, or losing his/her mind. Television in Mexico first began in August 19, 1946 in Mexico City when Guillermo González Camarena transmitted the first television signal in Latin America from the bathroom of his home. On September 7, 1946 at 8:30 PM (CST) Mexico’s and Latin America’s first experimental television station was established and was given the XE1GC callsign. This experimental station broadcast an artistic program and interviews on Saturdays for two years. Mexico’s first commercial station, XHTV channel 4 in Mexico City, signed on August
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Kafanchan Diocese) February 1991-August 1991. Parish Priest, St. Matthew's, Television, Kaduna October, 1991-December 1994. Parish Priest, Our lady of Apostles, Independence Way, Kaduna, December 1994-March 2001. Roman Catholic Diocese of Zaria The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zaria () is a diocese located in the city of Zaria, Kaduna State in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria. On 5 December 2000, the Diocese of Zaria was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna Bishop George Jonathan Dodo was installed as the first Bishop of Zaria Diocese by Most Reverend Osbaldo Padila, the Papal Nuncio to Nigeria The Cathedral is Cathedral
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25, 2000; WHDT became the first digital television station in the United States, following a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the station could provide primary over-the-air service using only a digital signal. On June 1, 2001, the station conducted the first over-the-air broadcast using a progressive high definition format operating at 720p/60 fps, with custom-designed 35 mm frame-transfer cameras. WHDT established the legal precedent requiring local cable systems to carry the primary programming of all digital television stations in both high definition format and in standard definition analog format. It is the first television station to have
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so many established names, but has deemed it to have been a "wonderful experience". Her subsequent film credits are romantic comedy "The Secret Laughter of Women", set in Nigeria and starring Colin Firth, thriller "The i Inside", filmed in Sully Hospital, Cardiff, and starring Ryan Phillippe, and "Sahara", filmed in Morocco whilst Ayola was pregnant with her first child, starring Penélope Cruz. Ayola says of her film career: "I really like doing film [but] I've not done enough big films though to really know the difference between film and television." Ayola's first prolific television role was in the ITV drama
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Taiwan Television Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. (), commonly known as TTV and formerly known as Central Television and Voice of Taiwan, is the first terrestrial television station in Taiwan. It was established on April 28, 1962 and started formally broadcasting later that year on Double Ten Day, the Republic of China's national holiday. TTV was formerly called "Taiwan Radio" ("TR", then "TWR") in 1962, then "TTV" and "Taiwan Day Television" and "Taiwan Night Television" ("TTV") in 1990, when "China Television" ("CTV") was launched. The station became home to many trailblazing and innovative shows at the time. Recently, the station enjoyed
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1994, he left Nigeria to London where he worked with BEN Television, a British television channel. On March 2011, he joined Channels TV as General Manager Operations, a position he held till date. In 2013, he was nominated for the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards as "Best Station’s Manager of the year", the same year Channels TV emerged as "Best TV station of the year". On January 2013, he refuted the claim by some media that the conference organized by "Channels TV" to brainstorm on the improvement of the Nigerian Police Force was barred by the Federal Government of Nigeria. He
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located at Tinapa Resort, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. In March 2018, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced that they had concluded a three-year deal with EbonyLife TV that would include co-production of "The Dahomey Warriors," a series about the Amazons who took on French colonialists in a 19th century west African kingdom. Abudu established EbonyLife Films. Her first film as executive producer was "Fifty." Teaming up with The ELFIKE Collective in 2016, she produced "The Wedding Party," which became the highest-grossing title of all time in the Nigerian film industry (Nollywood). Abudu is the Executive Producer and host of a
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negative trims of the unused scenes. Similarly, a number of videotaped television programmes, previously thought lost (see wiping) have been recovered as overseas Kinescope film prints from private collectors and various other sources over the years. For example, nine lost episodes of "Doctor Who" were discovered in storage at a television broadcasting station in Nigeria in 2013. Several films that would otherwise be entirely lost survive in the form of stock footage used for later films. The Universal Pictures feature film "The Cat Creeps" (1930) is a lost film and its only remaining footage was included in a Universal short
