Stan Xoese Dogbe owner of WoezorTV and the Deputy Chief of Staff in Charge of Operations at the Office of the President has boldly stated, those crying about WoezorTV cannot deny that all other stations broadcast live from the Presidency.
Some Ghanaians in the last couple of days have raised concerns over what they label as the takeover of the state broadcaster’s role by Woezor TV.
Stan Dogbe has, in a Facebook post revealed that no Media House reporting from the presidency, including the state-owned GTV, has been stopped from taking live feed from the Office of the President.
Stan Dogbe wrote, “The people ‘crying’ about WoezorTV broadcasting live from the Presidency cannot deny that all other stations do too. They cannot deny the exceptional collaboration between WoezorTV, Silicon House and GTV that brought Ghanaians and the world the best-ever coverage of a presidential inauguration ceremony. They did not value that? They did.
Should it be wrong for GTV to pick a live feed from WoezorTV from say, Aflao, Tumu, Munich or Addis Ababa? Absolutely no. That is the kind of collaboration that should exist between the networks. If it is not wrong for WoezorTV to pick GTV or TV3 feed, or for TV XYZ or GhOneTV or UTV to pick WoezorTV or GTV feed, why can’t GTV bring news and information to its viewers from another source?”, he added.
Stan Xoese Dogbe added it does not even make sense that WoezorTV will take over the status of GTV.
His post added, “So, why are they making the noise about WoezorTV taking over GTV or GBC as the state media? This is so that WoezorTV, which is not available on DTT either, would not lead the communication agenda of the Mahama administration”.
“Does it even make sense that WoezorTV will take over the status of GTV? Under John Mahama, GTV and Radio Ghana have more access to the President and the Presidency than under any other administration”.
“Today, GTV broadcasts live from the presidency, including all events of the president, just like JoyNews, TV3, Channel One TV, WoezorTV, GhOneTV, etc. Do you know why? Because WoezorTV opened the way for live broadcasts and live streams, the competition has become healthy and beneficial to the Mahama brand”.
“GTV also goes live with outdoor events of the presidency at a scale never seen in Ghana before, and that is because the presidency has created that convenient platform for them and other networks”, he added.
Stan Dogbe asserted that there is nothing about the noise as TV3 or JoyNews pick from WoezorTV when they are not live themselves Or WoezorTV picking from them and GTV when they are not there.
Meanwhile, Manasseh Azure has also stated he sees no problem if Woezor TV, like GTV, TV3 or JoyNews, has access to a live feed and decides to stream live instead of making news out of events at the presidency.
He wrote, “If GTV, JoyNews and others have unfettered access just like Woezor TV, then there’s nothing to worry about. If they choose to record and play national events or events at the presidency, and Woezor decides to stream live, there’s no problem.
It would be worrisome if others were denied access to live broadcasts of presidential events and Woezor is given access because of its owner’s influence.
From what I know, programming, advertising and other commercial interests would not allow many TV stations to carry events live even if they have access. If Woezor has the space to do that, I see nothing wrong with it. A problem would only arise if access is rigged in favour of Woezor TV”, his statement added.
See his post below:
