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Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

January 03, 2023

The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) is a Zambian television and radio station, formerly state owned, now technically a statutory body but still essentially under government control. It is the oldest, widest, and largest radio and television service provider in Zambia It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1987, which was passed to transform the Zambia Broadcasting Services from being a Government Department under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services into a statutory body called the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation.

Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
TypeStatutory corporation
IndustryMass media
PredecessorZBS
Founded1941
HeadquartersLusaka,
Zambia
Area served
Africa
ProductsBroadcasting & radio
Production output
News, public affairs, light entertainment, Sports, religion, education
Services
  • ZNBC TV1
  • ZNBC TV2
  • ZNBC TV3
  • ZNBC TV4
  • ZNBC RADIO 1
  • ZNBC RADIO 2
  • ZNBC RADIO 4
OwnerZambian public (Government owned)
Number of employees
2,000+
Websiteznbc.co.zm

History

Introduction of radio

It was not until World War II that Zambia, then Northern Rhodesia, acquired a radio service. In 1941 the Government's Information Department installed a 300 watt transmitter in Lusaka, the capital.[1] Known as Radio Lusaka, this station was built for the purpose of disseminating war-related information.[2] From the outset, the Lusaka station addressed programs to Africans in their own languages, becoming the pioneer in the field of local vernacular broadcasting in Africa.[3] In 1945, Harry Franklin, Director of the Information Department,[1] proposed that Radio Lusaka be developed into a fully-fledged station broadcasting exclusively to Africans.[4] Since Northern Rhodesia could not afford such a specialized service on its own, the administrations of Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland were persuaded to share in the operating costs, while the British Government agreed to provide capital funds.[5] Thus, the Central African Broadcasting Station (CABS) came into being.[6]

Among the by-products of this effort were the world's most extensive collection of ethnic African music, and a breakthrough in that most formidable barrier to audience growth, the lack of a receiver which Africans could afford to buy. Franklin tried for three years in the late 1940s to persuade British manufacturers that a potential mass market existed among Africans for a very simple inexpensive battery operated short wave receiver, in the era before transistors, before finally persuading a battery company to invest in the research and development of the idea.[7] One of the early models was mounted experimentally in a 9-inch diameter aluminum housing originally intended as a saucepan. Thus was born in 1949 the famous "Saucepan Special", a 4-tube tropicalized short wave receiver.[8] This succeeded even beyond Franklin's expectations. It cost five pounds Sterling, and the battery, which lasted 300 hours, an additional one-pound five shillings. Within the first three months 1,500 of the Saucepan Specials had been sold, and in the next few years, 50,000 sets were imported. Franklin had hopes of capitalising on a world market for the sets, but within a few years the transistor radio came into mass production and so turned his brainchild into a mere historical curiosity.[citation needed]

Federation

In 1953, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was established, with Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) as its capital, and the Southern Rhodesian Broadcasting Service, which catered for European listeners, became the Federal Broadcasting Service (FBS).[9] The CABS, still based in Lusaka, continued to use African languages as well as English.[10]

In 1955, a Federal Commission of Enquiry into the organisation of broadcasting in the Federation proposed the creation of a new broadcasting organisation, to be called the "Rhodesia and Nyasaland Broadcasting Corporation", which was to be established in 1956.[11] However, it was not until 1958 that the FBS and CABS would be merged into the Federal Broadcasting Corporation (FBC).[12]

Introduction of television

In 1961, a television service, which had been introduced in the Salisbury and Bulawayo areas, became available in the Copper Belt of Northern Rhodesia.[13] Operated by Rhodesia Television (RTV), the service's headquarters later moved to Lusaka.[14]

Independence

However, disagreements between the three constituent territories of the Federation led to its break-up in 1964, after which Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland would gain independence as Zambia and Malawi. The former FBC station in Lusaka became the Northern Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation, which following independence later that year, was renamed the Zambia Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).[15] This, in turn, was succeeded by the Zambia Broadcasting Service (ZBS) in 1966.[16] In the same year, the government also took control of television services, with Television Zambia becoming part of the ZBS in 1967.[17] At the end of 1988, the ZBS was replaced by the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC), a government department under the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism.[18]

Broadcasting services

There are three domestic services. Radio 1 is carried over 8 FM transmitters, broadcasting in the seven major languages of Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Kaonde, Lunda and Luvale. These are used in rotation to ensure a prime time audience for each group. Radio 2 is also broadcast by 8 FM transmitters in English, while Radio 4 is broadcast in English over 5 FM transmitters. The now defunct Radio 3 was the international service.[19] Used mainly by liberation movements in other countries in the region, it closed in 1992, having been considered to have outlived its usefulness.[6]

Programs include news, public affairs, light entertainment, sport, religion and education. School broadcasts are carried during school semesters. Agricultural programs for farmers cover all the country areas. Listening is encouraged by free provision of receivers for farm radio forums, of which there are more than 600. An annual licence fee is payable but many receivers are not licensed.

