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  • TVC News wins Best TV Station of the Year

    For its invaluable contribution towards the deepening of Nigeria’s broadcasting industry, TVC News, a member of TVC Communications, has bagged the NBC Prize for the “Best Television Station of the Year” at the 26th Nigerian Media Merit Awards (NMMA).

    To clinch the award, TVC News beat a strong field of competitors, riding on the back of its highly acclaimed professionalism, innovation and customer-centricity.

    At the awards ceremony, which held at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos on Thursday, December 27, 2018, Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, Chairman, Panel of Assessors, Nigeria Media Merit Awards, noted that competition in the category was tough. His words: “This year, we had difficulty in picking winners in the Newspaper of the Year, Editor of the Year, Radio of the Year and Television of the Year categories. The scores were too close for comfort. The differences between the winners in the categories were marginal.”

    The NMMA is the foremost media excellence award and also the most prestigious annual celebration of the best in the Nigerian media industry. The award ceremony attracted a huge audience of journalists, media and PR practitioners from traditional and new media platforms.

    The Director of News, TVC News, Stella Din-Jacob, who received the award on behalf of TVC Communication, said: “We are delighted to be awarded the winner for the Best Television Station of the Year. Having our hard work recognised is a big motivation to work harder and would serve as the tonic that we need to prove to Nigerians that we are both dynamic and innovative. Going forward, we will step up the tempo to ensure such laurels become a second nature to us. What we did this year, we need to do better because we are only as good as our last performance.”

    She added: “We must be seen to live up to our USPs, which are first, accurate, and reliable. Our viewers should expect excellence, professionalism, and innovation. TVC News is highly honoured to have received the award. Our dynamic news team is excited to continuously provide consistent and reliable news to our viewers.”

    TVC News is a 24-hour news channel offering a fresh perspective on African and world events. Broadcasting from Lagos & commercial capital with offices and correspondents across Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, TVC News brings its viewers the latest news 24 hours a day, telling the news as it is, with reporting that is as fearless as it is informative. Deploying state-of-the-art equipment and using a network of bureau across the country, TVC & dynamic news team keeps viewers up-to-date with fast, accurate, and relevant information. The 24-hour news channel meets the needs of its audience with objective, accurate and relevant news.

  • TVC Communications launches Max 90.9FM in Abuja

    TVC Communications has launched a brand-new radio station, Max 90.9 FM, in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

    The radio station plays hit songs aimed at 15-34-year-olds.

    The station, which went on air at 5 p.m yesterday, is the second Max FM station to hit the airwaves in less than a year, following the hugely successful launch of Max 102.3FM, Lagos, listened to by over 1.3 million people every day.

    The Chief Executive Officer of TVC Communications Andrew Hanlon said: “Max FM Abuja will follow the same format and sound as Max FM Lagos with the best hit music, the highest quality sound and the most talented On-Air personalities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). We know our listeners and advertisers in Abuja will love our sound and the best in entertainment.”

    The Max Abuja on-air line-up includes Max Breakfast with Jennifer Nzewunwah and Eyo Henry; Max Hits with Azuka Nsonwu, Watin Dey with Wale PowPowPow, Max Drive with Naomi Oboyi, Jones Usen Tonight, The Murphy Ijemba Show and Max Mix with Nellie.

    90.9 Max FM Abuja can be streamed online from www.max909.fm and from mobile apps such as www.tunein.com, www.radioline.co and www.radio.net.

    The mobile app is also available for download on Android and IOS.

  • TVC Communications wins Innovative Media Company Award

    TVC Communications, owners of TVC, TVC News, Max FM and Adaba FM has been named ‘Innovative Media Company of the Year’ at the 15th edition of the Marketing Edge Brands and Advertising Excellence Awards.

    The annual event is held to honour and celebrate outstanding brands (both corporate and products) and personalities in the integrated marketing communications industry.

    According to the publisher and CEO, Marketing Edge Publications, John Ajayi, the nomination of TVC Communications for Marketing Edge Innovative Media Company of the year award was a product of a painstaking review and assessment of the contributions of the TVC Communications brand to the growth, development and continuing evolution of the Nigerian broadcasting industry and its commitment to global best practice. Its impactful strides in the face of daunting challenges, especially over the last 12 months positioned the brand for recognition.

    Receiving the prestigious trade award, Commercial Director, TVC Communications, Ronan Redmond noted that the award reaffirms TVC’s commitment to excellence and innovation in the broadcast media industry. “We are pleased and excited to be recognized for our contributions and innovation in the media industry,” Ronan said.

    “This award endorses our unrelenting commitment to excellence in news production, innovative and quality programming with world-class entertainment on all our channels. We want to further reassure our clients, viewers and listeners that we will continue to satisfy them by offering them world-class news and entertainment across our platforms.”

  • TVC Communications launches Max FM

    TVC Communications launches Max FM

    TVC Communications, operators of TVC Entertainment, TVC News and Adaba FM, last Sunday at the Federal Palace Hotel launched a music radio station, Max FM on the 102.3 bandwidth. According to its management, the new station replaces Radio Continental.

    At the launch, it was also announced that TVC Communications would replace Continental Broadcasting Services as the trading name of the group business units.

    Speaking at the event, Andrew Hanlon, CEO, 102.3 Max FM and TVC Communications, said; “Earlier this year I promised our audience and advertisers that we would embark on an aggressive plan to improve programming and content across all platforms to boost ratings and increase revenue. The launch of 102.3 Max FM is further proof of our intent.”

    He added that the new station is just part of a story of continued heavy investment in TV and radio programming services which will attract greater audiences.

    “We have radically enhanced the sound quality of our signal, acquired the most advanced music playlist systems available, hired the best on-air and production staff and commissioned a jingle and ID package from one of the best production houses in the world to give Max 102.3 a unique, high quality sound, which we know, listeners and advertisers will love,” he adds.

    Part of the new station staff line-up includes well-known presenters, Murphy Ijemba and Shine Begho, alongside former Radio Continental favorites including, Wale Pow Pow and the popular ‘Wetin Dey’ programme.

    Former Radio Continental veteran broadcaster Jones Usen is also set to continue to wow bigger audiences as he now moves to the award-winning daily current affairs programme ‘Journalists’ Hangout’ on TVC Entertainment.

    Usen will also guest-present the current affairs programme, ‘This Morning on TVC News’.

    According to management, Max FM is aimed at a 15-34 years old audience with a promise to play non-stop hit music for the young people of Lagos.