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).[1] Nigeria was one of the first countries to introduce television broadcasting in Africa. Nigeria also has the largest terrestrial television network in Africa which is the Nigerian Television Authority (with over 96 stations scattered around the country).[2] As of 2010, 40% of Nigerian population had television in their homes.
This is a list of television stations based in Nigeria.[3][4]
List of TV stations
[edit]A–E
[edit]- Advocate Broadcasting Network
- Africa Independent Television
- Africa Magic
- AKBC
- Arewa 24
- Arise News
- Capital TV
- Channels TV
- Daawa TV
- DBN TV
- Dove TV
- Dunamis TV
- Emmanuel TV
- 1TV Network
- El-zion Global Network Tv
F–J
[edit]- Galaxy TV
- Gamji TV, Gusau
- Hip TV
K–O
[edit]- KAFTAN TV
- Koga TV
- Lagos Television
- Minaj Systems Tv Obosi
- Minaj Broadcast Network Obosi
- Minaj Broadcasting International (MBI)
- Murhi International Television (MITV)
- Nassarawa Broadcasting Service
- News Central TV
- Nigerian Television Authority
- Odenigbo FM Obosi Anambra state
- Ogun State Television
- Ondo State Radiovision Corporation
- ONTV Nigeria
- OYJ TV
P–T
[edit]- Plus TV Africa
- Qausain TV
- RAPID TV
- Rhema TV
- Silverbird Television
- Soundcity TV
- Sunna trcv
- Superscreen
- Televista
- Trust TV
- Trybe TV
- TVC Entertainment
- TVC News
U–Z
[edit]- WAP TV
- Wazobia TV
See also
[edit]- Media of Nigeria
- List of newspapers in Nigeria
- Nigerian newspapers
- List of radio stations in Nigeria
- Cinema of Nigeria
- Telecommunications in Nigeria
- List of television stations in Africa
References
[edit]- ^ "World television day - History of TV". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Nwulu, Nnamdi I.; Adekanbi, Adeyemi; Oranugo, Tochukwu; Adewale, Yemi (November 2010). "Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones". 2010 Second Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Communications. IEEE. pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315. ISBN 978-1-4244-7450-9.
- ^ "50 years of television in Nigeria: So far, so good?". vanguardngr.com. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Where Nigerian TV stations should go". The Punch. punchng.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
Bibliography
[edit]- J.O. Onah; et al. (1988). "Viewer Preference for TV Stations and Programmes: A Pilot Study". Africa Media Review. 2 (3) – via Michigan State University Libraries, African e-Journals Project.
- Charles C. Umeh (1989). "Advent and Growth of Television Broadcasting in Nigeria: Its Political and Educational Overtones". Africa Media Review. 3 (2) – via Michigan State University Libraries, African e-Journals Project.
