CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1   Background of the Study

        A radio program (radio programme) or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series. A single program in a series is called an episode. Radio came to be as a result of the invention of technology, therefore the history of radio in Nigeria started way back with British Broadcasting Corporation (Akosa, 2012). Radio broadcasting was introduced into Nigeria in 1933 by the then colonial government, it relayed the overseas service of the British Broadcasting Corporation through wired system with loudspeakers at the listening end. The service was called Radio Diffusion System (RDS). From the RDS emerged the Nigeria Broadcasting Service (NBS) in April 1951.Mr T.W Chamlers, a Briton and controller of the BBC Light Entertainment programme was the first Director –General of the NBS (Akosa, 2012). The Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation, NBC came into being in April 1957 through an act of parliament No.39 of 1956 and the Director General was Mr J.A.C Knott Obe. In 1978, the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation was re-organized to become the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN (http://ww2.radionigeria.gov.ng. April 24, 2012. page one).

        Information needs, accessibility, utilization is dictated by circumstances man finds himself. The environment that people interact with from the cradle influences man in the process of achieving his ambition in the areas of economic, social, cultural and spiritual wellbeing. Information itself is not mobile but needs a vehicle of dissemination from one man to another and from place to place. Information has to be widely disseminated regardless of whether one is an urban or rural inhabitant. The medium of dissemination could be called a channel. Advancement in technology has made it possible for human beings to communicate easily irrespective of geographical location through the aid of telephones, telegram, fax, radiophone, television, e-mail, telex, internet, etc. (Issa, 2017).

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