Degue Broadcasting Network
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{{Infobox broadcasting network
|name = Degue Broadcasting Network
|logo = File:DBN LOGO.jpg
|type = Private company
|country = Nigeria
|founded = 1986
|owner = Osa Adun Sonny
|website = http://www.dbntvafrica.com
|digital = 32 (UHF)
|footnotes =
}}
Degue Broadcasting Network (DBN) a.k.a. DBN Television was incorporated in Nigeria in 1986 by Mr. Osa Sonny Adun and started its broadcasting in 1995 a year before the Nigerian Government deregulated the broadcast media.{{Cite news|url=http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/soccertalk-basics-sportscasting/|title=SOCCERTALK: The Basics Of Sportscasting|date=22 December 2016|work=Complete Sports|via=Complete Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119053549/http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/soccertalk-basics-sportscasting/|archive-date=19 January 2017|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://thenet.ng/2016/01/net-extra-dbn-tv-boss-sonny-adun-uses-religion-spaghetti-bread-banana-to-silence-us-unpaid-worker/|title=DBN TV boss Sonny Adun ‘uses religion, spaghetti, bread, banana, to silence us’|date=30 January 2016|work=The Net|via=thenet,ng|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610200348/http://www.thenet.ng/2016/01/net-extra-dbn-tv-boss-sonny-adun-uses-religion-spaghetti-bread-banana-to-silence-us-unpaid-worker/|archive-date=10 June 2017|url-status=dead}}
History
DBN started broadcasting in 1995 as a private station by seasoned media practitioner Mr Osa Sonny Adun.{{Cite web|url=http://encomium.ng/friends-family-members-hold-superlative-60th-birthday-for-dbn-tv-boss-osa-sonny-adun/|title=Friends, family members hold superlative 60th birthday for DBN TV boss, Osa Sonny Adun|date=6 May 2016|website=Encomium}} It commenced operations in Lagos{{Cite news|url=http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/11/tribute-to-henry-odugala-a-man-of-courage-and-sincerity/|title=Tribute To Henry Odugala – A Man Of Courage And Sincerity|date=19 Nov 2016|work=The News|via=thenewsnigeria}} and later grew to have operations in Abuja.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/new-appointments-at-daily-trust/134380.html|title=New appointments at Daily Trust|date=19 Feb 2016|work=Daily Trust|via=Daily Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119045717/http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/new-appointments-at-daily-trust/134380.html|archive-date=2017-01-19|url-status=dead}}
The channel was allocated frequency on UHF ( Channel 32). It also is a member of Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), Africa Union of Broadcasters (AUB) and the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON). DBN also transmits on Satellite TV Startimes on channel 124.{{Cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/edo-war-obasekis-house/|title=EDO: The war in Obaseki’s house|date=7 Apr 2016|via=Vanguard}}{{Cite news|url=http://guardian.ng/appointments/nlc-ngige-mourn-ace-broadcaster-rattawu-scribe-odugala/|title=NLC, Ngige mourn ace broadcaster, RATTAWU scribe Odugala|date=10 November 2016|via=TheGuardian}}