Kayode Akintemi

Kayode Akintemi

Kayode Akintemi on Sunrise Saturday
Residence Lagos State
Nationality Nigerian
Citizenship Nigeria
Occupation broadcast journalist and television host
Years active 1980 - present
Employer Channels TV
Organization Broadcasting Organization
Television Sunrise Saturday

Kayode Akintemi (born June 26, 1965) is a Nigerian Broadcast journalist, TV presenter, project management consultant and a subject matter expert. He is currently the General Manager Operations of Channels TV and former project manager consultant to London Borough of Hillingdon.[1][2]

He was the host of Sunrise Saturday, aired on Channels TV and formerly a host of "Wake Up Africa", aired on every Friday between 6 a.m and 9.am on 94.3 FM, the only licensed African radio station in London.[3]

Background and career

Kayode obtained a Higher National Diploma in Mass communication with a specialization in broadcast journalism from Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic. He later received a postgraduate diploma in Information technology.[4] He began his broadcasting career in the early 1980s with Radio Nigeria as presenter of Teen and Twenty Beats. In 1987, he joined the services of Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation where he worked for three years before he joined the department of Mass communication, Ahmadu Bello University as academic staff. In 1991, he joined Ogun State Television as Head of television programmes and in 1993, he established an Independent production company, "The Kay Associate" with the late Prince kehinde Adeosun, former Chairman of Promoserve advertisement.[5] In 1994, he left Nigeria to London where he worked with BEN Television, a British television channel. On March 2011, he joined Channels TV as General Manager Operations, a position he held till date.[6] In 2013, he was nominated for the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards as "Best Station’s Manager of the year", the same year Channels TV emerged as Best TV station of the year.[7]

On January 2013, he refuted the claim by some media that the conference organized by Channels TV to brainstorm on the improvement of the Nigerian Police Force was barred by the Federal Government of Nigeria.[8] He said the suspension was to ensure the participation of a wider range of stakeholders.[9]

Membership

Akintemi is a member of several professional organization, including the Royal Television Society and the Radio Academy. He is also a member of the Society for Information Management and the Institute of Directors.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Anozim. "Channels TV, Deutsche Welle partner for better, balanced reporting on Africa". The Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Group Tasks Journalists On Social Networking - :::…The Tide News Online:::…". thetidenewsonline.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sunrise". Channel TV. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kayode Akintemi - Breakfast With Mr. Kay". kayodeakintemi.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. ↑ rejects-channels-tv-slavery-plot/ "As NUJ rejects Channels TV Slavery plot" Check |url= value (help). Daily independent News. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kayode Akintemi, GM Operations - Channels Television". Channels Television. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "NBMA Nominee List". NBMA. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Police College Rot and the Thwarted Hope, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Jonathan Sets up Committee to Probe Funding of Police Colleges, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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