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  • Radio presenter, Baba Alayo marks forty years of marital bliss

    Radio presenter, Baba Alayo marks forty years of marital bliss

    Popular Yoruba radio presenter and master of ceremonies, Ayodele Oloye aka Baba Alayo is making frenetic preparations for the 40th marriage anniversary with his wife Cecelia Oloye (nee Adeyemi) in a couple of days.

    Oloye recalled that their love story started in their teenage years in 1985 in the Papa Asafa area of Agege, Lagos State.

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    “We were both teenagers when the journey began. Our parents started blaming us, saying we were too young for a relationship, and warned us to face our studies. But to God be the glory today Cecilia holds a BSc in public health. At the same time, I am also a graduate of public relations and today a popular radio presenter on Faaji 106.5 FM and Melody FM, both in Lagos. Early marriage is good but it needs God’s intervention.

    “The relationship is blessed with three boys today. Our relationship still looks fresh by God’s grace. There was a time things got tough but God’s mercy stood by us.

    My advice for young couples is that they should always take God as seriously  and also have trust in themselves while being prayerful.”

  • Software developer creates App to share radio, other contents with followers

    Software developer creates App to share radio, other contents with followers

    A Kaduna-based young talented software developer, Aliyu Aminu, has developed an application that is set to revolutionise the way radio stations, preachers, and other content creators across Africa share their programmes with their followers.

    This groundbreaking application, named Gistoneer, allows users to post copies of their mp3-format programmes after airing, ensuring that nobody misses out on their favourite shows.

    During a presentation in Kaduna, Aminu highlighted the key features of Gistoneer and how it can benefit various users. Not only can Radio Stations and preachers use the app to distribute their programmes, artistes can also utilise it to sell exclusive content and interact with their fans.

    Additionally, Gistoneer offers a platform for all users to share their favourite photos, audios, videos, create playlists, and engage in chat with friends and family.

    According to Aminu, Gistoneer is a game-changing application that empowers content creators, artistes, and everyday users to connect with their audience in new and innovative ways.

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    He said, “By combining user-friendly features with the potential for monetisation, Gistoneer is set to revolutionise the digital content landscape in Africa and beyond. With the Creator Funds Dashboard offering a unique opportunity for creators to earn revenue, Gistoneer is not just a platform for sharing content but a catalyst for success and growth in the digital age.”

    He explained that GISTONEER came to offer mp3, mp4, images sharing and real-time chatting services. However, the emphasis is on mp3 and music free mp3, mp4, and images sharing social networking services, intending not to limit the services to music but to a broader range.

    “One of the most enticing aspects of Gistoneer is the Creator Fund, a feature that rewards users who have built a substantial following. If an account reaches 10,000 followers and their contents receive 100,000 views in the past 30 days, the Creator Funds Dashboard is activated for them.

    “This dashboard opens up opportunities for users to make money through their Gistoneer contents, providing a potential revenue stream for content creators. The Creator Fund within Gistoneer is a unique opportunity for users to monetize their content and capitalise on their growing popularity.

  • Trying period for radio stations

    Trying period for radio stations

    Radio stations are gasping for breath as the crippling economic situation bites harder.

    Many FM stations are closing down operations due to costs, which are becoming increasingly high.

    Many stations can no longer cope. They are unable to meet the expectations of their workforce and their technical needs.

    In the Southwest, owners are shutting down. Some others are downsizing their operations – reducing period of air from 24 hours to 12, and now some are doing six hours daily.

    The problem started with the way investors shuffled focus to “the business”.

    Licences were obtained as if they were going out of fashion. This went up during the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration when close to 800 radio and television licences were rolled out.

    Unfortunately, many of the licences remain in the vault of those who obtained them. They are unable to activate them after scaling the rigorous conditions set by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

    Minister of Information and National Orientation Idris Malagi alluded to this when he appeared before the Senate for screening.

    Now, those who even activate it are finding it tough to keep afloat.

    Part of the problem is that many of the stations lack attractive and deep content that could attract advertising; principal revenue generating means for radio stations.

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    Most of them merely play music, devote hours to reviewing newspaper reports and also phone-in programmes on mainly mundane matters.

    Corporate bodies, whose advertising spend is fast dwindling, see noting exciting to put money in these stations.

    They also lack experienced and well-trained hands to present or produce programmes. Many stations rely on youths, barely out of school to handle issues that are not well researched and which they know little of nothing about.

    Even the specialised stations such as those devoted to sports, entertainment, women affairs, and entrepreneurship, among others, fall short of listeners’ and advertisers’ expectations.

    Faced with these difficulties, coupled with payment of annual renewal fees to the NBC, it is difficult for stations to continue in business.

    Worst still, many of the owners are politicians, who obtained those licences, in some instance, through proxy They do not need to continue funding a business not generating income, after the election cycle.

    Radio is critical to information dissemination. If owners are unable to get it right and keep their business running, it will be a setback for enlightenment, education, entertainment and, in fact, for private broadcasting, which Ray Power FM pioneered 29 years ago.  

  • Panel summons Fayose’s aide over Ekiti Radio/TV closure

    The Fact-finding Committee set up by the Ekiti State government to look into the running of the State Broadcasting Service (BSES) has commenced investigation on how the corporation was managed under the last administration.

     

    The Panel has summoned former Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Lere Olayinka, who also headed BSES between October 2014 and July 2018 to shed light on how the station was run in the period under review.

     

    The corporation was shut down by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for alleged serial breach of broadcasting code.

     

    According to a letter signed by the Panel’s Secretary, Alhaji T.I. Ganiyu, Olayinka is expected to appear on Tuesday, 13th November at 11.00 am.

     

    The letter reads: “As parts of the efforts of the state government to reposition the BSES, the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, inaugurated a Fact-finding Committee on Friday, 2nd November, 2018 to examine the adherence of the BSES to the enabling law and the NBC broadcasting code as well as other related issues.

     

    ” The Committee has since swung into action immediately after its inauguration. As the head of the broadcasting station in the previous administration, I have been directed to invite you for a briefing with the Committee on issues relating to the closure of the broadcasting station.

     

    “Kindly note that your briefing will in no small measure assist the Committee in its fact-finding assignment for the improvement of the station.”

     

    The venue of the sitting is the Conference Hall of the Bureau of Transformation, Service Delivery and Strategy, Ado Ekiti.

     

    The corporation was earlier fined N500,000 for breach of broadcasting code which was not paid before it was finally closed down on July 14 over alleged declaration of the result of the governorship election by former Governor Ayo Fayose when collation was still ongoing.

     

    The NBC had also written a letter to Olayinka demanding explanation on why he accepted to serve as the Director of Publicity of Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation (KOCO) when he was serving as Acting DG OF BSES.

     

    KOCO was the campaign platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate at the election, Prof. Kolapo Olusola.

     

  • Nigeria Info launches visual radio

    In a move aimed at changing radio listenership for better, talk, news and sports radio station, Nigeria Info, has introduced a new concept into the radio broadcast landscape.

    Known as ‘Visual Radio’, the management of the station says that the aim is to afford listeners the opportunity to watch their favorite local FM radio presenters in action on their computers and mobile devices deploying professional, multi-camera positions and angles with high-quality effects, graphics and multiple ad spaces.

    According to its management, it is a new dimension in radio broadcasting with interactive content and services for mobile radio listeners.

    In the words of Serge Noujaim, the radio network’s CEO: “We now live in an instant and content-hungry world. Modern radio must compete with multiple attention-grabbing sources to engage, maintain and grow audiences. This must not be at the expense of making great radio. It should be an addition to it. And we are proud to be the first in Nigeria to do so.”

    Speaking further, he said that with ‘Visual Radio’, listeners can enjoy engaging and exciting content: visuals, information, and entertainment of what’s playing over the air. Listeners can also participate in the radio station’s promotions, polls, contests, and interact with the show hosts and their special guests.

    Femi Obong-Daniels, the network’s Head of Stations adds; “Visual Radio presents a unique opportunity for advertisers to expand their radio advertising reach to a global audience online beyond the ears to countless eyeballs.”

    Visual Radio is already a fast-growing game-changing global phenomenon and Nigeria still has much ground to cover in catching up with the West; a quest that has now begun courtesy of Nigeria Info, with sister stations Cool FM and Wazobia FM following closely in leveraging on this new technology.

  • Ekiti radio, TV get knocks for campaign funds’ source

    A political pressure group, John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Movement, has accused the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) of spreading falsehood to malign the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

    The group faulted a news item the BSES radio and television channels and social media carried in which it accused the minister of boasting that he (Fayemi) had N8 billion to spend in the election.

    The Federal Government was also accused in the broadcast to have earmarked N20 billion on the July 14 poll.

    In a statement yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, by its Director of Publicity, Mr. Kunle Omotayo, the JKF Movement accused those they called agents of Governor Ayo Fayose of being behind the news.

    The group maintained that the story was “untrue, false and unfounded”.

    It said Fayemi never made such a statement, adding that the news was fabricated by Fayose’s “media spin doctors”.

    The JKF Movement described the allegation as a reckless abuse and an assault on the intelligence of Nigerians and Ekiti people.