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in Nigeria, from the serials "The Enemy of the World" and "The Web of Fear" featuring Patrick Troughton. TIEA and Morris were working on Project Genesis, cataloging materials with the Nigerian Television Authority, when the episodes were discovered in a Jos television relay station. The episodes were in good condition considering the environmental conditions and civil unrest, and lost for decades prior to their recovery. Morris's work requires bodyguards due to the danger involved and he tries to work anonymously, but was in a troubled region during the announcement of the recovered "Doctor Who" episodes, causing security issues. He has
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Diaspora showcasing established as well as emerging artists. The fair also includes a Talks program featuring local and international speakers, as well as interactive projects to engage its varied audiences, and live art and music performances. The first edition of ART X Lagos was held from 4 to 6 November 2016. It showcased contemporary art by over 60 established and emerging artists from 10 countries in Africa, including Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Mali and was curated by Bisi Silva. The debut fair welcomed 5,000 visitors from around Nigeria and the world. Notable artists who exhibited at the first edition
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1942, she became the first female Sudanese singer to perform on radio, singing a selection of her songs for Omdurman Radio (established by the British the previous year). She performed alongside her sister, Jidawwiya, who played the oud and had her own orchestra. The sisters' performance was well-received by the station's listeners, but was condemned by conservative commentators, and several male singers subsequently boycotted the station in protest. At one point, the enduring hostility she faced (both due to her gender and her ethnicity) led her to contemplate moving to Nigeria. Aisha's continued popularity eventually legitimised the presence of women
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CHNM-DT CHNM-DT, virtual channel 42 (UHF digital channel 20), is an Omni Television owned-and-operated television station located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The station was originally established in 2003 as "Channel M", under the ownership of Multivan Broadcast, a consortium of local investors. Their proposal beat a competing bid by Rogers Media (owner of Toronto's CFMT-TV and CJMT-TV) for a new multicultural broadcast television station in Vancouver. However, in 2007, after losing bids for multicultural stations in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta to the company, Multivan sold CHNM to Rogers, who re-branded the station under its Omni Television brand. Under Rogers
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Indonesia–Nigeria relations Indonesia–Nigeria relations refers to the bilateral relations of Republic of Indonesia and Nigeria. Diplomatic relations were established in 1965. Both countries are members of multilateral organizations such as the Non-Aligned Movement, World Trade Organization (WTO), Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Developing 8 Countries. The diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Indonesia date back to 1965, when Indonesia opened its resident diplomatic mission in Lagos. In 1976 Nigeria reciprocated by opening its mission in Jakarta. Nigeria was the first Sub-Saharan African country that established diplomatic mission in Indonesia. Indonesia recognizes the important
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Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria The Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria (MSP) is a Latin Catholic Society of Apostolic Life of Diocesan Right, for Men, founded in and basically active in missions within Nigeria. Its headquarters are Kutunku, Gwagwalada, Abuja, F.C.T., Nigeria. Established on 23 October 1977 by the episcopal conference of Nigeria, it was the first indigenous Missionary Society in Africa. The Society was founded by Dominic Cardinal Ekandem and established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria. The main aim was to provide priests for the mission of the Church in the needy diocese
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Calabar. In the same year, she took part in numerous fashion and runway shows including NIGERIA TELEVISION FASHION SHOW, CATWALK FOR CHANGE and GALAXY TELEVISION FASHION WEEK. In 2007, Precious emerged first runner-up in the Prettiest Girl Nigeria contest and also participated in the Miss Earth Nigeria Nigeria Pageant, where she finished in the Top 10. In 2010, she was a contestant in Miss Nigeria 2010, which was held in Abuja. Precious has, most recently, been face of brands and events like Face of Safari and Face of Genisms. She has starred in numerous TV commercials, most notably Medik55 and
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Catholic Television of Nigeria Catholic Television Nigeria is a Catholic television network based in Abuja, Nigeria. It is intended to be used as a tool of evangelisation to deepen the faith of the Catholic faithful within and outside Nigeria. Though yet to acquire a standard TV channel, the Catholic Television is expected to provide all the Catholics the opportunity to evangelise in the future, using the electronic media to reach families in their homes. The Director of the Catholic Television Nigeria is Rev. Fr. Patrick Alumuku. For decades, the Catholic Church in Nigeria has desired to reach out to its
