Nigerian broadcasting reached a historic milestone on Wednesday, 17 June, as the nation finally began its long-delayed switchover to digital broadcasting – a transition originally scheduled for 2015.
The Digital Switchover (DSO) is so transformative that it will forever divide Nigerian broadcasting history into two eras: Before DSO and After DSO.
Broadcasting in Nigeria has evolved through distinct epochs, each defined by major shifts in technology, ownership, reach, and societal impact. My lecture notes for the History of Nigerian Media course at the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, are titled *Rediffusion to Digitisation: A History of Broadcasting in Nigeria*. They trace the medium’s evolution from colonial origins to the digital age, framing broadcasting as beginning with citizen initiative (much like print media) but quickly becoming a tool of government. It remained under exclusive state control until deregulation in 1992, with the shift towards digitisation gaining momentum from
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