Nationality Nigerian Name Kayode Akintemi Citizenship Nigeria Role Broadcaster | Years active 1980 - present Residence Lagos State, Nigeria Employer Channels TV | |
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Occupation broadcast journalist and television host Organization Broadcasting Organization Profiles | ||
Sunrise Saturday Opening With kayode Akintemi And Alero Edun
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.
Contents
- Sunrise Saturday Opening With kayode Akintemi And Alero Edun
- Background and career
- Membership
- References
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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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. He said the suspension was to ensure the participation of a wider range of stakeholders.
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.