Eighty-Four (84) years ago, the Colonial Governor popularly known as the Sunshine Governor, Sir Arnold Hodson made his historic statement to launch broadcasting in the then Gold Coast from a wired relay station code-named Radio “ZOY”.
It was manned by eight technicians and housed in a small Bungalow on 9th Road at Ridge in Accra. Broadcasting first begun in four Ghanaian languages namely Fanti, Twi, Ga, Ewe and later Hausa.
Radio “ZOY” has grown to present Ghana Broadcasting Corporation with regional FM stations, community Radio stations, digital television channels, ONLINE and Training Colleges. It still remains the leading broadcasting station with a nationwide reach and a mandate to do public broadcasting.
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation for the past 84 years has been committed to providing credible, reliable and quality Broadcasting and Communication Services. It has promoted National consciousness, loyalty, integrity, self-reliance and provided strong sense of national identity. It has been guided by a high standard of professionalism, objectivity, accuracy, balance and excellence.
In a goodwill message, the Acting Director-General of the Corporation, Mr, Peter Opoku-Mensah, said GBC has achieved a lot over the years and the Corporation has come this far because of the toil of selfless workers.
