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Okoroawusa:
Nigeria's first private TV station is AIT... don't get it twisted

Tata! Indomie generation somebody!

Western nigeria television service is the first television in nigeria in 1959

drake2:


Wow!. I respect your memory. Back back in the days in Lagos!

DBN is In Ibadan

dominique:


Channels started around 95/96.



Could be true. Galaxy has been operating in Ibadan years before opening a station in Lagos in the early 2000s. As far as those of us in Lagos can , it was DBN and Clapperboard that were the private TV stations that rescued us from the borefest called NTA in the early 90s. This Ditv claiming to be the first private TV station in Nigeria is not remotely familiar to me in anyway. Google says their station is in Ikeja Lagos and I've never heard of it? They should take it easy with the lies abeg

Ditv is in Kaduna, I watched that station when I traveled to see my uncle in 1993

dominique:


Channels started around 95/96.



Could be true. Galaxy has been operating in Ibadan years before opening a station in Lagos in the early 2000s. As far as those of us in Lagos can , it was DBN and Clapperboard that were the private TV stations that rescued us from the borefest called NTA in the early 90s. This Ditv claiming to be the first private TV station in Nigeria is not remotely familiar to me in anyway. Google says their station is in Ikeja Lagos and I've never heard of it? They should take it easy with the lies abeg

DITV is based in kaduna and owned by a northerner named Shariff Baba Ahmed. He's from same family with Datti Baba Ahmad, Obi's mate.

I was born in kaduna in the mid 90s and I have memories of watching the channel up until mid 2000s when the founder died and the elder brother took over operation.

Before the death of Shariff, you would hardly know that it's owner is a northerner because it was highly entertaining, diverse, educative, Disneycartoons, WWE, American soap operas(young and the restless, etc), nolly wood movies etc. Infact it was more sweeter than AIT sef ( since I watched AIT
too which was a Nationwide broadcast). Infact it is only when we want to watch superstory that we change to NTA

After the death of Shariff, the elder brother
who was more conservative declared all those things Haram and began to air hausa, hausa and Islamic, Islamic programs

That's when the channel started dying, like from 2007 downwards. It lost a huge number of viewership from his non Muslim audience.

They began to lose revenue too because nobody was coming to with them anymore since they turned it to regional affair.

(Just so you know, the population of non-muslims in kaduna is almost similar to that in Lagos. Infact KD is the most civilised northern state followed by Jos)

Infact I thought the channel have died since, I didn't know it just died now

I don't really know if it's the first private station Sha.

amazingspiderma:
If you grew up in Kaduna surely you should know DITV in early 90's.

Desmin Independent Television.

Tenders club
Beats of our time.
Awarawa
Kowa meteloche

Those people wan use Tom and Jerry scatter my life.

Not forgetting the cable TV ABG

Nigeria'1st private TV station is Galaxy TV, Ibadan. Even Dora Akunyili as minister for information clarified this on national TV

Lithiumite:


This is either a case of poor management or how economically down the north is ....private media broadcasters are springing up daily that you can't even lay count anymore.

ode! Springing up where ?

yuzjet:
Am I the only one seeing DITV for the first time ever?

DITV was founded by a kaduna state businessman and it's also based in the state, very sweet and educative station like that

Hammylawali:


DBN and Minaj were more like the first era of privately owned television networks. AIT and superscreen followed, I guess

U be small pikin for even mentioning Superscreen, they came in very late

Skyehigher1:
Western nigeria television service is the first television in nigeria in 1959

They Said private abd ur here capping.

Abokisulay:


Not forgetting the cable TV ABG

No be lie. Especially on Saturday. You go watch Tom and Jerry and WWE all morning.

Infact when we are sure that our mother had gone to the market, we'll sneak from islamiyya and run back home just to watch wrestling.

Those days when wrestling dey sweeeet. Wallahi you can't just afford to miss it

amazingspiderma:
If you grew up in Kaduna surely you should know DITV in early 90's.

Desmin Independent Television.

Tenders club
Beats of our time.
Awarawa
Kowa meteloche

Those people wan use Tom and Jerry scatter my life.

No be lie. Especially on Saturday. You go watch Tom and Jerry and WWE all morning.

Infact when we are sure that our mother had gone to the market, we'll sneak from islamiyya and run back home just to watch wrestling.

Those days when wrestling dey sweeeet. Wallahi you can't just afford to miss it grin

drake2:


Wow!. I respect your memory. Back back in the days in Lagos!

If I’m right, I think there’s Chopperboard then too?

Abokisulay:


DBN is In Ibadan

Oh, really?. Didn't know that. But I watched in Lagos.
Many thanks!

Lithiumite:


This is either a case of poor management or how economically down the north is ....private media broadcasters are springing up daily that you can't even lay count anymore.

You are right!

The beginning of the end started when the owner died in 2005 or there about and the elder brother took over.

Never heard of it

pinkguy:
Good I'm tired of Islamic program every day

It used to be the best channel those days sha

Rinoxy:

If I’m right, I think there’s Chopperboard then too?

Yep, including Minaj and Galaxy TVs like others have said.

They were all fantastic alternatives to NTA 10 and 7. NTA 2 channel 5 was also good then.
Thanks!

Economic woes is touching many people. I’m enjoying the show.

Okoroawusa:
Nigeria's first private TV station is AIT... don't get it twisted

He said in the north.

Wow DITV Kaduna.
This was my boyhood joy.
Just buy antenna and black and white TV.
Fiam you are a big boy.

Politic money don finish

Galaxy TV Ibadan is the first privately owned TV station in Nigeria

Okoroawusa:
Nigeria's first private TV station is AIT... don't get it twisted

ait sef no fit claim such, dbn and clapper board have the crown

dominique:


Channels started around 95/96.



Could be true. Galaxy has been operating in Ibadan years before opening a station in Lagos in the early 2000s. As far as those of us in Lagos can , it was DBN and Clapperboard that were the private TV stations that rescued us from the borefest called NTA in the early 90s. This Ditv claiming to be the first private TV station in Nigeria is not remotely familiar to me in anyway. Google says their station is in Ikeja Lagos and I've never heard of it? They should take it easy with the lies abeg

I used to watch Galaxy TV in Ibadan in the late 90s. They used to air some of these Yoruba juju movies back then

SalamRushdie:
Tinubu has failed

just like Ur daddy

Okoroawusa:
Nigeria's first private TV station is AIT... don't get it twisted

clapperboard came before AIT but it's just thats the latter had a wider coverage

What really happen to DBN? can someone pls explain what cause it demise in Lagos and Nigeria

heysquare:

If their office is in Ikeja, that should be Agindingbi. They should be one distributing Cable Tv in late 90s

ABG

cucumbar:
ode! Springing up where ?

How many stations do you have on your radio FM band in the SW or SE alone?

There has never been more and many are still coming to .

Mbanda:
But tinibu's zombys said we should be patient with tinibu, that he is the master planner. And he will fix Nigeria in no time 🤣🤣🤣
They are using the same strategy they used during buhari's fruitless eight years regime.

Oya what will you do if you can't wait for Tinubu?