{"id":124970,"date":"2025-11-10T02:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/124970\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T02:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:14:19","slug":"citi-fm-21-2011-was-a-big-blow-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/124970\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM @21: \u201c2011 was a big blow to us\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you think of Citi FM, Ghana\u2019s award-winning English radio station, it\u2019s easy to see the success the polished broadcasts, the confident voices, and the shows that dominate the airwaves. But behind that excellence lies a story of resilience, tough choices, and unwavering belief.<\/p>\n

In a heartfelt recount, Bernard Koku Avle, General Manager of Citi FM and Channel One TV, reflects on one of the station\u2019s most challenging seasons: 2011, a year he says tested the team\u2019s strength and resolve.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you enter a market that\u2019s already decided what it wants, sometimes you can be seen as a nuisance. The market wasn\u2019t very welcoming. It was a difficult moment. In 2011, we lost about half of our newsroom staff to a new station offering nearly three times what Citi was paying some even got cars. It wasn\u2019t gradual; it happened all at once,\u201d he recalled on The Upside Down Show on Sunday, November 9.<\/p>\n

Bernard, one of Citi FM\u2019s founding voices since the early 2000s, has become a household name admired for his thoughtful interviews, calm delivery, and strong advocacy for ethical journalism. His reflections serve as a powerful reminder that Citi\u2019s story wasn\u2019t built overnight but through years of persistence, purpose, and faith.<\/p>\n

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And that persistence continues to pay off. Just on Saturday, November 8, at the 29th GJA\/KGL Media Awards, Citi FM was once again crowned Best English Radio Station in Ghana a fitting testament to two decades of excellence built on grit, teamwork, and vision.<\/p>\n

For Bernard, Citi FM\u2019s story isn\u2019t just about radio it\u2019s about resilience, believing in people, and standing firm when the odds seem stacked against you.<\/p>\n

Below is the full video of the Hard and easy times\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you think of Citi FM, Ghana\u2019s award-winning English radio station, it\u2019s easy to see the success the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-124970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}