Its flagship station is the syndicated radio network Radio Nigeria, with FM stations across the 36 states and Zonal station in the 6 geopolitical zones that broadcast in the SW (South West – Ibadan,[1] South Central – Yenagoa, South East – Enugu, North East – Maiduguri, North Central – Makurdi, North West – Kaduna).
[3] In April 1950, the RDS became the Nigerian Broadcasting Service and introduced radio stations in Lagos, Kaduna, Enugu, Ibadan, and Kano.
By 1962 the NBC had expanded its broadcast stations into Sokoto, Maiduguri, Ilorin, Zaria, Jos, and Katsina in the north; Port Harcourt, Calabar, and Onitsha in the East; and Abeokuta, Warri, and Ijebu-Ode in the West.
[4] In late 1960, the Federal Parliament amended the NBC Ordinance to allow the sale of commercial advertisements.
The goal of allowing radio advertisements was to help provide additional funding to NBC stations beyond that received from the government.
[4] The Federal Parliament approved the creation of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) external shortwave service in 1961.