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Galaxy Television was the first privately registered television station in Nigeria.
Galaxy started full broadcasting in May 1994 from the hills of Oke-Are,
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...
with 10 kilowatts Areodyne transmitter.
For about nine years, the station has maintained between 60 - 75% viewership in
Oyo State
Oyo State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun ...
and the neighboring
Osun
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and
Ogun State
Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the ...
s. In January 2002, the station established a second Galaxy Television Station (Channel 27) in
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
to ensure full coverage of the Western States.
See also
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List of television stations in Nigeria
The first terrestrial television broadcast signals in Nigeria occurred on Saturday October 31, 1959 and belonged to the Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTS). Nigeria was one of the first countries to introduce television broadcasting in Afric ...