GHANA: IVORY COAST AMBASSADOR VISITS GHANA BROADCASTING COMPANY.

Record ID: 183148

  • Title: GHANA: IVORY COAST AMBASSADOR VISITS GHANA BROADCASTING COMPANY.
  • Date: 30th June 1968
  • Summary: 1. SV CAR INTO GATE 0.03 2. SV MR. MBA AND MR. RIBY WILLIAMS INTO BUILDING 0.08 3. CU SIGN: "DIRECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE" 0.09 4. SV MEN ENTERING OFFICE 0.11 5. SV MR. MBA CHATTING WITH MR. COLEMAN (2 SHOTS) 0.27 6. SV MR. COLEMAN AND MR. MBA GOING ROUND BUILDING (2 SHOTS) 0.36 7. SV LOOKING AT CONTROL PANEL 0.40 8. SV MR. MBA MEETING PEOPLE (2 SHOTS) 0.43 9. SV BEING SHOWN ROUND CONTROL ROOM (5 SHOTS) 1.05 10. CU SIGN: "VTR" 1.08 11. CU TELEVISION MONITOR AND MBA LOOKING (4 SHOTS) 1.25 12. SV MR. MBA AT CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP (5 SHOTS) 1.28 13. SV MR. MBA AT DESIGN AND PRINTING DEPT. (4 SHOTS) 1.42 Initials ERW/VS/JH/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th July 1968 13:00
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  • Location: ACCRA, GHANA
  • Country: Ghana
  • Reuters ID: LVA1POH0763XU1J9MR42OHWFCDXY
  • Story Text: THE IVORY COAST AMBASSADOR TO GHANA, MR. LEON MBA, RECENTLY VISITED THE GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION IN ACCRA, WHERE HE INSPECTED THE FACILITIES OF BOTH THE RADIO AND TELEVISION FACILITIES. MR. MBA, WHO HAS BEEN AMBASSADOR TO GHANA FOR THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, RETURNS TO THE IVORY COAST ON 1 JULY, PRIOR TO TAKING UP THE POST OF AMBASSADOR TO WEST GERMANY.

    MR. MBA WAS MET AT THE ENTRANCE TO BROADCASTING HOUSE BY MR. LEO RIBY-WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT HEAD OF PROGRAMMES-TELEVISION, WHO ESCORTED HIM TO THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, MR. W.F. COLEMAN. THIS WAS MR. MBA'S FIRST VISIT TO BROADCASTING HOUSE AND HE SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, DISCUSSING MANY ASPECTS OF BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION.

    MR. COLEMAN THEN TOOK MR. MBA ON A TOUR OF THE BUILDING. THEY BEGAN THEIR INSPECTION AT THE STUDIOS OF THE EXTERNAL RADIO SERVICE. MR. MBA LATE COMMENTED THAT HE WAS HIGHLY IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT ALL THE SERVICES OF THE CORPORATION WERE MANNED BY AFRICANS.

    AT THE TELEVISION SECTION, MR. MBA WAS TAKEN TO THE MASTER CONTROL ROOM, THE NERVE CENTRE OF THE TV SERVICE. A TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THE COMPLEX MECHANICS OF TELEVISION TRANSMISSION TO THE AMBASSADOR.

    ALSO ON THE ITINERARY WAS A VISIT TO THE SCENERY CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP AND THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT.

    MR. MBA SAID HE WAS MOST IMPRESSED BY WHAT HE SAW AND NOTED PARTICULARLY THAT, SINCE THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN GHANA, THE GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION HAD STOPPED PROPAGANDA AGAINST OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES. THE AMBASSADOR SAID THAT THE PROPAGANDA HAD STRAINED THE CORDIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN GHANA AND HER NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.
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