Ace presenter and
producer, Mr. Kenny Ogungbe has been appointed Managing Director of the
premier radio station in the country - RayPower FM-Network and FAAJI
106.5FM. This was contained in a statement signed by Johnson Onime,
Director, Corporate Communication and Planning, DAAR Communications Plc,
the operators of RayPower FM Network, Africa Independent Television
(AIT) - Network & Global Satellite, DAARsat and FAAJI 106.5FM.
Ogungbe, an
alumnus of Southern University, New Orleans and Southern University,
Baton Rouge, both in Los Angeles in the United States, where he obtained
both his Bachelor's in Accounting and Masters in Mass Communications
respectively; was the pioneer assistant general manager, RayPower FM
upon its debut on Sept 1, 1994.
He
succeeded the General Manager in 1995 and rose to become the Group
General Manager of DAAR Communications Limited till 2000. In 2000, he
went into private production and entertainment practice with the
establishment of Kennis Communications Limited; owners of Kennis Music
Channel and Kennis Music International as the Founder/Chief Executive
Officer. He was also the Senior Partner of Prime Time Entertainment.
He was
appointed into the Board of DAAR Communications Plc in 2011. An
accomplished broadcaster, whose professionalism, creativity and
versatility had won him several awards both locally and internationally,
started his career in Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Abeokuta in
1979. While in RayPower 100.5FM, he was the Best Radio Presenter of the
Year 1997/1998.
AIT Jamz,
which he co-presented with Dayo Adeneye (D1), also won the Best Duo TV
Presenters in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 to 2004, City People Young Achiever
2004, Success Digest Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2004, an inductee
of Hip-Hop World Hall of Fame 2007, Global Excellence Recognition
Personality 2007,
Nigeria
Arise – UK Music Producer Merit Awardee, London 2010, MTV Europe Music
Awards for the Best African Music Producer 2005, PMAN Producer of the
Decade, BBC Top 10 Producer of the Millennium, 2000 for African
Continent amongst several others. He had covered Grammy Music Award
since 1994 for and on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the
sub-Saharan African till date. He is married to Bolajoko and blessed
with children. He had since assumed duty.
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