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Assessment of the challenges of campus radio broadcasting station in Nigeria (a study of Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku (DSPG) radio station, 98.7 fm).
Abstract
The study assessed the challenges of campus radio broadcasting in Nigeria, using DSPG RADIO STATION 98.7 FM as a point of focus. The study was anchored on the Technological Determinism theory and the Development Media Theory. The survey research method was adopted with the questionnaire and unstructured interview as the instruments for data collection. Findings from the study showed that Campus radio stations have enormous challenges confronting them, ranging from power supply, manpower, and finance, to lack of effective management or unqualified managers. The study also found out the prospects of running campus radio stations when effectively managed. The study therefore concluded that campus radio stations in Nigeria have to overcome many challenges ranging from funding, equipment, manpower, lack of constant power supply, lack of student participation, and poor management structure amongst others. To this end, the study amongst other recommendations, suggests that any university or other tertiary institutions trying to establish campus radio stations should take into cognizance these challenges and spell out measures to bring them to a barest minimum or curb them before even acquiring a license...
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