Veteran journalist Tommy Annan-Forson has been honoured with a special award by Citi FM at the maiden edition of ‘The Eminence’.
The award, according to the Managing Director Samuel Atta-Mensah is to recognize the ace broadcaster for his role in championing the development of many people in the media fraternity, as well as setting and upholding the bar.
The ceremony which was attended by first Lady Samira Bawumia, former MP and media personality Fritz Baffour, Eugenia Techie Menson and a host of other high profiled individuals together with family members and mentees was launched in order to celebrate individuals who have greatly excelled and caused positive changes in their various industries.
Mr. Atta-Mensah also revealed that ‘The Eminence’ will to be held annually to reward various excelling and impact making individuals.
Other industry players such as Kwaku Sintim-Misa who was present at the event expressed sentiments concerning the honouring of Mr. Annan-Forson as one which was timely and deserved commendation.
The programme was used to officially launch the operations of Citi Television by the media house.
Profile of Tommy Annan-Forson
Tommy Annan-Forson fell in love with radio in 1977 when he fell sick and was confined to bed for about 18 weeks. During the period he decided to listen to GBC 2 radio (the only radio station at the time).
With the quest to do radio, he met Jim Amekpofor of GBC who inspired him to take radio as a career.
He started as a guest presenter on a program called ‘Variety Ahoi,’ helping him break his voice on the radio until 1978 when he was appointed as a Program Assistant (PA), giving birth to his broadcast career.
He stayed on at GBC until 1995 when another dream of his was to come true – he was approached by Kwasi Twum of Multimedia Group Limited just on the advent of the privatisation of radio, to join Joy FM as Programmes Director.
On May 1, 1995, he started working at Joy FM and by dint of hard work, made great impact at the station. He stayed on at Joy FM for close to two years before leaving for Sunshine Radio (which was later changed to Choice FM) as General Manager.
He is well known for his deep, soothing voice and immaculate presentation of country music, which has earned him the accolade ‘the King of Country Music’ and a godfather of radio.
Aside from showcasing his abilities on radio, Tommy has also trained many broadcasters through his school, Rabodef Radio Academy which enjoys close collaboration with international broadcast institutions like Deutsche Welle Radio Academy, Radio France International and the American Embassy’s Information Service.
Source: GhanaWeb