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markets west of Atlantic Canada between 2005 and 2013. Most local television stations in Canada are now owned and operated directly by their network, with only a small number of stations still operating as affiliates. Most television services outside North America are national networks established by a combination of publicly funded broadcasters and commercial broadcasters. Most nations established television networks in a similar way: the first television service in each country was operated by a public broadcaster, often funded by a television licensing fee, and most of them later established a second or even third station providing a greater variety
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news and aims of the government to the homes of people in the region. Establishment of the station was enhanced by the a constitutional change which removed broadcasting from an exclusive item to a concurrent item and political resolution of the regional premier, Obafemi Awolowo and the regional minister of Information, Anthony Enahoro. WNTV was a partnership between Overseas Rediffusion and the Western regional government. The first television broadcast was on October 31, 1959. In 1962, the government parted ways with its foreign partner, WNTV solely came under the control of the regional government. The change in ownership structure from
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Sam Amuka-Pemu Prince Sam Amuka Pemu (born 13 June 1935) is a Nigerian journalist, columnist and publisher, who founded the "Vanguard", Nigeria's leading newspaper, and was co-founder of "The Punch", the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria. Sam Amuka Pemu was born in Sapele, a city in Delta State, southern Nigeria, into the family of the late Pa Amuka-Pemu and Madam Teshoma Amuka-Pemu, who died in May 2014. He was a "Daily Times of Nigeria" editor and the first editor of the "Sunday Punch" before he established "The Punch" with his friend, the late Olu Aboderin, in 1971. He later
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First Bank of Nigeria, a man who was chosen as the number one banker for many years in Nigeria, a man who became a Federal Permanent Secretary at the age of 27 and was once a Deputy Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank and Oluwole Ogunleye (A catechist who also own a driving school in Oyo state). Also, Funmi Olutoye, granddaughter of the current Alani of Idoani, who is a journalist and television presenter in the U.K. There are many other notable idoani sons and daughters who are unknown, especially the daughters, those from other religious, ethnic, socioeconomic groups. This
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not cease during WNAC's remaining months. After RKO's loss of the WNAC license in 1980 was upheld by the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Brady left for a position in Los Angeles. She was quickly replaced by young weekend anchor Susan Burke, who worked with Holbrook both during the transition from RKO to New England Television and for the first months of the new ownership. WNAC-TV (defunct) WNAC-TV, channel 7, was a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station was owned by RKO General. Originally established in 1948, WNAC-TV signed off for the
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Formosa Television Formosa Television is a television station based in Taipei, Taiwan. Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997. Because of the location of its headquarters, which is in an area where Taiwanese Hokkien speakers are populous, it also earned the reputation for being the first station in Taiwan to use that tongue in a majority of its programs, especially on their prime time newscasts. On May 24, 2004, FTV was among the first free-to-air channels on Taiwan to switch from terrestrial analogue signal to digital television. Broadcasting hours on Formosa Television is 24 hours
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1959, and began working in a Lebanese-owned ceramics factory. In 1972, he purchased an enamelware factory, sourcing his materials locally and exporting the finished product to Germany. He later began to import Chinese ceramics to Nigeria, making him possibly the first to introduce them on a commercial scale. He was also the first person of Chinese origin to naturalise as a Nigerian citizen. Zhu Nanyang (朱南揚), a Shanghai native who moved to Hong Kong and then arrived in Nigeria in the 1960s, would go on to head up the Ikeja Industrial Area, a government-sponsored industrial development project established at Ikeja
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in 1955, WORA-TV was the first television station in Puerto Rico's west coast and the third station islandwide after WKAQ-TV and WAPA-TV (established one year earlier). The station was named for then-sister station WORA radio (760 AM), which one year later would be joined by WORA-FM (97.5 FM, now WIOB), the first FM broadcaster in the west coast. During its early years, the station produced its own programming, but its schedule eventually shifted toward infomercials, possibly due to the lack of interest from local businesses to advertise on television. In 1969, WORA-TV became a repeater station for WRIK-TV, airing their
