Weekend Sunrise Thrills Viewers on Channels TV

Weekend Sunrise, dripping with entertainment and information, is a highly interactive breakfast magazine programme, which provides information and enlightenment basically on top issues in local and international news in a relaxed mood.
Broadcast every Saturday morning, the programme is presented live by two broadcasters who provide continuity on the various subject matters of interest; informing, educating and equally entertaining the viewers.
Weekend Sunrise seeks means of resolving controversial issues by representing all key
sparties involved and allowing for public participation through phone-in and SMS facilities. The show has different segments which begin with an intro by the anchorperson who then discloses the main issue of the day, and the second issue of the day. Viewers are then encouraged to make their contributions to the discussions.
These segments are followed by unveiling of the guest of the week, as well as the guest artiste who may give the viewers a privileged performance session.
Channels Television is a fiercely independent television station currently broadcasting in Nigeria, since it was licensed in June 1993 and allocated a frequency on UHF Channel 39. It began transmission in 1995 and now broadcasts to an audience of over 20 million people.
According to the brains behind Channels TV, the establishment of the station was in response to the yearning of Nigerians for a TV station that will give an alternative medium of communication to the government and its policies and hold public officers accountable to the people; accommodate opposing views; inform and educate the general public on how they are governed, as well as what their civic responsibilities are; and uphold the ideals of balanced reporting, objectivity, fairness and the right of the individual to communicate.
The station’s team has produced feature programmes, which have received commendations within and outside Nigeria. Video footages of events and happenings in Nigeria shot by Channels news crew have been used widely by the BBC, CNN, ITN and McNeil/Lehrer News hour.
Channels TV is the first to win the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMAA) as ‘Broadcast Station of the Year’ for 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004.