Friday 26 February 2010

friday couldnt be any better

top of the morning to you!well we are excited it's FRIDAY and at the same time very sure we will have a great weekend...well as usual the areeeeeeeeeeea show was entertaining and infomative with the traffic report,weather report and........YES sing an area song,really some of the listeners would pass for a grammys,listeners called and text messages were sent...mmmmmmmmmm its was out of this world.
the next segment was..........wait for this ........SUPERMIDE always really showing that superhero power on THE TOP NINE(9)MOMENTS,sharing news about the globe also the stock market and the weather forecast.
Next....we had the revealing and suprisingly entertainment news,you know how we do every FRIDAY,giving the latest gist of what is hot or not.....did you know that hip-hop megastar sean carter popularly know as JAY-Z and the New-York governor under an ongoing investigation,actually from our source it says that jay-z may have done some corrupt dealings with the governor of New-York and the wall str bankers at AIG who decided to pull some scam,where they would secretly grant themselves the exclusive rights to a new Casino in New-York,really beyonce's hubby and the Govenor of New-York are best of frends with both of them hanging out very often,oould that be what really inspired jay-z's new hit single EMPIRE STATE OF MIND featuring alicia keys?.....also superstars like skuki,dipp,zara and designers like strictly waya,Happy Facez and some other exquiste designers and some other musical artists have recently signed up a sickle cell project to be held in March...nigerian singer tuface innocent idibia was recently honoured BY THE hONOURABLE MINISTER OF HEALTH,HONOURABLE Oshotimeyin for his effort in combating Guinea Worm disease....NOW the LAFFMATTAZ hosts Ali Baba this weekend at a prestigeous venue...i hear it's going to be MUSIC,MUSIC,MUSIC....And having the time of his life on one of his singles OMO-OBA is now numero uno on a certain chart sponsored by a telecomms company...CONGRATULATIONS DA PRINCE...
Does the name Cheryl cole ring a bell?ok i will remind you if you have forgotten,she was an ex-judge in x-Factor,a musical reality talent show and a couple of other series,actually she is saying BYE BYE BYE to thrilling chelsea/england footballer Ashley cole who has repeatedly cheated on her,well good for her she's fully focus on her career,good- luck chery.LUCK was really on Lizzie's Maguire when she was saved from the evil guy who tried to ruin her career in the LIZZIE MAGUIRE MOVIE,same is hollywood actress and singer Hilary Duff who is finally engaged to Mike Cowrie,29.she happily accepted and they are now planning a wedding later this year.the 23 year old actress has previously dated Good Charlotte Rocker,Joel Madden...
After years of success and now a failed return to music,Jlo, mother of two has just been dropped from Epic Records.However her manager Benna Medina stated shes been a success but it was time for her to make a change.aint no big deal though,its J-lo and anything can happen.
Do you like to laugh?make it a date with comedy train today somewhere on the island.Sauce kid is busy busy busy as he himself as said,his album is as overdue as an 11 months old preganancy.Well here is the goodnews,with official online leaks of some of his singles,we can only wait with bated breathe for sinzu.afterall sinzu is sinzu.
One mic the event for underground artistes which holds regularly in England finally made its NAYA debut yesterday with atristes like whiz-kid,skales aires and others performing.K.HOUSE,K.HOUSE,K.HOUSE it could only be done by K.HOUSE.a PRODUCTION OUTFIT of the future awards 2010 will have their mixed tape released online.yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
if you enjoyed today please THANK THE LORD and if you did not listen,you are sitting on a long thing.
yours truly Lasisi Shola and Segun Obende

Thursday 25 February 2010

Did today rock?