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Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu The Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu (popularly known as "FCA Ishiagu") is based in Ishiagu, Ivo Local government area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The college was established in Umudike in 1955 by the government of Eastern Nigeria, was amalgamated with the Agricultural Research Station, Umudike in 1964 and was taken over by the East Central State Government in 1970. In 1972 the Federal Government took over the college as part of the Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station (FARTS), and in 1976 the school became the training wing of the National Root Crops Research Institute,
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and rudimentary, and many had been damaged or destroyed during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Communications in China were established rapidly in the early 1950s. By 1952 the principal telecommunications network centered on Beijing, and links to all large cities had finally been established, also launching television broadcasts. The first Chinese television station in the world was Rediffusion Television (now ATV, have off-aired in 2016), which launched in Hong Kong in May 29, 1957. On the mainland, the first national broadcasts began on May 1, 1958, and Beijing Television (now China Central Television since 1978) was formally launched on September 2,
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operational national terrestrial station is the state run the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) with coverage of Freetown (2 channels), Bo, Kenema and Makeni. Star TV provides a commercial television service for Freetown. Private station ABC Television-Africa ceased operations several years ago. AIT of Nigeria launched a TV and radio service in 2012, but this was suspended early in 2013 after it attracted only 2 advertisers. Commercial television in Sierra Leone has not been a viable business because of the relatively low population, low disposable income, poor access to electricity (though this is improving) and lack of large businesses with
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Temecula Valley AVA The Temecula Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the Temecula Valley, located in southwestern Riverside County, California. Winemaking in the Temecula area was revived in the late 1960s with plantings made by the Brookside Winery. Vincenzo and Audry Cilurzo established the first modern commercial vineyard in the Temecula Valley in 1968. At the same time, Guasti-based Brookside Winery planted its own vineyard. Mount Palomar Winery was established in 1969, by the Peter Poole Family, owner of the radio station K-BIG and who also established one of the nation's first UHF television stations (now Channel 22
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other programming. The station first signed on the air on August 10, 1983. Founded by a local ownership group, KDVR was the first commercial television station to sign on in the Denver market since KCNC-TV (channel 4) debuted in December 1953, and was the first full-service UHF television station in the state of Colorado. Denver had a fairly long wait to receive a second independent station to compete with the longer-established KWGN (now a CW affiliate). On paper, the market had a large enough population to support two independents since the late 1960s. However, the Denver market is a very
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except Monday 21 hours Formosa Television Formosa Television is a television station based in Taipei, Taiwan. Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997. Because of the location of its headquarters, which is in an area where Taiwanese Hokkien speakers are populous, it also earned the reputation for being the first station in Taiwan to use that tongue in a majority of its programs, especially on their prime time newscasts. On May 24, 2004, FTV was among the first free-to-air channels on Taiwan to switch from terrestrial analogue signal to digital television. Broadcasting hours on Formosa
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Golden Bell Awards. Taiwan Television Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. (), commonly known as TTV and formerly known as Central Television and Voice of Taiwan, is the first terrestrial television station in Taiwan. It was established on April 28, 1962 and started formally broadcasting later that year on Double Ten Day, the Republic of China's national holiday. TTV was formerly called "Taiwan Radio" ("TR", then "TWR") in 1962, then "TTV" and "Taiwan Day Television" and "Taiwan Night Television" ("TTV") in 1990, when "China Television" ("CTV") was launched. The station became home to many trailblazing and innovative shows at the time. Recently,
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WYPZ (AM) WYPZ (900 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban adult contemporary format. Licensed to Macon, Georgia, US, the station serves the Macon area. Originally licensed to 1240 kc. on the AM dial, WYPZ signed on the mid-1940s as WBML. During the 1950s and 1960s, WBML established itself as the station to turn to for breaking news. Station management placed mobile units on the streets of Macon throughout most of the day and night. The air staff included Bob Saggese, a Connecticut native who was also Macon's first television producer and announcer, Gordon Price, Don King, Ken Wickham,
