Raypower is a group of independent private Nigerian
radio stations broadcasting in multiple cities nationwide, including on the 100.5 FM frequency from
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
and
Lagos.
History
In the wake of deregulation of broadcasting on 24 August 1992,
DAAR Communications Plc DAAR Communications plc is an independent privately owned broadcasting organization in Nigeria. It was established on 31 August 1998, by Raymond Dokpesi. On 23 April 2007, it was converted into a public liability company.
It pioneered Africa Indepe ...
, founded by
Raymond Dokpesi
Chief Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi (born 25 October 1951) in Ibadan is a Nigerian media entrepreneur. His parents are from Agenebode, Edo state in a family including six sisters siblings. He entered the Nigerian mass media industry with hi ...
, applied for and was granted approval to operate an independent radio station. The station which started test transmission on 15 December 1993 made history on 1 September 1994 when it commenced commercial broadcasting with the launch of
Raypower 100.5 fm in
Lagos as the first 24-hour broadcast service station in
Nigeria as well as the first private independent broadcasting station in the country. The Abuja station launched on 1 January 2005.
In June 2019, the
National Broadcasting Commission
The National Broadcasting Commission is the broadcast regulator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The commission was set up on August 24, 1992, by Decree 38 of 1992 later amended as an act of the National Assembly by Act 55 of 1999 and now known ...
shut down Raypower and its sister television channel,
Africa Independent Television; Dokpesi, an opposition figure, claimed his stations were being targeted and alleged licensing fees were too high. The commission said it forced their indefinite closure due to violations of broadcast codes and failure to meet other obligations to the regulator. It withdrew the suspension notice at the end of the month.
Stations
References
External links
Raypower website
Radio stations in Nigeria
Radio stations established in 1994
Mass media in Abuja
1994 establishments in Nigeria
Radio stations in Lagos
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