i will never forget to greet you in the traditional way.....AREA AREA AREA AREA yes ooo that our national anthem and we thank the lord.Top of the morning to you all and hope you had a goodnight rest?for me it was the bomb because chelsea lost,UP MILAN.today started with the AREA show where as usual you,our numerous callers called and gave us the traffic report as well as the weather report and interstingly the best part of the show was the aspect where our callers had to share with us some childhood memories and believe me it was fun.
Let me see......what did i miss as a child?ok how many of you have ever heard of KOSO?thats exactly what i miss about my childhood.Is Shola missing anything?well maybe his video games and remote control cars,Tosin well i dont know.Do you know how many things i actually remembered from back in the days as a result of the calls we received?a lot and i will actually take you through a few
SUWE,TEN TEN,HIDE AND SEEK,TINKO,THE RUBBER GAME,POLICE AND THIEF and a whole lot of other fun games.Do you remember playing soccer in the rain?rolling tyres in the rain?what about the game called table soccer?Yes i see you smiling because alot if you did play table soccer abi?dont answer me because i already know the answer.
SUPERMIDE went doing what she knows how to do best if shes not in the studio,SAVING LIVES(dont be jealous you are not a super hero)so our top nin e(9)moments was handled by no other person that non super hero TOSYN and IT WAS entertai ing as well as educating which is the secret behind the moment.
If you didnt call to tell as well as sing your story,you know what i say now,you are sitting on a long thing.it was a rather moody session because most people just wanted top sing about heartbreaks and cheating spouses but we livened it up with good music and encouragments so it wasnt a bad day at all.WE THANK THE LORD.how many of you are looking foward to tomorrows show?i am and i dont know about you but let me leaave you with these few words to ponder on'the best way to start your day is with a smile'how do you get that smile?TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR and as always if you missed out of todays and you are planning on missing out of tomorrows,you will never leave that spot.did i hear you ask what spot?LOOOOOOOONG THING.
yours truly Segun Obende.

Wednesday 24 February 2010

marathon Wednesday

As you already know without being told that wednesdays are usually days to look out for because they simply stand out.Lets do this for starters or people that are not familiar with the show,its AREA AREA AREA AREA!!!!!! Yeah!thats our early morning anthem like 'ARISE O COMPATRIOTS',you all know what you do on wednesdays now no need to tell again.....ok i will tell,its request wednesday when our esteemed callers dont only give us the traffic reports of their areas but are opportuned to hear any song of their choice that is you give us the traffic and weather report of your area and we in return give you your choice song.
We can never forget our top nine(9)moments with supermide.This is a mment when we are put through the top nine(9)newsaing the headlines and if memory serves me right i thing the major topic of discussion was the return of our President.to be frank i dont know maybe i should conclude or still hang on to it as a rumour but whatever they said he's back.
It was also a day when we had guests in the studio and without being told i can bet you all want to know who graced the day,SAMKLEF and BRACE ever heard of them?SAMKLEF is the man behind HE DON BETTER ever heard that song?if you say know,then you are on a long thing and if you have,you are a strong thing.They took us through their journey so far in the industry and we got to find out that Samklef wasnt only a musician but a producer,he actually produced our song of the week by VECTOR and track titled KILODE.BRACE on the other hand falls into the language speaking artiste and i know you will be saying'we have too many of them already'but i have a speech like MLK junior had a dream and my speech says........LOOK OUT FOR THIS GUYS,they are simply hot.
then the moment that stole the day when you had 15 seconds to tell us about yourself and the calls kept coming,lets listen to some of the comments
Segun says:i am segun for all information check my profile on face book SEGUN TT,Oyindamola says:My name is Oyindamola i am an intern in top radio and when i am not working i think and write and Shola says:i am shola an intern in top radio who loves being creative,you wont believe some sang their way into 15 seconds but believe me when i say you could know alot about someone in less than 15 seconds.
I will never forget DJ DON GQ who was on the wheels of steel doing what he knows how to do best,dishing out unending jamz to make it memorable time in the studio.after all said and done it was time to go and we all couldnt believe it was time up for us because the show to us was just begining and yours truly Tosyn signed out with her own 15 seconds and you want to know how?ok i am Tosyn bucknor and i am signing out DJ GQ top of the morning pop champaigne and the song played sraight into the waiting ears of our listeners and we called it a WRAP.For those of you that missed out of todays show you know what i tell you but before i do,go pop champaigne and sip on it while you are sitted on a long thing.
Yours truly Segun Obende

Friday 19 February 2010

Fun Fearless Proposal(?) Friday!!!