    The group said the people were aware that “an urbane and reticent Fayemi will never make that reckless statement privately to close friends, let alone to the public”.

  • Radio, TV advert income gets tonic

    Radio, TV advert income gets tonic

    A team of industry experts have been set up to work out modalities for scientific Audience Measurement System, as part of measures to boost radio and television advertising revenue in the country.

    Announcing the inauguration of the team was set up by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday, at the launch of the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) in Enugu, the Minister noted that the move which will bring Nigerian TV advertisement market in line with global best practices could bring an additional 200-400 million dollars in revenue to the industry.

    The task team according to him comprises of representatives of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), Signal Distributors, and Advertisers’ Association of Nigeria (ADVAN), among others.

    The team’s terms of reference include to identify best practice Audience Measurement System that will support the sustainable growth of the Nigeria Creative and Entertainment Industry; recommend a framework for supporting the sustainability of the Audience Measurement System, independent of the Federal Government, and recommend a payment and disbursement framework among the key stakeholders in the industry.

    Alhaji Mohammed said the current Diary Audience Measurement System is not ideal for the critical transitional phase before full Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration, adding: ”We need an objective and scientific Audience Measurement System that articulates the value of the content to consumers as well as the value of the audience to

    advertisers, particularly in the television sector.”

    He said the delay in adopting a scientific Audience Measurement System had resulted in under-investment in the sector, which is necessary to foster the growth of the industry as the advertising community continues to rely on subjective factors when making decisions on the content they want, as opposed to how many viewers the content truly attracts.

    “As a consequence, television platforms are subjected to renting out space on their channels to sustain their business, and content producers have become increasingly over-reliant on sponsorship which, unfortunately, skews the authenticity of their creative output in favor of a few decision makers, rather than the millions of TV viewers,” the Minister said.

    On the DSO launch in Enugu, Alhaji Mohammed said the state is the fifth, after Plateau, FCT, Kwara and Kaduna, to enjoy digital television.

    “There is no better evidence of our commitment to rapidly spread the massive benefits of digital television to the people of Nigeria…We are now at the cruise level of the journey we started in Jos Plateau State, in April 2016, as the DSO train has now traversed Abuja, Ilorin, Kaduna, to arrive here in Enugu, its latest stop. From here, the DSO train will proceed to Osun State, as we continue our rapid rollout of digital television across the country,” he said.

    The Minister announced the donation of 100 set-top boxes to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, while the Governor also announced the purchase of 10,000 set-top boxes to be given free to low-income households across the state.

  • FEC approves N1.5billion for radio, television adverts

    FEC approves N1.5billion for radio, television adverts

    THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting has approved N1.5 billion for advertising campaign for nine months in Radio, televisions, online and newspapers.

    Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting.

    She was with Minister of Information Lai Mohammed and Water Resources counterpart Suleiman Adamu.

    She said: “I presented a memo on the Voluntary Asset Declaration Bill… for approval of the sum of N1.5 billion to cover advertising campaign for nine months, for radio, TV, online, newspapers, including centerspread.”

    According to her, she also briefed FEC, chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on the progress made by the government under the tax amnesty.

    She said: “And it has been very well-received. We have people who are ready to declare and pay. We sent out over 500 letters under the first batch. But there are thousands of Nigerians being targeted but the first 500 letters have gone out.

    “We have started to get responses back and many people are asking for time to pay. Most of the governors have agreed to give more time for people to make arrangements for payments. This is indeed a very good news for Nigeria as it will help reduce over reliance on oil. It will improve our tax revenue so that whether oil prices are high or low, we will be able to provide basic services for our people.

    “Very high net worth people are now being brought into the tax revenue profile. We hope to exceed the target that has been set.”

    On how many persons have responded, how many governors are ready to work with the ministry and how much is the government expected to rake in from the tax amnesty policy, she said: “It is too early to give exact figure of the number of responses since we just started dispatching the letters on Monday. We have a telephone line dedicated to the project and a lot of people have called in to express their readiness to cooperate.

    “We met the governors just two days ago and they all agreed because personal income taxes are also going to the state government coffers. They also agreed to accommodate those who agreed they are owing but haven’t got the cash to pay.

    “Somebody might have the house but may not have the cash. Let’s give them chances to bring this money because this money is sustainable money and we have asked that they give them time to bring in this money and they have agreed to do so. From now on, they are ready to pay their right taxes.

    “On the amount expected, we projected $1 billion and we have already gotten $110 million and that is just from two companies. So, we feel we might exceed that target.” she said

    On the criteria adopted to get the first 500, she said: “What we have done is we got information on land registry details from the state governments and the FCT. We got information from the BVN, Registration from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and we began to match them.

