List of television stations in Nigeria

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The first terrestrial television broadcast signals in Africa occurred on Saturday October 31, 1959 and belonged to the Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTS). Nigeria is the first country to introduce television broadcasting in Africa, other prominent African countries failed to achieve this feat soon enough. Nigeria also has the largest terrestrial television network in Africa which is the Nigerian Television Authority(with over 96 stations scattered around the country). [1]

This is a list of free-to-air television stations based in Nigeria. It also includes the location, year of establishment, owner and type of ownership. Africa Independent Television was the first privately owned terrestrial station in Nigeria.[2][3]

Name Location Funding Owner Founded Slogan Ref
Galaxy TV Oyo State, Lagos State Private 1994 Reaching out for the Stars [4]
Channels TV FCT, Lagos State, Edo State
Kano State		 Private John Momoh 1995 Your Home For The News [5]
AIT FCT, Lagos State, Ondo State, Borno State
Edo State, Kebbi State, Gombe State, Kano State, Kwara State, Jigawa State, Katsina State, etc		 Private Raymond Dokpesi December 1996 Sharing the African Experience [6]
Silverbird TV FCT, Lagos State, Rivers State Private Ben Bruce 2003 It's all about Entertainment [7]
NTA All 36 states and 1 Capital territory of Nigeria have at least 1 branch of NTA, and 7 Network Centers around each geo-political zone(96 stations ) Federal Nigerian Government 1977 Africa's Largest Network [8]
LTV Lagos State State Lagos State Government 1980 [9]
TVC Lagos State Private Dele Alake 2002 Your link to Entertainment [10]
TVC News Lagos State Private Dele Alake 2012 Through African Eyes [11]
Super Screen TV Lagos State Private Otunba Otu Kayode SuperScreen for culture, for family
MBI Lagos State Private Ubaka Onwuanibe Simply the Best
MITV Lagos State Private Alhaji Murhi Gbade Busari early or mid 1996 The Soul of Entertainment [12]
Delta Broadcasting Service Delta State State Delta State Government 1994 The Voice of Delta
OGTV Ogun State State Ogun State Government 2003 [13]
AKBC Akwa-Ibom State State Akwa Ibom State Government 1996 [14]
ABS Anambra State State Anambra State Government 1994 [15]
ITV Edo State Private Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion 1997 Certainly the Best [16]
COOL-TV Lagos State Private Amin Moussalli 2012 Tv For Everyone [17]

See also

References

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