The principal activity of the corporation is to provide Information, Entertainment and Education to the people of Zambia.[citation needed]

Journalists

Some of the journalists who have worked for ZNBC include:

  • ZNBC Lusaka Studios
  1. Hector Simfukwe
  2. Brian Mwale
  3. Masautso Mukwayaya
  4. Lucky Phiri
  5. Fortune Malata
  6. Patricia Banda
  7. Joshua Jere
  8. Henry Ngilazi
  9. Dora Siliya
  10. Masuzyo Ndhlovu
  11. Claudet Sindaza
  • ZNBC Kitwe Studios
  1. Paul Monde Shalala
  2. Queen Chungu Malama
  3. Ravizaria Musakanya
  4. Mushota Mpundu
  5. Lupindula Mwewa
  6. Obinato Saili
  7. Chansa Mayani
  8. Victor Sakala

Television programming

Former

International

Children's

Animation

Anthology

Drama

Documentary

Current Affairs

Christian

Comedy

Soap Opera

References

  1. ^ a b Horizon: The Magazine of the Rhodesian Selection Trust Group of Companies, Volume 7, 1965, page 21
  2. ^ EBU Review: Radio and Television Programmes, Administration, Law, Issue 83, Administrative Office of the European Broadcasting Union, 1964, page 27
  3. ^ African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition, Richard Fardon, Graham Furniss, James Currey Publishers, 2000, page 23
  4. ^ Wayaleshi, Pierre Fraenkel, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, page 195
  5. ^ Broadcasting in Africa: A Continental Survey of Radio and Television, Sydney W. Head, Temple University Press, 1974, pages 125-127
  6. ^ a b World Broadcasting: A Comparative View, Alan Wells, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, pages 157-159
  7. ^ Friends for Life, Friends for Death: Cohorts and Consciousness Among the Lunda-Ndembu, James Anthony Pritchett, University of Virginia Press, 2007, page 115
  8. ^ A note on the ‘Saucepan Special’: the people's radio of Central Africa, Rosaleen Smyth, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 4, 1984 - Issue 2, pages 195-201
  9. ^ E.B.U. Review: General and legal. B, Issues 71-76, Administrative Office of the E.B.U., 1962, page 12
  10. ^ The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1957, S. Steinberg, Springer, page 286
  11. ^ BBC Handbook, BBC, 1956, page 132
  12. ^ Africa Media Review, Volumes 3-4, page 75
  13. ^ The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65, S. Steinberg, Springer, page 472
  14. ^ Listening, Looking and Learning: Report on a National Mass Media Audience Survey in Zambia (1970-73), Graham Mytton, Institute for African Studies, University of Zambia, 1974, page 33
  15. ^ EBU Review: Radio and Television Programmes, Administration, Law, Issue 83, Administrative Office of the European Broadcasting Union, 1965, page 27
  16. ^ Africa Media Review, Volumes 3-4, African Council on Communication Education, page 75
  17. ^ Area Handbook for Zambia, Volume 550, Issue 75, Irving Kaplan, American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969, page 255
  18. ^ Zambia, John P. Sangwa, Article 19, Freedom of Expression Institute, Media Institute of Southern Africa, 1998, pages 10-11
  19. ^ Handbook of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, Secretariat, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, 1988, page 147

