Proliferation Of Radio Stations And Its Implication For Media Performance

1.4 Research Questions

5. What are the  reason for deregulation of broadcast industry in Nigeria?

6. What are the positive effect of radio proliferation in Nigeria?

7. What are the negative effect of radio station proliferation in Nigeria media sector?

8. Does  proliferation of radio stations has any significant implication on media performance?

1.5 Significance of the Study

Based on the terrain in which media practitioners operate under control of government, this highly instructive work is aimed to enlighten mass media students and generality of the citizen to gain secondary knowledge of how journalists were harassed, intimidated, detained, brutalized and victimized not only under military dictates but also democratic rulers with the assertion that, “he who pays the paper dictates the tunes”.The study will help to provide adequate insight to meet the changing demands in the dynamic media environment of our society hereby helping media managers to make better management politics.The study will assist the media practitioners to know its role in enhancing the success or failure of media industries. Other beneficial of the study are media owners who will know how their action and reaction is crippling the success and public credibility of their media outfit. Future researchers will find this work very interesting to use as a reference material for their new work and see what previous researchers have done.  Government agencies that are saddled with the responsibility to ensure fairness and media consistency will also see the need to come up will new laws that will reduce ownership influence especially in this democratic era so that the public will come to trust such medium. 

1.6 Scope of the Study

The scope of this project borders on proliferation of radio stations and its implication for media performance. Other specific objectives includes The study further examines the  reason for deregulation of broadcast industry in Nigeria. ascertained  the positive and negative  effect of radio proliferation in Nigeria, the negative effect of radio station proliferation in Nigeria media sector. The study is however delimited to Ray Power FM 100.5 , Alagbado (private radio), Eko FM, 89.7 Ikeja (state radio) and  FRCN 6090 Lagos (Federal radio). 

1.7 Limitation of Study

Like in every human endeavour, the researchers encountered slight constraints while carrying out the study. The significant constraint was the scanty literature on the subject  of proliferation of radio stations and its implication for media performance discourse is vast thus the researcher incurred more financial expenses and much time was required in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature, or information and in the process of data collection, which is why the researcher resorted to a limited choice of sample size covering only presenters and journalist inRay Power FM 100.5 , Alagbado (private radio), Eko FM, 89.7 Ikeja (state radio) and  FRCN 6090 Lagos (Federal radio). Thus findings of this study cannot be used for generalization for  other  states within Nigeria. Additionally, the researcher will simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work will impede maximum devotion to the research. Howbeit, despite the constraint  encountered during the  research, all factors were downplayed in other to give the best and make the research successful.

1.8  Operational Definitions of the Terms

Broadcast Media: They are very potent mass media which combine audio, visual and motion in translation of news and programmes such as Splash F.M

Control: The power to direct and influence the decision on what mass media are to broadcast and which should not be broadcast.

Privately owned Broadcasting Media Organization: It means radio or television owned or belonging to one particular person or group only. (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 6th Edition).