Degue Broadcasting Network Explained

Degue Broadcasting Network
Type:Private company
Country:Nigeria
Founded:1986
Owner:Osa Adun Sonny
Website:http://www.dbntvafrica.com
Digital:32 (UHF)

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.[1] [2]

History

DBN started broadcasting in 1995 as a private station by seasoned media practitioner Mr Osa Sonny Adun.[3] It commenced operations in Lagos[4] and later grew to have operations in Abuja.[5]

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.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. News: SOCCERTALK: The Basics Of Sportscasting. 22 December 2016. Complete Sports. Complete Sports. https://web.archive.org/web/20170119053549/http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/soccertalk-basics-sportscasting/. 19 January 2017. dead.
  2. News: DBN TV boss Sonny Adun ‘uses religion, spaghetti, bread, banana, to silence us’. 30 January 2016. The Net. thenet,ng. 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/. 10 June 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: Friends, family members hold superlative 60th birthday for DBN TV boss, Osa Sonny Adun. 6 May 2016. Encomium.
  4. News: Tribute To Henry Odugala – A Man Of Courage And Sincerity. 19 Nov 2016. The News. thenewsnigeria.
  5. News: New appointments at Daily Trust. 19 Feb 2016. Daily Trust. Daily Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20170119045717/http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/new-appointments-at-daily-trust/134380.html. 2017-01-19. dead.
  6. News: EDO: The war in Obaseki’s house. 7 Apr 2016. Vanguard.
  7. News: NLC, Ngige mourn ace broadcaster, RATTAWU scribe Odugala. 10 November 2016. TheGuardian.

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