Channels Television boss, Mr. John Momoh made shocking revelations recently: “Twenty-one years ago, on a clear July afternoon, we switched on a very small electronic equipment—the size of a briefcase. We called it a transmitter. Its power rating was 100 watts. Just about two percent of what existing government stations owned. Its coverage area was within a radius of 5 of this complex. Channels TV was live on air.”
“I was excited. But many people weren’t. Some mocked. Some derided me. Others ridiculed me. “His height was six cubits and a span. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels. On his legs, he wore bronze greaves and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver’s road and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.”
“How can a man going on a transport business buy a tricycle and take on the likes of ABC Transport? Such is the analogy that best captures my audacity in 1995. Everyone jeered, but the Lord was with me. So in spite of the early pitfalls and the near-collapse, we had to survive. And survive we did. The Lord was with us.”