NTA Yola
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| launch_date = {{start date|1978}}
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| owner = Nigerian Television Authority
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| country = Nigeria
| language = English, Hausa
| area = Adamawa State
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| headquarters = Yola, Nigeria
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| terr_serv_1 = VHF
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 8 (Yola)
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NTA Yola is the local branch of the Nigerian Television Authority in Yola, capital of the state of Ademawa.
History
The Nigerian Television Authority was created following the 1976 territorial reforms. Due to the vastness of the country, the corporation established six zones, which supervised three or four local stations. Yola was in zone E, which encompassed north-eastern Nigeria.{{cite web |title=THE ROLE OF TELEVISION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504126/m2/1/high_res_d/1002775653-Onwumere.pdf |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=University of North Texas|date=August 1983 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106141854/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504126/m2/1/high_res_d/1002775653-Onwumere.pdf |archive-date=6 January 2024}}
NTA Yola (initially NTV-Yola) began broadcasting test transmissions on VHF channel 8 in June 1978 (NTA Yola still broadcasts on this frequency), five hours a day on weekdays and seven on weekends. At the time, Yola was part of the former state of Gongola, of which Yola was its capital. Coverage was limited to the areas of Yola and nearby Jimeta. The station relied primarily on programming from sister stations in Bauchi, Jos and Makurdi.{{cite web |title=TWENTY YEARS OF NIGERIAN TELEVISION: 1959-1979 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/71148648.pdf |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=University of North Texas|date=August 1981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106141344/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/71148648.pdf |archive-date=6 January 2024}}
In January 1979, A. A. Tafida was appointed its first director of programmes. By mid-1979, NTA Yola had started its regular broadcasts.{{cite web |title=A.A. Tafida: The best always leave early |url=https://dateline.ng/a-a-tafida-the-best-always-leave-early/ |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Dateline|date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313002849/https://dateline.ng/a-a-tafida-the-best-always-leave-early/ |archive-date=13 March 2020}} Some sources believe that the station went regular in October 1979.{{cite web |title=Nigeria Since Independence: The First Twenty-five Years
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZMPAQAAMAAJ&q=%22nta+yola%22 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Google Books |date=1989 }}
By 1983, NTA Yola had new studios, new transmitters and the ability to produce its own programs both locally and nationally.
In the mid-1990s, NTA Yola also covered news in Taraba State.{{cite web |title=Nigeria, a viable black power: Resources, potentials & challenges |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCjtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22nta+yola%22 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Google Books |date=1996 }}
Aside from the main station on channel 8, NTA Yola also has relay stations on channels 5 and 11.{{cite web |title=National Education, Training and Research Directory: NETRED. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYkrAQAAIAAJ&q=%22nta+yola%22 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Google Books |date=2003 }}
References
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External links
- {{Facebook|channel8news|NTA Yola}}
{{Television in Nigeria}}
Category:Television stations in Nigeria
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1978