Hausaland Broadcasting Corporation

Hausaland Broadcasting Corporation (Hausa: Watsa shirye-shirye Kamfanin Hausaland) or known as HBC or WSSKH, is a Hausalish national state-owned public Broadcaster. It was founded in 1953.

Beginning (1953-1962)
In 1953, HBC was founded. 2 TV Networks, HBC and RTH were founded with the first station of Hausaland, QZAM-DT, operating in channel 2 in Dzam, now QDZM-DT Channel 5, in 1955. HBC is the English TV network and RTH (Rediyo Television Hausaland) is the flagship Hausa network.

On July 19, 1954, Hausaland's first radio station was launched as QXFK-FM 94.7 mhZ, in Hausa. The announcement was in Hausa by Gholaam Khan.

The announcement:

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullah!

Kyakkyawan Safiya! Wannan shi ne QXFK-FM 94.7 mita daga Dzam! Muna so mu fara ranar farko a rediyo! Muna fata kuna son tashar! Yanzu sauraron waƙoƙin murnarmu a sabon tasharmu!

English translation:

Greetings!

Good Morning! This is QXFK-FM 94.7 frequency from Dzam! We'd like to start our first day on the radio! We hope you like the station! Now listen to some music at our new station!

Color TV (1962-1965)
Color TV was introduced in Hausaland in June 1962. Full-color broadcasts were started in 1965.

Logo change (1970-1989)
On February 1, 1970, HBC, along with HBC TV and RTH, changed their logos, which is still in use today. The logo looks like, three letters of the station (saying HBC and RTH [FOR RTH ONLY]) in the DK Carambola font and a green stripe in the outer.

HBC Digital TV (1997-2011)
Hausaland introduced Digital TV in 1997. All the Analog TV systems were switched to Digital in 2011.

16:9 Format (2011-2015)
All the HBC and RTH Stations changed its format to 16:9.

Modern-day HBC (2015-present)
HBC became the world's largest broadcasting network in 2015.