spencekat:
Wow!!!The man made sports news/program to be so interesting then.Femi and the gang. Chai,good old days

divinebarz:
Thanks bro, I think Babatunde Raji went ro Brilla FM

Pojomojo:
Yes they had
Teddy
One other guys that those comedy "Eagle"
Then a sportcaster Babajide Raji "top striker"

sundid:
It's a known fact that every home in lagos then were addicted to the radio compared to present. I couldn't stop reading as you took me down to memory lane through the modern day of broadcasting with Ray power fm 100.5. I fell in love with Dennis the menace ogi, late Steve kadiri etc. But the list wouldn't be complete and unfair without the inclusion of keke and d1 who are the pioneer, arrow head of the present day music industry through effective media Proficiency. Every Friday's i made it a duty to listen to their countdown on radio, and later at night with ait jams. Rhythm fm later stole the show as I became over addicted listening to the station for close to 24hours daily. JAJ programme by 7pm is one thing I can't do without to make my day complete. I recall I have to buy this red radio with Big Torchlight to quench my appetite for this purpose.
Factly speaking, the reason for the loss of interest listening to radio stations is because there's no more professionalism on the part of the OAP. Unlike when we were growing up where most presenters are known to speak the Queen's English in the Nigerian way. But nowadays, presenters that has not even left the shore of this country would be forming American accent without a message to convey to listeners.

Rotentik19:
Akin Akindele(Bashorun of Alagbado)

Love800:
Who knows hw one can get into radio?
And what is their pay?

Love800:
Ok. Tankz so much.
But what about if i go there and tell dem i want to volunteer and work for dem for free so as to be taken later or accepted as full staff after some time. Will dis tactic work?

priceactionx:
I am an old school and classic FM up until now is my favourite naija station but the list won't complete without mentioning late Charles Bruce Chukuma, also known as CHAZ B. I could not stop listening to his program until his death " sharing life" issues with Chaz B".
The guy touched many lives.

Also my able stubborn friend, Diplomatic OPJ of wazobia fm. The guy for don finish tinubu if he has not been sacked by now...
Good old memories. Thank you naptu

Afodot0022:
Rhythm 93.7, with their jingles like... Rhythm 93.7, the only station that get you started in the morning, keeps you going in the afternoon, keeps you going in the afternoon and stays with you all night..chai.. rhythm was the bomb then with their makosa jamz every Saturday evening.. omo those days really make sense . Not now that radio station don full airwaves that you can barely listen to a particular station for an hour before you keep changing and still not find anything that will insterest you.

GBPUSD:
As I was still small then, let me hail those OAPs I sabi.

Gbenga Adeboye - Radio Lagos
Abbey Fagboro - Radio Lagos
Diplomatic OPJ - Wazobia FM
Auntlanda - Inspiration FM
Honeypot - Radio Continental
Daniel Akpata - Radio Continental
Joyce - Cool FM
Fatai Danwahab - Faaji FM
Dayo Amusan - Faaji FM

Pojomojo:
Sunny Irabo owns Ifm, your number 1 family radio

FILEBE:


Yeah Star fm. With one comedy Saturday show.
I think the host was Sulaimon adegbenro or so. The consoligbadun man. He would speak in English, hausa, youruba and igbo.

I think It isn't Sulaimon, it is one name that has Akin in it

GabeO:
@op so you dont know ebele yooo of cool fm as dan foster called her then

Vinnie2000:


Write an Application to any Private Radio in your Town/Location.🙂

But you must have Read Mass communication or some Courses Relating to it. 🤔🙂

Their Pay is around 40k, 50k and 60k.

adioolayi:
Sadly, politics have crept into the lives of our OAPs right now...

As a fact, some radio stations seems to be promoting ethnic agenda sef...

The biases in analysing today's Nigeria is something else...

Any station you tune to, especially the radio stations seems to have a favourite candidate in the last general elections and these has divided even their listeners.

Professionalism thrown into the bin!

Kay25:
U no add eko fm DJ back in early 2000 DJ chali chi,DJ turbo d and ice water every Friday nite

naptu2:
Manny Onumonu used this song as his signature tune on Radioscope on Radio Nigeria 1. You knew that Manny was the host for the day once you heard this song.