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WQED (TV) WQED, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by WQED Multimedia. Established on April 1, 1954, it was the first community-sponsored television station in the U.S. and the country's fifth public television station. WQED's studios are located at 4802 Fifth Avenue, and its transmitter is located near the University of Pittsburgh campus, both in Pittsburgh's Oakland section. On cable, WQED is carried on Comcast Xfinity channel 9 (channel 12 in Bethel Park and channel 14 in Monroeville), and Verizon FiOS
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Housing Authority Board. One of his sons Senator Sunday O. Fajinmi who was previously in the Senate. Senator S. O. Fajinmi was trained in the UK - Teesside University. He started work with Radio Shark in the USA. He came back to serve his NYSC with Nigeria Airways. He worked thereafter with International Computers Limited, from where He established his own Business - Sofaj Group Enterprises with Senil Computers Nigeria Limited and Senil Power Protection Systems Limited were very prominent as the market leaders of their Market Sectors. He established the first Community Bank in Iwo, which he followed in
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one of the most popular stations in the country. Television in Iran Television was first introduced to Iran in 1958, as a privately owned and commercially operated enterprise, before being nationalised, remaining a state-controlled monopoly, first of National Iranian Radio and Television, and following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. On October 3, 1958, Television Iran (TVI) was established, broadcasting from Tehran. A second station, based in Abadan in the south of the country, was established in 1960. Its programming included quiz shows and American programmes dubbed into Persian, and appealed to an unsophisticated audience.
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One Africa Television One Africa Television is Namibia's first successful commercial free-to-air television station which was founded in 2003. It is the brainchild of Namibian photographer and businessman Paul van Schalkwyk. One Africa Television broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and carries a range of programs selected for relevance to the Namibian television viewing public. One Africa Television is a fully commercial, free-to-air television station in Namibia, receiving no state subsidies. Established in 2003 and originally covering only Windhoek, Rehoboth and Okahandja, One Africa Television grew significantly, with its signal broadcast via 29 analogue transmitters across Namibia.
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Masaba established the Bida Emirate as an important military power, steadily expanding its territory at the expense of its neighbors to the south and east. His successors retained control until 1897, when British Niger Company troops finally took Bida and established a puppet ruler. The Bida emirate became subject first to the British colonial regime, then to the independent state of Nigeria, with its rulers playing an increasingly ceremonial role. Rulers of the Bida Emirate, who use the title "Etsu Nupe": Bida Emirate The Bida Emirate is a traditional state in Nigeria, a successor to the old Nupe Kingdom, with
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money to spend on cinema going and on home television sets. Some foreign producers and directors also worked in Nigeria to make films in Nigeria, as a result of this boom, including people like: Ossie Davies who directed "Kongi's Harvest", a film based on the novel of the same name by Wole Soyinka, and was released in 1970. The film was adapted to screen by Soyinka, produced by Francis Oladele under the Calpenny Nigeria ltd production company. However, Ola Balogun's post-Civil War film, "Amadi" (1975) was one of the first notable Nigerian historical films on celluloid, which reflected on the
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MNCTV MNCTV, formerly known as TPI and Televisi Keluarga Indonesia is an Indonesian private television station. MNCTV was established by Tutut Soeharto, the first daughter of former president Soeharto. It began broadcasting on 1 August 1990, at first broadcasting only educational programs, but has since become similar to other Indonesian TV stations, showing programs such as quizzes, "sinetron" (soap operas), reality TV shows, sports shows, and recently, dangdut music. TPI, the acronym of Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia ("Indonesian Educational Television") was first founded as an educational television station by state broadcaster TVRI on August 1, 1990. It began its first broadcasts
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Arondizuogu Patriotic Union Arondizuogu Patriotic Union (APU) is the umbrella organisation of all Arondizuogu communities in Nigeria and the Diaspora. Established in 1932 in Aba, APU is one of the earliest and most enduring organs of community development set up by an Igbo clan in colonial Nigeria. The youngmen of Arondizuogu who laid the foundation for APU left their homes for the first time in the 1920s and early 1930s to seek a better life in the emerging urban centres of colonial Nigeria. They found themselves in social, economic and political environments different from the life they knew at home.