TOP OF THE MORNING ON TOP RADIO 90.9(19-02-2010).
The weekend is here again & of course the Friday edition of top of the morning starts off with the usual AREA Show where listeners call in & send text messages informing other listeners of the traffic situation in their AREA & also giving us weather report of their AREA. It was fun as usual with soothing music & there were a whole lot of responses from different locations in Lagos & environs. Then the Area show paved way 4 another segment which was a mixture of a week review & the shout out segment where callers have to call in & shout out for real, text messages were not left out but they had to be creative to be read out, believe me callers were really shouting out to friends, family members & off course loved ones which was really fun.
And now for the part I enjoy the most on the show on Fridays is always the entertainment segment where we get to know what’s happening in the entertainment scene both home & abroad & we had a guest in the studio to help out with the entertainment gist unknowing to her that she was in for a big surprise.The surprise popped up when a random call came into the studio & it was a guy proposing to his girl friend who happened to be in the studio & he popped the question (will you marry me? ),then he walked into the studio still making the call,then his girl friend flipped out in amazement & in great shock at what her boyfriend just did & the whole station was in awe of what just happened with congratulatory messages coming from everybody around.
The show had to go on after the surprise package with the entertainment segment and Beyonce’s father was in the news; the latest gist about him being that he now has to pay child support for the child he fathered with another lady while still married to Beyonce’s mum. Ha!
Lady Gaga was also mentioned as being the big winner at the Brits Awards which held on Tuesday! She won three awards, including International Female Act. The Brits is in its thirtieth season and Oasis was honoured- Best Album in thirty ywars. Apparently, the Spice Girls won Best Peformance in thirty years!
And congratulations to KEL!
Now only will she look good fashion wise, but also cos of her hair!
Yes o, KEL and GBEMI OLATERU-OLAGBEGI were recently unveiled as Brand Ambassadors for Soul Touch Hair products!
Yes o!
The show wrapped with ‘Ijinle Pampam’ a song by the Knighthouse crew featuring eLDee, Kel YQ and Othello!
So guys, let’s do this again next week, abi?
WRITTEN BY
Hojay Izirein
Tosyn Bucknor


to read more abt the proposal, pls check
http://speechgirlbucknor.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-not-febrauary-till-somebody.html

Wednesday 17 February 2010

It was an interesting day

AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA ARAEA,you get me doing this only when i it rocked extra.ordinarily in the studio.you wont believe what happened today,are you guessing?ok i will help you,tosyn was the bomb with the early morning traffic and weather report which i believe you already know what happens.incase you have forgotten,i will remind you.that is when our beloved listeners call in to give us the traffic report of where they are and we in return give to them their choice songs.I have a little EXPO for you all.......hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!guess who stopped by briefly at the studio this morning?BABA LOKE TURN ME AROUND OOOOO,Yes yours truly Kenny St Brown popularly called KSB and she left with us her cd to feel,so please if you havnt got one GRAB YOUR COPY NOW.Top nine(9)moments with Supermide was also an exciting as well as educating moment even though it was a Manchester United affair,we got educated by the top nine news making the headlines.thanks SUPERMIDE.You know it is said that we should always save the best for the last,that we did today as we had a guest stop by TOSIN JEGEDE was in the house.yes the one you think i am talking about.hello TOSIN JEGEDE child star back in the 80's,the PARENTS LISTEN TO YOUR CHILDREN inventor,the ambassador fo children development,what else?at least you now know who i have been talking about.she let us into her world by putting us through to what she has been up to,present projects she's workling on and of course sang some lines from her then hit songs.for more information you could visit the Tosin Jegede foundation on facebook at least to be a part of the charity events she's putting together.it was more of a no holds bar session because she answered questions concerning what she has been up to,where she has been and for those of you that missed out FYI she is still very much single.kibati stopped by for the sports news and we called it a wrap.i will leave you with my usual words........... if you missed out of today's top of the morning,you shall forever be sitted on a long thing.till tomorrow it's yours truly
Segun Obende

MONDAY......................

Monday, February 15, 2010
first day of the week

Its the first working day of the week and of course you are waiting for me to make my early morning shout..........yes AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA ..are you tired of reading it?dont be because i have ust started.ok valentine has come and gone and i hope you all had the best of it?before i go further i will like to once again congratulate Mr and Mrs Ademola,rumours got to us that you had a swell time up at kingsize yesterday anyway that was the idea to make sure you had the closest to the best of days and it was also interesting to know or find out that you made it up with your husband..so in the spirit of valentine still in the mood of love todays top of the morning came as a filled pack and i believe you have an idea of what i am talking about.so it started the way it normally does with our callers giving us the traffic report from their various places and telling us how they spent their vals.i am going to start up by telling you how i spent mine..........had plans of hanging out with my ex we had everything planned and here i am looking all dressed up to make it a good date and i sat all day long waiting vfor her to show up but she never did.
dont you even try feel sorry for me cos it will make no difference.you wont believe the distance i had to cover on foot to make it to the studio,but in all I THANK THE LORD.tosyn came upp with this question ;which is better to have loved and lost or not to love at all?are you seeking my opinion on that?dont worry readers once beaten always shy.top of the nine(9)moments by supermide and we had uche and OJ in the studio giving us their support.basically today ws like every other day in the studio from AREA to top nine(9) moments and the call in segment,it ws just a fun filled time out.you know what they say that when you having an interesting time outTIME FLIES.look nfoward to having a better time out tomorrow and like i always say if you missed out of todays top of the morning,you will forever remain on a long thing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yours truly OBENDE SEGUN

A rather tiring day.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
did today rock?

