{"id":62148,"date":"2025-03-05T11:07:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62148"},"modified":"2025-03-05T11:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:07:32","slug":"pman-to-establish-cutting-edge-radio-tv-stations-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/05\/pman-to-establish-cutting-edge-radio-tv-stations-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"PMAN to Establish Cutting-Edge Radio, TV Stations in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN), is set to launch state-of-the-art radio and television stations in Abuja as part of its ambitious plan to transform the Federal Capital Territory into a premier entertainment hub.<\/p>\n<p>PMAN President, Pretty Okafor, announced this during a facility tour of the association\u2019s 2.5-hectare property in the Kukwaba District.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that the stations would be key components of a one-stop entertainment centre designed to nurture talent, host events, and expand opportunities for Nigerian musicians.<\/p>\n<p>The association is also establishing two music schools\u2014one focused on business and the other on rudimentary training\u2014to provide structured learning for upcoming artists.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Abuja, PMAN plans to expand its media footprint to key cities like Kaduna, Jos, Enugu, and Rivers, ensuring nationwide access to music promotion platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Okafor emphasized that the initiative would eliminate payola, allowing musicians to upload their songs directly for airplay and global exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, PMAN is pushing for international recognition of Nigerian music, with projects such as the Afrobeat Music Festival in Spain aimed at showcasing homegrown talents on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu\u00a0 The Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN), is set to launch state-of-the-art radio and television stations in Abuja as part of its ambitious plan to transform the Federal Capital Territory into a premier entertainment hub. PMAN President, Pretty Okafor, announced this during a facility tour of the association\u2019s 2.5-hectare property in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62150,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148\/revisions\/62150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}