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1997, he established Nigeria's first private female basketball club, Dolphins. Wale Aboderin Gbadebowale Aboderin (1958 – 30 May 2018) was a Nigerian journalist, businessman and sports administrator, who was until his death the chairman of Punch Nigeria Limited, a publishing house founded by his father. Described by Vanguard as a pillar of journalism, he schooled at Government College, Ibadan, before undergoing aviation training at Burnside-Ott Flying School. In sports, he was chairman, Lagos State Basketball Association and vice-president of Nigeria Basketball Supporters Club. Aboderin died after a heart surgery in Lagos. President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi
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Pan-African congresses after the First World War; Jean Price-Mars, Haitian diplomat, philosopher of négritude, and President of the Société Africaine de Culture in Paris; and Jaja Wachuku, who had been at the 1945 Pan-African Congress, and who was in 1960 foreign Minister of Nigeria..."" Subsequently, from 1965 to midday 14 January 1966, Wachuku was Nigeria's minister of aviation. With most of the aviation laws in Nigeria bearing his signature, Wachuku initiated training programmes for Nigeria's first crop of Flight and Ground Officers. The Aviation Training Centre, Zaria was established during his tenure. His visionary and upright zeal, however, did not
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(Australia) (who also owned Sydney's 2UE), itself owned by the local Lamb family, was part of the consortium that brought television to Newcastle, launching NBN Television on channel 3 in 1962. These changes led to 2KO becoming one of the first, if not the first, Top 40 music radio stations in Australia. This took the audience by storm, and helped re-established radio as the personal medium. In 1978, as part of a nationwide realignment of radio station frequencies, 2KO moved to 1413 kHz. In May 1988, 2KO moved to facilities at 252 Pacific Highway Charlestown. KOFM / NXFM use MAESTRO
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Sapporo Television Broadcasting The is a TV station of Nippon News Network (NNN) and Nippon Television Network System (NNS) in Hokkaidō, Japan. Headquartered in Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaidō prefecture, the TV station was established on April 8, 1958. It is usually called "STV" for short, which is used as a name in a number of TV programs. Since December 15, 1962, the company has worked as both television and radio station until July 12, 2005, when the radio section was split into the was established. Currently, the STV Radio is a radio station of National Radio Network (NRN)
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channels for the consumers to watch. This required a lot of professionals, many of whom were being called back from their dwellings in England, to come over and establish this new television station in Nigeria. Teju Oyeleye was one of the engineers chosen to fulfill the demand. The television station grew rapidly since Teju's arrival. The shows started in black and white with shows only airing from four o'clock in the afternoon to midnight. The shows that aired included live programs, recorded programs, movies, interviews, outside broadcasts and the radio broadcasting he was also in charge with included the morning
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honor its parent company. RCTV International shares a legacy of more than 50 years of history with RCTV Venezuela, its mother company and one of the first commercial television stations in South America. Entrepreneur William H. Phelps, who had also established Venezuela's first commercial radio station, Radio Caracas Radio, launched Radio Caracas Television (RCTV Venezuela) on November 15, 1953 in Caracas. Always the leader, RCTV is noted for its talent" the best hosts, the best news anchors, great actors and the most beautiful models. Their original and canned programming became part of the Venezuelan's everyday life, and many named their
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joint viewing at rural community centers. The station had two educative programs that were well received "News and You", a current affairs discussion program produced by Christopher Kolade and the Ministry of Education and "Careers", a show that featured people in their various occupations. During this period there was little measurable statistics but the station played a pivotal role of promoting Yoruba traveling theatre. It taped and beamedDuro Ladipo's play including Ọba kò so for television viewing and a popular series "Bode Waasimi". In the 1970s, it broadcast popular shows like "Alawada" by the Alawada Group that included Moses Olaiya
