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WFM 91.7 is a Nigerian gender sensitive and specialized radio station licensed by Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to broadcast women and their family programs. It is the first female radio station in Sub-Saharan Africa. The station is owned by the duo of Dr. Wale Okewale and Toun Okewale Sonaiya and operated by Ive's communication. It's headquartered at Arepo community, Ogun State, South West, Nigeria. The broadcasting equipments were supplied by Clyde Broadcast, Glasgow, Scotland [1].
The first program of the station was aired on the 16th of November, 2015. The station showcased Abisola Grace Aiyeola, Funmi Jinadu, and Bolatito Bez Idakula as the pioneer on-air personalities(OAP) for the station. The station was launched on the 18th of December, 2017, in attendance were Aisha Buhari, Folorunso Alakija, Dele Momodu and many other dignitaries in Nigeria.
The "Voice of Women Conference and Award" (VOW) is an annual award conceptualized by WFM 91.7 to celebrate notable Nigerian women. In the year 2016, the second version of this award was hosted at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria. [2].One of the awardees at the event is Joe Odumakin who won the award of the person for the year.
The station is poised to focus on sports, business, politics, governance, economy, health, family, relationship issues, youth with women perspective[3].According to Toun in The Guardian (Nigeria) "We are very delighted to have the first women radio station in Nigeria and we have mapped our strategies to serve the people fantastic women related programmes. If you are a woman, mother, sister or a girl, WFM is the best station for you to listen to learn a lot and also to share your opinion about women issues,”[4]
The launch of WFM 91.7
[edit]Broadcasting
[edit]The station started test transmission in the month of November, 2015 [4][5][6], with the mandate to broadcast gender sensitive program. The official launching of the radio station took place at Oriental Hotel in Lagos on the 18th of December 2015 with journalists, media practitioners and dignitaries from all over the country in attendance[7].
Core on-air-personalities
[edit]WFM 91.7 started broadcasting with selected four OAP from over 5000 applicants who applied for the post to steer the operations of the station[3]. The personalities were presented to member of the public on the 18th
References
[edit]- ^ The Editor. "Nigeria: WFM 91.7 Has No Competitor - Broadcast Expert". All Africa. Daily Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
{{cite web}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Ogujiuba, Azuka. "WFM 91.7 Hosts 2016 Voice of Women Conference and Awards". ThisDay. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b AZUH, AMATUS. "WFM 91.7 Nigeria's first women radio station unveils voices, faces". Day Light. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b FLORENCE, UTOR. "WFM 91.7 For Launch December 18". The Guardan. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Abulude, Samuel. "WFM 91.7 Hits Airwaves". Leadership. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ The editor. "WFM 91.7 hits the broadcast waves". Encomimum. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
{{cite web}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ The Admin. "WFM 91.7 rule the airwaves with A-list tripartite". The CAPITAL. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
