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In November 2017, the Delta State government commissioned the digital radio and TV studio
of the Delta Broadcasting Service in Asaba. The implication of this is that the analogue
equipment in the station will have to gradually give way to the digital ones. Although the
government of Delta State has not provided sufficient digital broadcast facilities for the
broadcast journalists, it is expected that practicing journalists will become knowledgeable and
key into the new development by learning the use of the digital broadcast equipment, regardless
of the government provisions. Hence, the study interrogated the level of knowledge and
utilization of digital broadcast equipment and also the challenges facing the use of digital
broadcast equipment among broadcast journalists in Delta State Broadcasting Service. Four
major variables, namely, knowledge, utilization, challenges, and solutions, were placed under
scrutiny using the census sampling procedure of a survey to examine 100 respondents spread
across two departments in DBS, Asaba. The study found, amongst many other things, that there
is a high level of knowledge and utilization among journalists in DBS, Asaba, as regards digital
broadcast equipment, while inadequate skilled manpower, funds, training, and equipment were
the major challenges facing the use of digital equipment in the station. The study therefore
recommended that there is a need to intensify training and retraining of digital broadcast
journalists and that the government and well-meaning people of Delta prioritize the funding of
digital equipment at the station.
