HISTORY OF BROADCASTING SERVICE OF EKITI STATE
Voice of Ekiti
The Ondo State Radiovision Corporation established a Booster station at Ifaki-Ekiti to boost signals to the Northern part of Ekiti State. The booster station was not functioning then due to lack of spare parts.
By the middle of October, 1996 when Ekiti State had been carved out of the former Ondo State, Civil/Public Servants had started reporting for duty in Ado-Ekiti. About 185 members of staff (cutting across all the Work Departments) of the former Ondo State Radiovision Corporation were deployed to the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State.
As a result of lack of office accommodation for BSES staff, a private residence located at 2 Fasuan Cresent, Similoluwa Area, Ado-Ekiti was used as Administrative Office and News Room. When the private residence could no longer accommodate the 185 workers, Ado-Ekiti Local Government released its Okeyinmi Office for BSES.
It was jubilation galore when on the 14th of February, 1997 barely four months after the creation of the State, the great people of Ekiti heard the voice of Ekiti on air. The dedicated group of workers, particularly, in the engineering section worked day and night to make the old booster station at Ifaki ready for transmission.
Test transmission of the new station lasted for a couple of months, thereafter, a daily broadcast between 5a.m and 8p.m followed. Voice of Ekiti, 549KHZ has its coverage in the neighouring states: Edo, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Delta, Kwara and Kogi.
The then Military Administrator of Ekiti State, Lt. Col. Mohammed Inu Bawa began the FM/EKTV project with all the seriousness it deserved. A clarion call was made to the entire people of Ekiti State to contribute towards the completion of the laudable project. Thus, individuals, age, groups, civil societies, Ekiti-in-diaspora and even pupils in both Private and Public Schools all contributed financially and official receipts were issued to all donors towards the project.
On the 22nd of May, 1999, the FM radio station dubbed “Golden Voice of Ekiti” and the television station named “Station of Creativity” were commissioned. The two stations, sited at Ilokun, Ado-Ekiti were declared open by the then Military Administrator Navy Captain Atanda Yusuf. The EKTV on U.H.F Channel 41 and EKFM 91.5 have since that time not relented in the efforts to entertain, educate, enlighten and inform the people of Ekiti State.
ADMINISTRATION
The administration of the Corporation rests solely on the General Manager who is assisted in the discharge of his functions by Directors. The Directors are responsible to the General Manager for the Coordination of the functions and the general supervisions of the respective divisions of the Corporation.
In essence there are Six Departments and two Units in the Corporation as listed below:
Administration and Supplies Department
Finance and Accounts Department
News and Current Affairs Department
Programmes Department
Commercial and Marketing Department
Engineering services Department
Internal Audit Unit
Corporate Affairs and Planning Research and statistics Unit
Each of the above is headed by well qualified officers who see to the day to day running of the Departments and Units.
Mission Statement: To Make The Broadcasting Service Of Ekiti State Comprising Ektv And 91.5fm The Most Respectable Stations In Southwest Nigeria By Strategically Focusing On Grassroots Oriented Programming And Evolving A Dignifying Future Through Enlightenment, Engagement And Participation.
Our vision: To be the number one in south west, in terms of professionalism, productivity, profitability and relevance.
Our core values: To entertain, to inform and to educate the populace of Ekiti and Nigeria as a whole.