POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND RADIO BROADCASTING: THE IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL ON NEWS PRODUCTION IN THE IBADAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF OYO STATE (B.C.O.S.)

Abdur-Rahman Olalekan Olayiwola

Department of Political Science

Lagos State University Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION

This paper is a revised version of the author’s dissertation submitted to the University of Ibadan as part of the requirements for the award of the Professional Degree of Master of Communication Arts (M.C.A.) as a foundation Postgraduate of the programme in March, 1984.The earlier version titled The Impact of Ownership and Control on News Production in a Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation; The Radio O-Y-O Example, was supervised by the late Dr. Sybil James, B.A. (U.W.I.); M.A.; M.Ed.; (Ed.D. (Colum.)) who was then a Senior Lecturer in the University of Ibadan in the then Department of Language Arts, which itself was converted to a department from the former Reading Centre, University of Ibadan.