PROBLEMS CONFRONTING GOVERNMENT OWNED MEDIA IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

The study aimed at identifying the problems confronting government owned media; A case study of Rivers Broadcasting corporation. This was necessitated by the current trend or poor performance in the government owned media. To identify these difficulties, two main sources of data were applied. The person-to-person survey was conducted for the administration of questionnaire. The person-to-person survey or interview was used to obtain verbal information while the questionnaires were used to obtain written responses. The findings of the study conforms to the problems of government owned media which are economically, politically, managerially and technological factors, which poses the difficulties experienced in government owned media. This study in view of the findings, recommended that government should strive harder to disassociate itself from the day to day running of the media, they should also fund the media adequately and regularly monitor the activities of management.