Overview of The Ghanaian Radio & TV Times (GRTT)
The first magazine of Sifat Communications Limited (SCL) is The Ghanaian Radio Times, (GRTT). It is aimed at providing in-depth analysis on Radio and TV programmes and their presenters.
Overview
The first magazine of Sifat Communications Limited (SCL) is The Ghanaian Radio Times, (GRTT). It is aimed at providing in-depth analysis on Radio and TV programmes and their presenters. It shall also provide the platform for viewers and listeners to express their concerns on what they listen and watch.
The magazine shall annually in collaboration with the corporate world institute an award event to recognise distinguished Radio and TV programmes and presenters.
SCL’s magazine on broadcasting plans to work with seasoned and experienced media practitioners to positively criticize Radio and TV programmes and presenters with the aim of ensuring sound professionalism in the industry.
It shall also comment on good, inspiring and productive programmes and presenters having in mind the core aim of broadcasting, being development, education, entertainment and information.
Managements of the various electronic media houses, the Ministry of Communications, The Ghana Journalists Association and the Ghana Media Commission will be close partners in providing insight based on media regulations and good practices in Ghana.
Content
GRTT magazine is very attractive with a portrait of one outstanding Radio or TV presenter at the front-page. Stories on the electronic media, gossips on presenters, as well as their profiles, programme guide (schedules) of selected electronic media houses in the country as well as feature articles by individuals will dominate the pages with extensive commentaries on specific and flagship programmes for the month. We dissert the programmes in a feature articles to find out why people should watch or listen to the programme.
It features the profile of renowned and upcoming presenters. It seeks to project young talented Radio and TV personalities and also highlight the achievements of those who have made it to the top.
It also seeks to ‘search’ for the pioneers in the broadcasting industry, tap the experiences and share with the general public.
The magazine focuses on the need to ensure professionalism and ethics in broadcasting by debating Radio and TV programme contents. The general public (audience) is key in ensuring this by seeking their opinions on presenters and programmes.
The magazine from time to time will engage in research on certain topical issues to enrich broadcasting in Ghana.
Target Readership
Since radio and television is about everyone, our primary target is the general public. Through street vendors, Newspaper Vendors, Filling Station Marts, Malls and Shops in the Regional and District Capitals as well as selected bookshops.
GRTT is also designed to provide information, which are of immense benefit to people in certain professions such as
- Officials of Media Houses in Ghana as well as Ghanaian Media Houses in the Diasporas
- Top Executives of Media related organisations such as the Ghana Institute of Journalism, School of Communications Studies, University of Ghana, Ghana Media Commission, and others like NGOs working for and in the media in Ghana.
- Students in Journalism and Communications institutions in the country and beyond
- International organisations and diplomatic missions with offices in Ghana;
- Top government officials in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Ghana, and at the regional level;
- Relevant members of academia and research institutions based in Ghana.
- University professors/lecturers in Ghana, and Ghanaian academics overseas in the faculties of media, communications and journalism and other specific and Ghanaian sectors;
- Senior executives of foreign firms operating in Ghana;
- Embassies, airlines and 4 and 5-star hotels in Ghana;
- Other Ghanaian intellectuals residing abroad as already delineated.
It features the profile of renowned and upcoming presenters. It seeks to project young talented Radio and TV personalities and also highlight the achievements of those who have made it to the top.
Distribution
Our initial distribution figure was seven thousand (7,000) copies in 2014. Over one-third of this figure was circulated in Ghana with the rest in the United Kingdom, Canada, Parts Of Europe and The United States of America and South Africa.
This figure has increased to ten thousand (10,000) in these and many more countries with our reader-pass-on figure of about twenty-five thousand (25,000)
The first magazine of Sifat Communications Limited (SCL) is The Ghanaian Radio Times, (GRTT). It is aimed at providing in-depth analysis on Radio and TV programmes and their presenters. It shall also provide the platform for viewers and listeners to express their concerns on what they listen and watch.
The magazine shall annually in collaboration with the corporate world institute an award event to recognise distinguished Radio and TV programmes and presenters. Read More
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