SECTOR 2 Newspaper Circulation (Copies) Daily Graphic 100 000 Ghanaian Times 80 000 Ghanaian Chronicle 45 000 Daily Guide 22 000 Daily Democrat 5 000 Daily Dispatch 5 000 New Crusading Guide 5 000 Daily Post 5 000 Daily Searchlight 1 500 Radio Radio is the most widely accessed and the most popular media format in Ghana, with close to 90 percent of the population1 having regular access to this medium. Ghanaians are able to listen in from their mobile phones, or from radio sets. Very few radio stations provide their own news, and most simply “cannibalise” news from newspaper sources. Panellists noted that there are newspapers that are published solely for broadcast on radio. A newspaper publisher will publish a paper with a relatively small print run, and distribute that newspaper to radio stations, which in turn will carry some of those stories in their reportage. The panelists explained that this happened because people may not afford a newspaper. The state-owned Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) runs two national radio stations (Radio 1 and Radio 2). Radio 1 is in English and Ghanaian vernaculars, and Radio 2 is a commercial service. The state broadcaster also runs other local services in the different regions, including Accra’s Uniiq FM. There are 257 licensed FM stations in Ghana. Popular stations include GBC’s stations, and the privately owned stations: Peace FM, Adom FM, Joy FM, Choice FM, Space FM, Gold FM and Happy FM. Television Ghana has 28 listed individual television stations. The state run GBC operates Ghana TV (GTV), and has 4 digital channels, including GBC24 and GBC Life. The Multimedia Group is a single station with about 10 channels, including Joy TV, Adom TV and Joy News. Mobile According to the most recent data from the National Communications Authority, there are more than 27 million mobile phone subscribers in Ghana, with MTN and Vodafone taking the biggest share in terms of subscriptions. This figure would 1 The World Bank reports that in 2012, Ghana’s population stood at 25.37 million people. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER GHANA 2013 29