Aaron Neville - Everybody Plays The Fool (1991).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaRGWgkh6cs

Advancedman:


Before Rhythm there is star FM MITV Radio station 101.5MHZ
With the Man who made Local parable in English and playing jamz.
FFF
Femi Felix Fashina The Dean of old school.
Morning show and Wednesday night jamz

Nonkit:
Radio Nigeria, Enugu (92.8 FM):

Aka Eze Aka
Flora Ojukwu
Olaedo Mbaiwe

naptu2:


Erastus Akingbola set up Inspiration FM and he is still the chairman. Sunny Irabor was the CEO until recently. Azubike Osumil i is the new CEO.

naptu2:
Two legends in conversation

I have written a lot about one of these legends, so I'll focus more on the other legend in this post.

I woke up very early every morning between 1989 and 1993 in order to listen to the breakfast show on Radio Nigeria 1. RN 1 began transmitting at 5:30 every morning and they'd play the National Anthem, the pledge and then they'd have Christian and Islamic prayers. There'd be a brief news bulletin at 6am and then Radioscope woul begin.


Radioscope was hosted (on alternating days) by Manny Onumonu, Zakari Mohammed (Captain ZM) and Evelyn Russell. It was a very interesting show. Manny usually began his shows by playing "Everybody Plays The Fool" by Aron Neville.

It seemed like Manny vanished after 1993, but then he suddenly appeared on the BBC c1998. He hosted Network Africa, the BBC African Service's breakfast show, a few times for around month in 1998 and then he vanished again.

He has now reappeared on Channels TV and he has his own talk show on the station. Here he is, interviewing Bongos Ikuwe.


I have written about Bongos Ikuwe many times on this thread, so I don't need to write much again, except to say that he debunked the popular myth in the second video below.

There is a very weird story that Bongos Ikuwe and Mrs Maryam Babangida were in a relationship before she got married to General Ibrahim Babangida. Rumour mongers claim that his popular song, Maryama, was about Maryam Babangida.

I debunked that crazy rumour on a Nairaland thread a few years ago, but some people kept arguing with me. I provided a link to an interview of Bongos Ikuwe's daughter in which she said that her father only met Maryam Babangida once and that was many years after he wrote Maryama, but someone was still arguing with me, so I challenged him to provide proof that they were ever in a relationship and that's when he stopped arguing.

Of course Manny asked Bongos Ikuwe about the rumour. Mr Ikuwe said that he doesn't like talking about the issue, out of respect for the dead, but (when Manny pressed him) he said that he only met Maryam Babangida once. He then explained the origin of the song.

He said that a British man heard him singing on the radio and called into the station. The man said that he would have loved to be Bongos Ikuwe's promoter but he didn't have any money. However, he made an offer to Bongos Ikuwe. He said that he would cook for him every weekend and invite his British friends over and Bongos would sing for them. He told him that he would have to work very hard because his friends wouldn't want to hear the same songs every weekend, so he would need to write a lot of songs. Maryama was one of the songs that he wrote.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykWPhdSu9UE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv-r_YTwaCA

naptu2:
I think I need to pay more attention to Manny Onumonu's show. It's like he has interviewed everybody!


I've been searching for videos or pictures of Rosemary Anieze Adams for a long time. I eventually found a picture and posted it here, but that was not enough. You need to feel that woman's fire (it cannot be explained), so I went searching for a video and what do you know? Manny interviewed her sometime recently.

naptu2:
Although the interview was conducted by video call, you can still feel a bit of her fire.

The great Rosemary Anieze Adams worked at the P&T (forerunner of Nitel), Western Nigeria Television and Western Nigeria Radio and the NTA. She acted in the popular late 1970s/early 1980s drama serial "Adio Family" and what most people remember her for is that she was Miss Nigeria 1960 (Miss Independence).

She also later worked as a beauty consultant.

Manny interviewed her in August this year.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhYDhAYIFeg

Eaglernorwich:
spot on sir
The OP post like everyone was in Lagos during that time,or everyone was listening to one radio station across the country.

divinebarz:
Sola Thompson, was trying to remember that name.

Wotowotoman:


These days, them born anybody well to drop their daughter with security men wey wear singlet and boxers ooo