[1] Similar to the other stations of the initial four, the federal government gave a five-year subcontracting agreement with NBC's international arm.
An advertisement was published selecting staff members shortlisted from over ten thousand applications, including "one from a young man who hoped they would teach him how to be a tripod".
[2] In 1963, federal government mandated the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (forerunner of the FRCN) to take control of the operations of the station once the contract with NBC International expired in 1967.
The line-up consisted of local live shows, foreign films, newsreels and educational programming catered to be seen in schools.
Signal overspill led to NTA Lagos being received in the states of Oyo, Kwara, Ondo, Bendel and Ogan, as well as the countries of Togo, Benin and Cameroon.