    “From that, we could see the linkages. So, if someone lives in Lagos and have properties in Kaduna, London etc, but only declaring part, with these information, we will get them. We also look at people who had come out in the Panama and Paradise papers, we look at people who have companies being paid by the government but are not paying the right taxes.

    “Even if you have not gotten a letter yet, do not think we have forgotten you. These are just the first 500.

    On the whistle-blower policy, she said government only pay the informant after three months when there is no court issue on the matter.

    She said: “The total amount, which also include Osborne Road, Ikoyi is N421,330,595 and this is for the November batch and is ready for payment. The only condition necessary is that the money will be paid to the whistleblower who signed the agreement. Not to any company.

    “If we get the court judgement, we have to wait for three months to ensure that there are no encumbrances. We also make sure that all applicable taxes are paid ahead.

    The FEC meeting also approved the payment of N1.712 billion for the contractor, SCC, that was maintaining 75-kilometer pipeline supplying water to the Federal Government.

    Minister of Water Resources, who said this, added that the contractor remained on site, maintaining the pipelines for over nine years without settlement.

    He said his ministry and the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will settle the N1.712 billion equally.

     

  • NBC Sanction: See list of 23 radio stations fined N2.849 million

    NBC Sanction: See list of 23 radio stations fined N2.849 million

    The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned 23 broadcasting stations for various breaches of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code in the third quarter of 2017.

    The Head, Public Affairs, NBC, Mrs Maimuna Jimada, in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, said that the broadcasting stations were fined a total of N2.849 million.

    Jimada said that the contraventions included breaches of the rules on hateful speech, vulgar lyrics and unverifiable claims.

    She said that all the erring stations had been fined according to the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.

    “The commission wishes to remind broadcasters that they have a duty to promote the socio-economic well-being of the Nigerian state and abide strictly by the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code or face sanctions.”

    For the “Use Of Hateful Speech”; Family Love FM, Uyo, was fined N200,000, ABS FM, Enugu-N100,000, Express FM Radio, Kano, N100,000. The latter was also fined twice later for similar infractions.

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    On the “Use Of Indecent Musicals”; Royal FM, Abuja was fined N100,000, FLO FM, Enugu-N100,000, Radio Continental, Lagos-N200,000, Crystal 100.5FM, Abuja-N100,000.

    For “Unverifiable Claims”, a fine of N100,000 was meted on Crowther FM, Abuja, Harmony FM, Abuja-N100,000, Inspiration FM, Uyo-N100,000, BCA FM, Enugu-N150,000, ABS, Enugu-N100,000, Minaj Systems Radio, Enugu-N100,000 and IBC (Orient TV) Enugu N50,000.

    Others are Rainbow FM, Ibadan-N100,000, Globe FM, Jos-N100,000, Arewa Radio, Kaduna-N100,000, EBS Radio, Benin-N100,000 and Bond FM, Lagos-N499,000.

    ITV, Jos was fined N100,000, while IBC (Orient TV), Enugu was sanctioned N50,000 for “Voicing and Unprofessional Broadcast.”

  • FUNAAB Radio coming soon

    With the delivery of broadcast and transmission equipment purchased from the United Kingdom, the FUNAAB (Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta) Radio 89.5 FM will soon join 27 other universities operating campus radio stations.

    Coordinator, FUNAAB Radio, Mr. Ayo Arowojolu, said the station had begun transmitting online.

    Arowojolu said the equipment bought from the Clyde Broadcast Products Limited, Glasgow, came at the right time when the university management had constituted the FUNAAB Radio Management Board, with Prof Victor Olowe of the Agricultural Media, Research and Extension Centre (AMREC) as the Alternate Chairman.

    Other members of the Board  are Arowojolu, Prof Kolawole Adebayo, Directorate of Grants Management; Prof Helen Bodunde, Communication and General Studies Department; Prof Eniola Fabusoro, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development; Prof Biodun Badmus, Department of Physics; Mrs. Emi’ Alawode, Directorate of Public Relations; Mrs. Atinuke Adiyeloja, Bursary Department; and Ms. Adeola Oke of the Registry Unit as secretary.

    Olowe received the equipment on arrival.

    While inspecting the equipment and the station, the Ag Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ololade Enikuomehin, promised that Management would leave no stone unturned towards a speedy take-off of the station.

    He said the reason for the station was to enhance stakeholders and campus communication with the use of technology. He listed the stakeholders to include, the ‘young at heart’, intellectuals, urbane professionals, community peasants, children and the court of public opinion.

    At take-off, he said the radio would be transmitting between 5.30am to 11.00pm on weekdays and include weekend packages as the station grows.