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Impact Of Salt Fm Radio On Political Mobilization Of The People Of Ezza North L.g.a. Of Ebonyi State
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1.1.1 Brief History of the Salt FM Radio (EBBS)
Ebonyi Broadcasting
Service (EBBS) transmits on 98.10MHZ frequency modulation (FM) 2x2 TX.
The Radio Station was established on 3rd February, 1997 with an initial
200 feet mast and later increased to 250 feet. The test transmission of
the Radio station commenced on March, 22, 1997. Earlier, the pioneer
military administration of Ebonyi State, Navy Captain Walter Feghabo,
applied for both Radio and Television Licenses to the National
Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on March 3, 1997. On July 22, 1997 EBBS
Radio started airing commercial programmes. On August 5, 1997 the first
news bulletin was transmitted while the first global news came on air on
April 1, 1998.
Legal Instrument
On 5th March, 1997 the
management of EBBS forwarded the draft edict of the organization to the
Ministry of Justice,Ebonyi State, through the Ministry of Information
and State Orientation for vetting. Consequently, the Ministry of Justice
on September 22, 1998 forwarded a copy of the Edict to the then
Military Administrator, His Excellency, Commissioner of Police, Simeon
Oduoye for assent. Thereupon, the Military Administrator assented to it
and consequently, Ebonyi Broadcasting Service (EBBS) Abakaliki received
its legal instrument (backing by Edict No.10 (1999).
1.2 Statement of the Problem
In
democratic societies, the mass media are the watchdog of the people.
They usually mobilize and inform the people to create awareness on
political culture and other happenings in the society. It was however
observed that the level of mobilization by the media (radio) to be
precise falls short of expectation. Some people even show apathy to the
electoral process preferring to remain mere spectators due to either
lack of adequate information about the political process or because the
media have not been alive to their responsibility of being objective in
their reportage. By political culture we mean the system of politics
where the traditional orientation of the citizens of a nation towards
politics, affects their perceptions of political legitimacy. The
incipient crises which have so far beset the process of nation-building
and political development in Nigeria has been noted by Ofoeze (1918) as
being located in the crises of political participation.
Perhaps, it
could be argued that the political crises that pervade our recent past
is due to the fact that most people are apathetic about electoral
situation in the country. The sectional interest shown by some
politicians and their readiness to pursue their interest is also a
threat to the survival of democracy in the state and the country at
large. Apart from ethnic influence and bias among some media
practitioners which negate professional ethics and money influence to
serve the interest of others, the profession has also become an all
comer‟s affair thereby threatening its credibility.
This study is
set out to answer the question; what is the impact of the Salt FM Radio
on the Political Mobilization of the people of Ezza North Local
Government of Ebonyi State?
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The
purpose of this study is in line with the nations continuous and steady
march towards inculcating democratic culture in its citizens. In effect
the objectives are:
1. To find out the reach of Salt FM in Ebonyi State.
2. To determine whether Ezza North L.G.A. indigenes have access to Salt FM Political Programmes.
3. To determine the extent the Salt FM can mobilize the people of Ebonyi State politically.
4. To determine whether the people of Ezza North have other sources of information in their political mobilization quest.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work examined the impact of radio on political mobilization. Survey method was used for the study. Combinations of purposive and random sampling techniques were used to draw a sample of 100 respondents from five communities of Ezza North Local Government Area (Nkomoro, Inyere, Ogboji, Ekka and Amuda community). An 18-item questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed based on the 94 returned copies of the questionnaire. Findings revealed that radio mobilizational p ... Continue reading---
