The Multimedia Group is a media group in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
. It was established in 1995 and has six
radio stations
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
, six news websites and a
satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna commo ...
network.
The group has won several local and international awards for its leadership in information communication in Ghana and the world. Its pioneer radio station,
Joy FM was adjudged the second best radio station on the
African continent
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by the
British Broadcasting Corporation #REDIRECT BBC
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in 2006.
Services
Multimedia Group was established in 1994 by Ghanaian entrepreneur Kwasi Twum, with the first radio station went on air in 1995 starting with 12 employees.
The media group was started in Accra, Ghana.
Radio stations
Multimedia Group owns six radio stations in the
Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
and
Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...
. The stations are:
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Joy FM
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Luv FM
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Nhyira FM
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Asempa FM
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Hitz FM
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Adom FM
Television stations
The group operates
Multi TV, a satellite television station with several channels.
Affiliations
The group has affiliations with several radio stations in Ghana and thirteen in
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...
.
Staff
The group employs about 400 staff with about two thirds being permanent. Four percent of the group's annual turnover is invested in staff capacity development.
In December 2021, general manager of The Multimedia Group’s Joy Brands (Joy FM, My Joy Online, JoyNews, Hitz FM and Joy Prime) Elvis Kwashie died.
Awards
The group through its media houses has several awards including:
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Charted Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Award for Media Organization of the Year 2008 – Multimedia Group
*CIMG Award for Best Morning Show of the Year 2008 – Joy FM
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Ghana Journalists Association
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is the umbrella organization to which all journalists in Ghana belong. The current president is Mr Albert Kwabena Dwumfour.
Founded in 1949, the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has become the umbrella or ...
Programme of the Year - Joy FM's Super Morning Show
*CIMG Award for Best Digital Media of the Year 2019 – My Joy Online
*CIMG Award for Best New Media Commercial Awards of the Year 2019 – My Joy Online
*CIMG Award for Radio Programme of the Year 2019 – Joy FM's Super Morning Show
*CIMG Award for Media Organization of the Year 2019 – Multimedia Group
References
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Mass media companies of Ghana