Oluyole FM, operated by the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS), has started broadcasting again.
This is happening twenty-four hours after a fire on Wednesday gutted the station.
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC)’s abrupt restoration of power resulted in a power surge that started the fire.
The affected areas, according to the station, included the studio, the make-up studio, and the television studio. Millions of naira’s worth of equipment was reportedly destroyed.
The Oyo State Government owns the station as one of its properties.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the resumption of the radio arm of BCOS is a temporary arrangement.
It was initiated by the station’s engineering crew to manage the extensive damage caused by the inferno.
Executive Chairman of BCOS, Prince Dotun Oyelade, regretted the serious damage done to three of the corporation’s studios.
He spoke while inspecting the facilities on Thursday.
Oyelade, however, assured that everything would be done to ensure a temporary semblance of normal transmission.
“The Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State was on Wednesday afternoon gutted by fire triggered by a power surge caused by the sudden restoration of electric power by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC)”, he said.
“The areas affected by the fire incident are the studio where the station’s dispute resolution program ‘So daa bee’ is recorded, the make-up studio and the television studio”.
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