type radio network country nigeria availability international owner federal government of nigeria key people mr. osita okechukwu director general previous sampson ogbonda worlu 2015 2016 abubakar jijiwa 2005 2015 taiwo allimi 1999 2004 yaya abubakar 1990 1999 launch date 1961 official website http www.von.gov.ng this article is about nigerian radio station . for music competition see the voice nigeria . the voice of nigeria von is the official international broadcasting station of nigeria . contents 1 history 2 vision 3 mission 4 see also 5 external links history edit founded in 1961 the voice of nigeria began life as the external service of the then nigerian broadcasting corporation now federal radio corporation of nigeria . then prime minister sir abubakar tafawa balewa commissioned the service . the nation s growing commitment informed the need to have an external channel through which authoritative information about the african situation could be disseminated to the entire world . even then its transmission using a 10 kw hf transmitter was limited to west africa for two hours daily in english and french . broadcast hours increased to six in 1963 with the commissioning of five prototype rca 100 kw transmitters . in 1989 five brown boveri transmitters with antennae system were acquired . on january 5 1990 von became autonomous and in 1996 three state of the art 250 kw thomcast ag transmitters were commissioned . this boosted von s transmission to the entire world . the transmitting station is located on 40 hectares at ipokodo ikorodu in lagos state . while the administrative headquarters is in abuja the federal capital news and programmes emanate from both the lagos and abuja studios . in 2012 von commissioned another state of the art multi billion naira transmitting station at lugbe abuja . powers and functions according to the act establishing voice of nigeria the following are some of its powers and functions the corporation shall to the exclusion of any other broadcasting authority or any other body in nigeria be responsible for broadcasting externally by radio nigeria s viewpoint to any part of the world . 1 provide as a public service in the interest of nigeria radio broadcasting services for global reception in such languages and at such time as the corporation may specify ; 2 the corporation shall ensure that its services reflect views of nigeria as a federation and give adequate expression to the culture characteristics affairs and opinions of nigeria . 3 the corporation shall ensure that news and programmes enhance nigeria s foreign policy and image . vision edit to become the international radio broadcasting station of first choice for anyone interested in nigeria and africa . mission edit reflecting nigerian and african perspective in our broadcast winning and sustaining the attention respect and goodwill of listeners worldwide particularly nigerians and africans in the diaspora and making nigeria s voice to be heard more positively in the shaping of our world see also edit external program hours comparison with some other external radio broadcasters federal radio corporation of nigeria the nigerian publicly funded radio broadcaster external links edit voice of nigeria website arabic english french this article about a radio station in nigeria is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title voice of nigeria & oldid 733151507 categories external services broadcasting radio stations in nigeriaradio stations established in 1961state mediaafrican radio station stubsnigerian media stubsnigerian company stubshidden categories articles with arabic language external linksarticles with french language external linksnigeria articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinatesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 5 august 2016 at 19 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view