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Amuludun 99.1 FM, being the first Yoruba- only speaking radio station in Nigeria, located at Moniya Ibadan was established on 10th October, 2007 and commenced transmission in pure and undiluted Yoruba language on 22nd October, 2007 Amuludun FM. It has the appellation “O Tawonyo” meaning “Stand Out”. Bandwidth/Coverage Area Amuludun FM Station has a bandwidth of 99.1MHz in the frequency modulated band. The coverage area is Ibadan metropolis and environs. Mandate and Achievement of set Target Before year 2007, it was conspicuously observed that the three major cultures in Nigeria, the Yoruba speaking area did not have a language radio station to tend to their tradition and social culture values. The following are the past and present General Managers: Mrs Abba Abimbolu 2007 – 2008 Elder Dada Ogundele (late) 2008 – 2009 Mrs– Abba Abimbolu 2009 – 2009 Elder Adenrele Ajisefinni 2009 – 2014 Alhaji Muktar Niyi Odekunle 2014 – 2015 Mr. Olusola Adewale 2018 – Till Date LANGUAGE: Yor...

  History of Radio Broadcasting In Nigeria The relay of the British empire service broadcast from Daventry, England by Lagos in 1932, marked the inception of Broadcasting in Nigeria. In 1936, the first Radio distribution service (RDS) ; Rediffusion was opened in Lagos. The Radio service distributed British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC London) programmes. The Federal Government established the Nigeria Broadcasting Service (NBS) On April 1, 1951. In 1952, the existing Radio Distribution Service formed the foundation of the new NBS, with its headquarters in Lagos. A motion was introduced in the parliament on August 23, 1954 calling for the establishment of a corporation to take over activities of the Nigeria Broadcasting Service due to the spate of criticism from the press and the public that NBS was a government mouthpiece. After about two years of debates, the Nigeria Broadcasting Service (NBS) was converted into Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on April 1, 1957 b...

  The Largest Radio Network In Africa The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria ( FRCN ) is Nigeria 's publicly funded radio broadcasting organization. Its subsidiary is the domestic radio network known as Radio Nigeria, with FM stations across the 36 states and Zonal station in the 6 geopolitical zones that broadcast on the SW. History The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria was founded in 1933 by the British colonial government. Named the Radio Diffusion Service (RDS), it allowed the public to hear the British Broadcasting Corporation's foreign radio service broadcasts in certain public locations over loudspeakers. [1] In April 1950, the '''RDS''' became the Nigerian Broadcasting Service and introduced radio stations in Lagos , Kaduna , Enugu , Ibadan , and Kano . This service was reorganized into the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on April 1, 1957, by act of parliament. Its mission was to "provide, as a public service, indepe...