External links

  • Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
  • Zambian Broadcasting

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The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation ZNBC is a Zambian television and radio station formerly state owned now technically a statutory body but still essentially under government control It is the oldest widest and largest radio and television service provider in Zambia It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1987 which was passed to transform the Zambia Broadcasting Services from being a Government Department under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services into a statutory body called the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation Zambia National Broadcasting CorporationTypeStatutory corporationIndustryMass mediaPredecessorZBSFounded1941HeadquartersLusaka ZambiaArea servedAfricaProductsBroadcasting amp radioProduction outputNews public affairs light entertainment Sports religion educationServicesZNBC TV1 ZNBC TV2 ZNBC TV3 ZNBC TV4 ZNBC RADIO 1 ZNBC RADIO 2 ZNBC RADIO 4OwnerZambian public Government owned Number of employees2 000 Websiteznbc co zm Contents 1 History 1 1 Introduction of radio 1 2 Federation 1 3 Introduction of television 1 4 Independence 2 Broadcasting services 3 Journalists 4 Television programming 4 1 Former 4 2 International 4 2 1 Children s 4 2 2 Animation 4 2 3 Anthology 4 2 4 Drama 4 2 5 Documentary 4 2 6 Current Affairs 4 2 7 Christian 4 2 8 Comedy 4 2 9 Soap Opera 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditIntroduction of radio Edit It was not until World War II that Zambia then Northern Rhodesia acquired a radio service In 1941 the Government s Information Department installed a 300 watt transmitter in Lusaka the capital 1 Known as Radio Lusaka this station was built for the purpose of disseminating war related information 2 From the outset the Lusaka station addressed programs to Africans in their own languages becoming the pioneer in the field of local vernacular broadcasting in Africa 3 In 1945 Harry Franklin Director of the Information Department 1 proposed that Radio Lusaka be developed into a fully fledged station broadcasting exclusively to Africans 4 Since Northern Rhodesia could not afford such a specialized service on its own the administrations of Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland were persuaded to share in the operating costs while the British Government agreed to provide capital funds 5 Thus the Central African Broadcasting Station CABS came into being 6 Among the by products of this effort were the world s most extensive collection of ethnic African music and a breakthrough in that most formidable barrier to audience growth the lack of a receiver which Africans could afford to buy Franklin tried for three years in the late 1940s to persuade British manufacturers that a potential mass market existed among Africans for a very simple inexpensive battery operated short wave receiver in the era before transistors before finally persuading a battery company to invest in the research and development of the idea 7 One of the early models was mounted experimentally in a 9 inch diameter aluminum housing originally intended as a saucepan Thus was born in 1949 the famous Saucepan Special a 4 tube tropicalized short wave receiver 8 This succeeded even beyond Franklin s expectations It cost five pounds Sterling and the battery which lasted 300 hours an additional one pound five shillings Within the first three months 1 500 of the Saucepan Specials had been sold and in the next few years 50 000 sets were imported Franklin had hopes of capitalising on a world market for the sets but within a few years the transistor radio came into mass production and so turned his brainchild into a mere historical curiosity citation needed Federation Edit In 1953 the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was established with Salisbury Southern Rhodesia now Harare Zimbabwe as its capital and the Southern Rhodesian Broadcasting Service which catered for European listeners became the Federal Broadcasting Service FBS 9 The CABS still based in Lusaka continued to use African languages as well as English 10 In 1955 a Federal Commission of Enquiry into the organisation of broadcasting in the Federation proposed the creation of a new broadcasting organisation to be called the Rhodesia and Nyasaland Broadcasting Corporation which was to be established in 1956 11 However it was not until 1958 that the FBS and CABS would be merged into the Federal Broadcasting Corporation FBC 12 Introduction of television Edit In 1961 a television service which had been introduced in the Salisbury and Bulawayo areas became available in the Copper Belt of Northern Rhodesia 13 Operated by Rhodesia Television RTV the service s headquarters later moved to Lusaka 14 Independence Edit However disagreements between the three constituent territories of the Federation led to its break up in 1964 after which Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland would gain independence as Zambia and Malawi The former FBC station in Lusaka became the Northern Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation which following independence later that year was renamed the Zambia Broadcasting Corporation ZBC 15 This in turn was succeeded by the Zambia Broadcasting Service ZBS in 1966 16 In the same year the government also took control of television services with Television Zambia becoming part of the ZBS in 1967 17 At the end of 1988 the ZBS was replaced by the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation ZNBC a government department under the Ministry of Information Broadcasting and Tourism 18 Broadcasting services EditThere are three