Did today rock? i am having to start with this question because i dont know if it did.was a little down this morning with a headache so i really couldnt be up and doing,but as usual top of the morning rocks all the time thats because it starts with AREA and others follow.What was the highlight of today?ok i will tell you,how many of you remember DR LEE's chinese interpretation of AREA?dont tell me you missed out of that toooo because i truly will not forgive you.
Anyway we had our traffic report from our truluy dedicated callers who helped us with the traffic report of where evere they were and SUPERMIDE gave us the top nine(9) moments,at least we now know the acting president of the country Goodluck Jonathan has kicked against the congratulatory messages he has been getting from the media on his conferement as acting president and in the same vane stopped people from paying him visits in Abuja.thanks to Supermide I wouldnt have known.there was the launch of a new programme today VALENTINE FLAVA with Matilda and Okechukwu and as a result saw to the early closing of the top o the morning crew.we were also entertained with some sports news by tosyn.i am looking foward to tomorrow because we definitly will be having a guest up in the studio with us and who he/she is................i truthfully do not know but know this that i am equally excited and anxious to know who this person will be.while i take my leave from the studio i want to wish Manchester United good luck in their clash against Ac Milan later today.....with these few words i hope i have been able to carry you along.any quote for the day?nope SUPERMIDE has already done that.
its forever yours truly SEGUN OBENDE

today at the studio

today in the studio

What are you expecting me to do?shout?ok i would AREA AREA AREA.....that's our way of saying goodmorning.how did it go today?well it was a rather cold day in the studio had our callers helping us out with the traffic reports and at the same time singing their way into a prize for the season.The top nine(9)moments by supermide came next with her educating us on the top nine(9)headlines making the rounds and of course TOSYN handling the entertainment segment of the show which actually led to us rounding off the day.It's that time of the year when you are to share love with your friends,family and loved ones.incase you missed out of the places to be at over the weekend here is a little help.......KINGSIZE,CHILL and RELAX IN BAMBUDHHA,VALENTINE AT LAFENWA and a whole lot of fun to be places.These are our final words for you today.....keep the love strong and put a smile on someones face,till next week pips its Goodspeed and God blessssss..
yours truly
SEGUN OBENDE

Thursday 11 February 2010

This Valentine...

Hi all!

Its Thursday, and no, it is not too late to get those gifts!
If you haven’t got something yet, please check www.freshlydirectstore.com. They have exotic fruit baskets as hampers that your loved ones would love to get! Imagine- love and health going hand in hand!

Yes oh, whether or not you ‘believe’ in it, Valentine’s Day is here and it falls on a Sunday as you can imagine, it is the Weekend of Love!
Wondering what to do?

SINGLES SUMMIT
Covenant Christian Centre presents the Singles Summit, with performances by Lami and more! So, hmmn... get renewed, entertained and start valentine’s day early?
Sign us up!

FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC
Yes o! It has to be FOR the LOVE of MUSIC if the cutest guys in Nigeria are performing on the same stage! Usual suspects- Banky W, Sauce Kid, Naeto C, the Guitar Boy- GT, the love songs gurus- Tosin Martins and Timi Dakolo, and singer-producer with the highlife magic touch- J Martins!
The only female in the mix, is also the First Lady- Sasha.
That’s on Saturday on the Island!

TOUCH A LIFE
Abuja peeps! Spend your val’s day giving back and TOUCHing A LIFE at CITY PARK!
Spare two hours of your time and bring gifts for children aged between three months and three years so they can be taken to orphanages!

JAIYE LIVE AT THE GROTTO
Jaiye is a talented instrumentalist and artiste, and would go see him on Saturday if only to catch a glimpse of his opening act- Ify Otuya!

SWE BAR
As always, your favourite swanky bar will have a treat for her customers this Sunday. Count on a romantic ambience, champagne, music, and more drinks!

PRIME CHINESE
Chinese food at its most interesting on the island? Prime Chinese on Bishop Aboyade Cole it is!
And on Sunday, count on a special buffet for families in the afternoon, and for lovers in the evening!

