NTA Yenagoa
NTA Yenagoa is the regional centre of the Nigerian Television Authority based in the city of Yenagoa in Bayelsa State. The station shares its facilities with an FM radio station.{{cite book |title=The News |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkAuAQAAIAAJ |access-date=6 December 2024 |date=2005 | publisher=Independent Communications Network Limited }}
History
The state government was finishing the construction of the station in March 2001.{{cite book |title=The Path to Glory: Being an Address of Welcome Presented by His Excellency Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, JP, Executive Governor of Bayelsa State to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, During His Maiden Visit to Bayelsa State on March 15, 2001 in Yenagoa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgg_AQAAIAAJ |access-date=6 December 2024 |date=2001 | publisher=Bayelsa State }} As of 2021, much of the station's records were kept mainly in paper format.{{cite journal |title=An Analysis of Preservation Methods in Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria |journal=Library Philosophy and Practice |date=2022 |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/7066/ |publisher=University of Nebraska-Lincoln |issn=1522-0222 |last1=Dushu |first1=Tangkat |last2=Okwu |first2=Emmanuel |last3=Haliru |first3=Haliru }} In 2024, Precious David-Odaga, speaking at a virtual Dataphyte conference, plans to produce programmes concerning the gender gap for the station.{{cite news |last1=Aparshe |first1=James |title=Dataphyte Foundation inducts six journalists into 2024 gender mainstreaming fellowship |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/714970-dataphyte-foundation-inducts-six-journalists-into-2024-gender-mainstreaming-fellowship.html |work=Premium Times |date=18 July 2024}}