INFLUENCE OF RADIO OWNERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM PRACTICE

Abstract

The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria is the Pioneer Broadcast Organization in Nigeria with a rich culture of excellence. Available records reveal that Radio Broadcasting was introduced into Nigeria in 1933 by the then colonial Government. It relayed the overseas service of the British Broadcasting Corporation through wired system with loudspeakers at the listening end. The service was called Radio Diffusion System, RDS. From the RDS emerged the Nigerian Broadcasting Services, NBS in April 1980. Prior to the NBS, the colonial Government had commissioned the Nigerian Broadcasting survey, undertaken by Messrs Byron and Turner which recommended the establishment of stations in Lagos, Kaduna, Enugu, Ibadan and Kano. Mr. T.W. Chalmers, a Briton and controller of the BBC Light Entertainment Programme was the first Director-General of the NBS.
Radio ownership and control has since colonial times been.

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QzqAKYf5c00071f2d56c9.83660680, V. (2018). INFLUENCE OF RADIO OWNERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM PRACTICE. Afribary. Retrieved from https://beta.afribary.com/works/influence-of-radio-ownership-on-professional-journalism-practice-8932

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QzqAKYf5c00071f2d56c9.83660680, VCavnaE5c00071f2bdec4.58387487 . "INFLUENCE OF RADIO OWNERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM PRACTICE" Afribary (2018). Accessed April 28, 2025. https://beta.afribary.com/works/influence-of-radio-ownership-on-professional-journalism-practice-8932

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