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Obtain a broadcasting licence (NBC)
License a radio/TV or satellite broadcasting station with the National Broadcasting Commission: request & buy the form → submit feasibility & business plan → processing and approval → pay the category licence fee (5-year term).
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Request and purchase the application form
- National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
- Write to the Director-General to request approval to buy the application form; on approval purchase it (₦50,000) at an NBC zonal office. Applicant must be a CAMA-registered body with majority Nigerian shareholding.
- CAC incorporation; letter to the DG; ₦50,000 form fee
- Application stage
- Submit application with feasibility study
- National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
- Submit the completed form with a business feasibility study and business plan for the proposed station (category: FTA radio/TV, cable/MMDS, DBS, DTH, community).
- Feasibility study; business plan; technical proposal
- Processing
- Processing and approval
- NBC → Minister → President
- The Commission processes the application and recommends it through the Minister of Information to the President for approval.
- Submitted application
- Council/ministerial cycle
- Pay the licence fee and commence
- National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
- Pay the category licence fee for a 5-year term (e.g. MMDS Cat A ₦5m / Cat B ₦4m; DBS single channel ₦10m). Meet local-content rules (60% TV, 80% radio). Renew ≥6 months before expiry.
- Licence-fee payment
- 5-year term
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