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Nigeria EduSat-1 Nigeria EduSat-1 is a satellite built by the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), created in conjunction with the Japanese Birds-1 program. It is Nigeria's first satellite built by a university. It was launched from the Japanese Kibō module of the International Space Station. Japan supports non-spacefaring countries to build their first satellites through a program called The Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project (Birds). Five countries constructed satellites in the Birds-1 program: Bangladesh, Ghana, Japan, Mongolia, and Nigeria. Together, the five satellites make up the Birds-1 fleet. "Nigeria EduSat-1" is the first satellite built by a Nigerian
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and in the mid-1980s, every State in Nigeria had its own broadcasting station. Laws were made by regulating bodies to limit foreign contents on television, with the National Commission recommending a minimum of 60 percent local programming content for all broadcasting stations. This led to television producers to begin the broadcast of local popular theatre productions. Chinua Achebe's novel, "Things Fall Apart" was adapted as a television series on National Television in 1987 and became very successful. At this time, Another very successful television adaptation was the adaptation of D.O. Fagunwa's 1949's novel, "Igbo Olodumare". The television series, which is
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indicated in the feedback. According to the director, "We began this in a very small way with a programme on African Independent Television (AIT), called Light for the Nation. It is a programme aimed at making our own contribution towards a brighter future for Nigeria. We also have another programme called Faith in Action. It tries to tell the message that whatever you do, you have done nothing unless you positively affect your brother". Catholic Television of Nigeria Catholic Television Nigeria is a Catholic television network based in Abuja, Nigeria. It is intended to be used as a tool of
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Sri Lanka. Television in Sri Lanka Television in Sri Lanka dates back to 1979. Television broadcasting, like other forms of media in the country, is generally divided along linguistic lines with state and private media operators providing services in Sinhala, Tamil, and English languages. Sri Lanka didn't have any television until 1979. Businessmen Anil Wijewardena and Shan Wickremasinghe established the country's first TV station Independent Television Network which started broadcasting on 15 April 1979. The new station remained "independent" for less than two months as the government took control of it on 5 June 1979 following a dispute with President
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Television in Sri Lanka Television in Sri Lanka dates back to 1979. Television broadcasting, like other forms of media in the country, is generally divided along linguistic lines with state and private media operators providing services in Sinhala, Tamil, and English languages. Sri Lanka didn't have any television until 1979. Businessmen Anil Wijewardena and Shan Wickremasinghe established the country's first TV station Independent Television Network which started broadcasting on 15 April 1979. The new station remained "independent" for less than two months as the government took control of it on 5 June 1979 following a dispute with President J. R.
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now mostly consists of non-Nigerian, theologically conservative American Anglicans, and initially began under the oversight of two bishops; Bishop Martyn Minns and a suffragan bishop, David Bena, who are simultaneously bishops of the Church of Nigeria. The Church of Nigeria is currently in full communion with the Anglican Church in North America, founded in June 2009, of which the CANA is an affiliate jurisdiction, launched as a conservative alternative to the liberal tendencies of the Episcopal Church of the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada. The first of four new American dioceses for the ACNA established by the
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system, and in 1975, transmission was expanded to cover the entire Kingdom. The first face of JTV was Ghada Haddadin, who later acted as the anchor for English news. From 1987, Hala Kharouba served as the host of the English channel. Along with the English programmes on Channel 2, JTV started transmission of French news bulletins and programmes in 1978. In 1985, Jordan Radio and Jordan Television merged to form Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV). Amra Satellite Earth Station was established in 1988 and was linked to the satellites: Eutelsat, Intelsat and Arabsat. In 1993, the Jordan Satellite Channel
Jordan Radio and Television Corporation