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Channels Television is a Nigerian independent 24-hour
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news
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and media television channel
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based in Lagos
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, Nigeria
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. The parent company, Channels Incorporated, was founded in 1992, a year before the Nigerian government deregulated the broadcast media. It began broadcasting in 1995. Its primary focus is producing news and current affairs programs on Nigerian domestic issues. The Channel's mission is to act as a watchdog
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on governmental policies and activities.
History
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 inAbuja
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, Edo and Kano
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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 was licensed in June 1993 and allocated a frequency on UHF (Channel 39). It began transmission two years later under the name, "Channels Television", and the first terrestrial broadcast was on the 1st of July 1995, with John Momoh reading the first news bulletin. Channels TV currently broadcasts to an audience of over 20 million people.
2008 closure
In September 2008, Channels Television was shut down by PresidentYar'Adua
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (16 August 19515 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who, was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the 2007 Nigeria general election, Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, ...
, who sent Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) to shut down the station and to arrest its senior staff due to channel's report of Yar'Adua's bad health. The report by Channels Television was attributed to information received from News Agency of Nigeria
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority
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(NAN). However, after the investigation, NAN announced that the channel did not issue any statement regarding the President stepping down, but instead, its computer was hacked into. In protest, Channels TV discontinued its use of the NAN wire service up to this date. It was proven that the e-mail received by Channels TV was a hoax sent from a computer in the Ivory Coast
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. Nigeria's Minister of Information, John Odey
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...Production
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...CNN
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and ITN. Its flagship program, "News at Ten", is considered as the most popular and most watched news in Nigeria.
Since 2009, Channels Television organizes and hosts "Channels National Kids Cup", a sport event for school children from sixteen Nigerian states held in Teslim Balogun Stadium
The Teslim Balogun Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of First Bank FC. The Nigeria national rugby league team also use the venue. The stadium has a ...
in Lagos. General Manager of Channels Television, Steve Judo, stated that Channels Television is socially responsible media and as such chose to engage in the development of football from the roots.
2012 Nigerian bombing
In January 2012, journalistEnenche Akogwu
Enenche Akogwu, (30 March 1980 – 20 January 2012) was a Nigerian journalist and cameraman for Channels Television. In January 2012, he was shot and killed in Kano, Nigeria while investigating a Boko Haram bombing by an unidentified gunman. Hi ...
, who worked as a correspondent in Kano for Channels Television, was shot and killed while reporting on coordinated attacks there claimed by the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram
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. According to his colleagues, Akogwu had shown up after a bombing and began filming a crowd gathered there without knowing they were armed sect members.
Awards and recognition
*Named "Best Station of the Year" twelve times (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016) by The Federal Republic of Nigeria's Media Merit Award Trust *2013: Awarded "Best TV Station in Africa" byAfrican Achievers Awards
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, Achievers Media
*2013: Named "Most Compliant Television Station In Media Category" by Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria
*2013: Awarded Lagos State Ministry of Education
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's "Jam Feast" award for its contribution towards youth invention and educational development
*2013: "Best Report On Maternal Health" by the Society of Gynaecology And Obstetrics Of Nigeria (Sogon)
*2013: Customer Service Excellence Award in Media
Partnership
On 22 March 2014,Tezuka Productions
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partnership with Channels TV to broadcast 8 episode spin-off series of Astro Boy
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, Little Astro Boy
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, which was aimed for preschoolers on Channels TV's children's block.
On Friday, 14 August 2015, ''Deutsche Welle
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'' said it had signed a partnership agreement with ''"Channels TV''" to demonstrates the long tradition of airing a positive view of Africa.
Peter Limbourg
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Alongside Peter Kloeppel, Limbourg moderated the first of two TV election debates between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and ...
, 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
John Momoh (born 1 July 1957) is a Nigerian broadcast journalist and the Chairman and CEO of Channels TV, an independent and multiple award-winning 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos. He is widely recognized in Nigeria as a t ...
, 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 other people to tell on our behalf".
In August 2015, ''Channels TV'' signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations
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on News coverage. The United Nation was represented by Ban Ki-moon
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, the Secretary-General of the United Nation.
Programs
See also
*List of television stations in Nigeria
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* List of news channels
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* List of television networks by country
This is a list of television networks by country.
Åland Islands
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# ATVR(Åland Island television radio)
Afghanistan
# RTA TV
# Ariana TV
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References
External links
* {{Official website, www.channelstv.com Television stations in Nigeria Television channels and stations established in 1993 Television stations in Lagos Television production companies of Nigeria Companies based in Lagos 24-hour television news channels in the United Kingdom