{"id":4702,"date":"2017-12-13T22:06:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T05:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=4702"},"modified":"2017-12-13T22:07:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T05:07:20","slug":"4702-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/4702-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ChannelsTV Wins Best TV Station For A Record 12th Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post wp-post-image alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/aledeh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"389\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">Chairman, Channels Media Group, Mr John Momoh (OON); AGM Operations, Channels Television, Mr Kingsley Uranta (L), and AGM International, Channels Television, Mr Patrick Obuseh (R), at the awards ceremony. Photo credit: Channels TV.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p>December 13, 2017: Channels Television, an independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria, has won the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMMA) for the \u201cBest Television Station Of The Year\u201d for a record 12th time.<span id=\"more-22472\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The TV station was presented with the award which recognises media excellence in Nigeria at a ceremony in Lagos on Wednesday, December 13.<\/p>\n<p>Channels Television, which has an audience of more than 20 million people, received its first NMMA award in the year 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The TV station known for dominating the NMMA and also receiving recognition domestically and globally for its programming, went on to win \u2018Best Station of the Year\u2019 award in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Channels TV Presenter, Gimba Umar, was named the Presenter of the Year at the award ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Operating in Nigeria\u2019s popular broadcast media market, Channels Television is the first and only thriving national TV brand, dedicated solely to the dissemination of news.<\/p>\n<p>The TV station which is owned by veteran broadcaster, John Momoh, is the first Nigerian broadcaster to stream its television programming live for 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Channels primary focus is producing news and current affairs programs on Nigerian domestic issues. Its mission is to act as a watchdog on governmental policies and activities.<\/p>\n<p>The parent company Channels incorporated was founded in 1992, a year before the Nigerian government deregulated the broadcast media and began broadcasting in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to ChannelsTV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman, Channels Media Group, Mr John Momoh (OON); AGM Operations, Channels Television, Mr Kingsley Uranta (L), and AGM International, Channels Television, Mr Patrick Obuseh (R), at the awards ceremony. Photo credit: Channels TV. December 13, 2017: Channels Television, an independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria, has won the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ChannelsTV Wins Best TV Station For A Record 12th Time<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/4702-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ChannelsTV Wins Best TV Station For A Record 12th Time\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chairman, Channels Media Group, Mr John Momoh (OON); AGM Operations, Channels Television, Mr Kingsley Uranta (L), and AGM International, Channels Television, Mr Patrick Obuseh (R), at the awards ceremony. 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