domestic services Radio 1 is carried over 8 FM transmitters broadcasting in the seven major languages of Bemba Nyanja Lozi Tonga Kaonde Lunda and Luvale These are used in rotation to ensure a prime time audience for each group Radio 2 is also broadcast by 8 FM transmitters in English while Radio 4 is broadcast in English over 5 FM transmitters The now defunct Radio 3 was the international service 19 Used mainly by liberation movements in other countries in the region it closed in 1992 having been considered to have outlived its usefulness 6 Programs include news public affairs light entertainment sport religion and education School broadcasts are carried during school semesters Agricultural programs for farmers cover all the country areas Listening is encouraged by free provision of receivers for farm radio forums of which there are more than 600 An annual licence fee is payable but many receivers are not licensed The principal activity of the corporation is to provide Information Entertainment and Education to the people of Zambia citation needed Journalists EditSome of the journalists who have worked for ZNBC include ZNBC Lusaka StudiosHector Simfukwe Brian Mwale Masautso Mukwayaya Lucky Phiri Fortune Malata Patricia Banda Joshua Jere Henry Ngilazi Dora Siliya Masuzyo Ndhlovu Claudet SindazaZNBC Kitwe StudiosPaul Monde Shalala Queen Chungu Malama Ravizaria Musakanya Mushota Mpundu Lupindula Mwewa Obinato Saili Chansa Mayani Victor SakalaTelevision programming EditFormer Edit International Edit Children s Edit 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd Betty s Bunch The Boy from Andromeda The Boy Who Won the Pools Bozo the Clown Byker Grove The Huggabug Club H R Pufnstuf Kaboodle The Kids of Degrassi Street Lamb Chop s Play Along Pinky and Perky Press Gang Richard the Lionheart Sesame Street Stingray Thunderbirds Woof Animation Edit ALF The Animated Series Amigo and Friends Atom Ant Bob Morane Bozo The World s Most Famous Clown CBS Storybreak Code Lyoko Corduroy Count Duckula C L Y D E Denver the Last Dinosaur DuckTales Eckhart Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids The Flintstones Flipper and Lopaka Franklin The Fruitties Ghostbusters Groovie Goolies Heathcliff He Man and the Masters of the Universe Highlander The Animated Series Iron Man Jonny Quest Josie and the Pussycats Kid Power Kit and Kaboodle Laurel and Hardy The Littles Madeline The Mysterious Cities of Gold My Favorite Martians The New Three Stooges Nilus the Sandman The Raccoons The Road Runner Show Roger Ramjet Rude Dog and the Dweebs She Ra Princess of Power Space Ghost and Dino Boy Spider Man and His Amazing Friends Sport Billy Supa Strikas Team Galaxy Top Cat Voltron Zazoo UAnthology Edit Hammer House of Horror The Wonderful World of DisneyDrama Edit The Adventures of William Tell Airwolf The A Team Burke s Law Danger Man Doctor Who Egoli Place of Gold ER The Fugitive The Long Way Home MacGyver Run for Your LifeDocumentary Edit All Our Yesterdays Man AliveCurrent Affairs Edit World in ActionChristian Edit The World TomorrowComedy Edit ALF Amen Dad s Army Diff rent Strokes Family Matters The Fresh Prince of Bel Air The Good Guys The Goodies In Living Color Keeping Up Appearances The Muppet Show No Place Like Home Parenthood The Patty Duke Show SidekicksSoap Opera Edit Generations Isidingo Take the High Road Passions No One But You My 3 Sisters Sad Love StoryReferences Edit a b Horizon The Magazine of the Rhodesian Selection Trust Group of Companies Volume 7 1965 page 21 EBU Review Radio and Television Programmes Administration Law Issue 83 Administrative Office of the European Broadcasting Union 1964 page 27 African Broadcast Cultures Radio in Transition Richard Fardon Graham Furniss James Currey Publishers 2000 page 23 Wayaleshi Pierre Fraenkel Weidenfeld and Nicolson page 195 Broadcasting in Africa A Continental Survey of Radio and Television Sydney W Head Temple University Press 1974 pages 125 127 a b World Broadcasting A Comparative View Alan Wells Greenwood Publishing Group 1996 pages 157 159 Friends for Life Friends for Death Cohorts and Consciousness Among the Lunda Ndembu James Anthony Pritchett University of Virginia Press 2007 page 115 A note on the Saucepan Special the people s radio of Central Africa Rosaleen Smyth Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television Volume 4 1984 Issue 2 pages 195 201 E B U Review General and legal B Issues 71 76 Administrative Office of the E B U 1962 page 12 The Statesman s Year Book Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1957 S Steinberg Springer page 286 BBC Handbook BBC 1956 page 132 Africa Media Review Volumes 3 4 page 75 The Statesman s Year Book 1964 65 S Steinberg Springer page 472 Listening Looking and Learning Report on a National Mass Media Audience Survey in Zambia 1970 73 Graham Mytton Institute for African Studies University of Zambia 1974 page 33 EBU Review Radio and Television Programmes Administration Law Issue 83 Administrative Office of the European Broadcasting Union 1965 page 27 Africa Media Review Volumes 3 4 African Council on Communication Education page 75 Area Handbook for Zambia Volume 550 Issue 75 Irving Kaplan American University Washington D C Foreign Area Studies U S Government Printing Office 1969 page 255 Zambia John P Sangwa Article 19 Freedom of Expression Institute Media Institute of Southern Africa 1998 pages 10 11 Handbook of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Secretariat Commonwealth Broadcasting Association 1988 page 147External links EditZambia National Broadcasting Corporation Zambian Broadcasting Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation amp oldid 1118418315, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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