KINGPIN
Kingpin is in Ikeja and they also have a valentine buffet on Sunday!
For N5500, guests will enjoy barbecues, drinks, and a bottle of red wine to take home!

CHILL AND RELAX
Chill and Relax with the Proles at BAMBUDHHA on Sunday, between 4 and 7pm!
Its an evening of spoken word, poetry, comedy and good music!
We hear CON.tra.diction will perform!


VALENTINE AT LAFENWA
Date:
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Time:
12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
LAFENWA MOTOR PARK, LAFENWA, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE.
Description
THIS IS A DAY THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE TO CARE FOR THE NEEDY AMONGST US. WE WILL BE SERVING FOOD TO PEOPLE AND GIVING OUT CLOTHES. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS, WRITE ON THE WALL WHAT YOU WILL LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE OR YOU CAN JUST JOIN US AT THE VENUE TO SHOW LOVE TO ANOTHER DURING THIS SEASON. SEE YOU THERE AND GOD BLESS.


Yes o!
But remember, the season of love starts with GOD"

I dont know... but Thursday rocked!

AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA cant stop singing it because if you are not a part of it, you are still sitting on a long thing. let me see........OK today happened to be NOLSTAGIC Thursday and you won’t believe how interesting it was listening to some oldies(I mean jamz from the past).as you all know we have our every day callers doing what they know how to do best. You will also be surprised to hear what frightened people when they were young. YES it’s time for me to give a proverb in my language odituokoro ooo yuoyo tuoyo(it has no translation) another interesting part of the day was when our callers called and told us a proverb in their dialect and translated it in English. That really was interesting as well as educating. Can you sing? or can you tell a story? did you just say YES? I am sorry because you can’t. You needed to hear the likes of Mrs Ademola and Tolu tell their story as well as sing their story, it couldn’t have been any better. Since it’s the season of love the Top of The Morning crew decided to give out gifts for vals.DELE ADENUSI won himself a ticket for two(2) in KINGSIZE on vals day were they will be treated to a variety of barbeque and drinks to go with it. They will also be given a bottle of red wine as a departing gift. Mrs ADEMOLA also got herself a ticket to KINGSIZE while TOLU won herself a facial, so you see it was as fun packed as always. It was TOSYN BUCKNOR, OYINDAMOLA aka P.A, FATIMA and yours truly SEGUN aka Mr SLEEP doing what they know how to do best.......keeping you entertained as well as rewarding you. I know some of you can’t wait till tomorrow. Now listen if you miss out on tomorrows edition,you will forever be on a LONG THING
SEGUN OBENDE...

Wednesday 10 February 2010

today in the studio

As usual the day began with the popular AREA that leaves people calling in and giving us the traffic reports of wherever they are. since it was request Wednesday they had the opportunity to have their choice songs played.BEZ was in the house dishing out to the delight of his fans two of his songs as well as co anchoring with Tosyn Bucknor.GT the guitar man was also in the studio to answer some questions as well as spice the day/show up. Oh my God how will I forget the prize winners from yesterday? Yes MITCHELLE and IBUKUN came by to spend time at the studio as one of the incentives that came with winning. NAETO C as much as we looked forward to hanging out with him couldn’t make it due to Lagos traffic but it’s ok will reschedule that for another day.DJ GQ made it an interesting day with good music to liven up the moments. The show rounded up with our winners from yesterday making their shout outs and it was a wrap.

segun obende

Monday 1 February 2010

Top of the Morning (welcome back edition) Today’s edition of ‘Area’ was the welcome back edition, where listeners had the opportunity of talking about their weekend. It also featured the usual traffic and weather report. Amu Francis was the first caller on the show.

During the show, information about activities which took place during the weekend was given. The weekend was packed with activities ranging from football and the Grammy awards.

For sport, the ban on the Togo team by CAF was reviewed and listeners expressed their opinion through phone calls, text messages, facebook and twitter.
For the Grammys, award receivers included Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson, whose children received it on his behalf.

After the area show, listeners were given the opportunity to give acceptance speeches if they were to win an award.

The top nine moments which was read by Aramide Paul Taiwo at past nine featured stories on health, technology, entertainment and sports.

After the top nine moments, the song of the week was introduced which was Taylor swift’s ‘you are not sorry’.

The top question for today was ‘What do you think about Nigerian artistes organising beneficial concert for Jos like they are doing for Haiti?’.Most viewers said that the crises in Jos was as a result of religion but Haiti was a natural disaster. The show ended with Jason Derulo’s ‘watcha ya say’.