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Campus radio stations, exemplified by Kanem FM, serve as vital platforms for student apprenticeship to address practical training inadequacies in Nigerian mass communication programs, though paid internships are needed to sustain programming quality. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to explore how campus radio serves as a tool for practical journalism training in Nigeria.

June 18, 2026

Embedding campus radio in journalism and mass communication training in Nigeria: The example of Kanem FM

Key Points

The aim is to explore how campus radio serves as a tool for practical journalism training in Nigeria.
Utilized diffusion of innovation theory to analyze the emergence of campus radio.
Examined Kanem FM's broadcasting content related to various educational programs.
Advocated for the introduction of paid internships for students during holidays.
Campus radio is identified as an essential platform for practical media training, addressing existing inadequacies.
The paper highlights the need for innovative practices to prevent program repetition in broadcasting.
Suggestions for enhanced student engagement through paid internships were emphasized.

Abstract

Abstract There has been an increase in the number of campus radio stations in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The inadequacies and limited practical sessions in the Department of Mass Communication within Nigeria calls for the introduction and establishment of campus radio to serve as platform for student apprenticeship in media training. This paper provides an analogy of the emergence of campus radio and how it has been embedded in journalism and mass communication training in Nigerian universities. The paper relies on the tenets of diffusion of innovation theory to explain campus radio emergence. The paper identifies the various departments and educational programmes broadcast on Kanem FM. The paper also discusses the pedagogical approach to decolonizing campus radio stations in Nigeria. It advocates the need to introduce paid internships during holidays to enable students work extra hours and earn some stipends as done in other climes, so as to address the issue of programmes repetition. Key Words: Campus Radio, Broadcasting, Mass Communication, Journalism, Training. About the Authors *Ibrahim Uba Yusuf is a lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria and a Cotutelle doctoral candidate at the University of Maiduguri and University of Hildesheim, Germany. His research interest include broadcasting, Hausa home videos and media regulation. **Nassir Abba Aji, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mass Communication and Sub-Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria. JCMR Journal of Communication and Media Research, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 2023, pp. 176-183. © Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON). Article Citation Yusuf, I. U. & Aji, N. A. (2023). Embedding campus radio in journalism and mass communication training in Nigeria: The example of Kanem FM. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 15 (2): 176-183. Full Article Words: 5,239 Pages: 8 To access full article, click on download.

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