A sports programme taking flight
With
only 10 editions gone, sports flight, a new sports programme aired on
City FM 105.1, is making waves in Lagos among sports enthusiasts for
its breezy style of delivery.
The programme has
seen the return of one of the best radio sports voices in Nigeria,
Ralph Chidozie George, after a five year absence when he sojourned to
the South East to be manager sports, Cosmo FM in Enugu.
Sports Flight is a
15 minute programme which has four segments namely, the Home-front,
Africa scene, Elsewhere in the world and a sports song.
The innovation of a selected sports song daily to round off the show is fast catching on with listeners around the city.
It has also been an
educative platform and in the few editions, they have had the voices of
football players that include Hoffenheim striker, Chinedu Obasi,
Denmark-based Peter Utaka, Bury’s Efetobore Sodje,
Vincent Enyeama,
Djurgarden’s Ikpe Ekong, Apam Onyekachi – who plays for Rennes in
France, and Babajide Ogunbiyi – who plays for Viborg in Denmark. They
have also had a boxing world title hopeful, Segun Ajose, a former
wrestling tag team champion, Barbarian, and a host of others on the
programme.
The programme is
also not lacking in reports, as Sammy Wejinya reports from Port
Harcourt and the Commonwealth Games reports were on daily until it
concluded last week. The sports programmes is produced by Diamond
Trophy International, a production outfit based in Lagos and Enugu.
“I had to return to
Lagos after being away in Enugu for six years working for COSMO FM and
presenting the flagship sports programme, Sportstrack,” George said.
“Sports Flight is
an innovative programme away from the ordinary sports programmes on the
air waves; it serves more exclusive local content and celebrates the
Nigeria Premier League while not forgetting to serve action from the
foreign scene.
“We have a repertoire of sports songs from football to wrestling,
boxing, basketball and even workout songs and daily we choose one to
end the show” he said. Sports Flight is aired from Monday to Friday at
8am on City FM, 105.1.
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