Absolute Radio: The Inspiring True Story of the First Private Radio in Ghana's Western Region
About this ebook
It is the most tantalising and ground-breaking body of work about Ghana’s private broadcasting industry. The author, former journalist Phillip Nyakpo, is himself an eye-witness and a participant in these true events.
From his base in Perth, Australia, Phillip interviewed women and men across four continents who made it happen over a quarter of a century.
The result is that he opened up to the world, a character and spirit of Africa that is all too often missing.
In telling the story, he writes a compelling narrative that is delicate, witty, eye-opening, and wonderfully inspiring.
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About the author
Phillip Nyakpo fell in love with broadcast journalism in 1996, in the newsroom of Channel 7 in Sydney, Australia.
After writing for the Ghanaian Chronicle, and later the Radio and TV Magazine in Accra, Phillip became one of the first employees of Skyy Power FM, the first private and commercial radio in Sekondi-Takoradi, the capital of Ghana’s Western Region.
He also worked as the Western Regional correspondence for Joy FM, Ghana’s first private radio station.
For nearly ten years in Sekondi-Takoradi, Phillip was editor, reporter, news anchor, and the top host for news and current affairs, until 2005, when he left for a stint with the BBC in London, England.
Phillip Nyakpo now lives in Perth, Western Australia with his family, a place he has called home for more than 15 years.
He has written Absolute Radio, an inspiring African story with global footprints. The spellbinding true story is delicate, witty, eye-opening, and wonderfully inspiring. The story opens up to the world, a character and spirit of Africa that is all too often missing.
