NTA Port Harcourt is the Nigerian Television Authority regional centre for the state of Rivers in south-central Nigeria, headquartered in its capital Port Harcourt. It is also the zonal network centre for the area. The station broadcasts on VHF channel 10.[1]
History
editNTA Port Harcourt's origins date back to the signal expansion of Eastern Nigeria Television (ENTV) in the 1960s; the station was limited up until then to Enugu. New states were created in 1967, causing the creation of Rivers State. The independent station for Rivers state brgan broadcasting on December 31, 1974. With the creation of the Nigerian Television Authority, the local station was inserted in zone B together with Benin, Aba-Owerri and Akure; it still received spillover from NTA Calabar in the early 80s.[2]
By 1983, NTA Port Harcourt was one of the most developed stations in the network, and produced 80% of the programmes it aired.[3]
References
edit- ^ National Education, Training and Research Directory: NETRED. International Network of Directories & Astate Associate Limited. 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Twenty years of Nigerian television: 1959-1979" (PDF). University of North Texas. August 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "The role of television in the development of Nigeria" (PDF). University of North Texas. August 1983. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.