Though there is a slight difference in their age, the similarities with these media icons; Frank Edoho and Charles Anazodo will make you wonder if they were twins or siblings.
ALEDEH Team celebrate today, not one but two broadcasters, Frank Edoho and Charles Anazodo, Nigeria’s finest media talents.
A peep into Frank and Charles’ life in their mid forties as media practitioners, shows they remain a reference point in the 21st century media reportage.
Frank Edoho and Charles Anazodo’s Academic Background:
Born in Kano, Frank Edoho is a native of Eket in Akwa Ibom State. Charles Anazodo is from Anambra State. Though both are media gurus, they however obtained their first degrees in Animal Science and English respectively.
Frank Edoho and Charles Anazodo‘s Broadcasting Career:
Frank
In 1999, Frank joined DBN but spent just a year plus before moving to Metro FM 97.6 in the year 2000 where he anchored radio shows like Cruise Control, A.M Lagos, Mellow Master Pieces, Win A Million and Masculine Line.
His four years spent with Metro FM seemed like over a decade going by his versatility and immense contribution to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria owned FM station. He had before his sojourn in Lagos spent time as a student with the Cross River Broadcasting Service. It was while at Metro FM he got the job as the pioneer host of the Nigerian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2004. The show is presently on hiatus.
Frank is also a voice over artist who has performed a number of voice over’s for radio ads and radio jingles for companies like; Vogue Fruit Juice, First City Monument Bank, Unilever Nigeria Plc, International Bank Plc and Elizade Toyota and a host of others.
Charles
Charles joined DBN two years before Frank. He left DBN for Metro FM in the year 2000, where he spent a decade. Charles changed the face and style of sports presentation in Nigeria. He stayed true till date in an industry where many never gave professional touch to sports presentation. It was with Charles many learnt the right ways of pronunciations of sports men and women as well as clubs. While with Metro FM, Charles joined Super Sport in 2008 on a part time basis and has been there till date. Today, he is referred to as Nigeria’s pride in the international broadcast world.
Frank Edoho and Charles Anazodo Love Same Car, Same Club:
While Charles openly supports Enugu Rangers in Nigeria, his love for Chelsea FC of England knows no bound just like Frank Edoho who is a die hard Chelsea fan. Talking about similarities you never knew?
Charles loves rice with stew and Chinese. He is super fascinated with Range Rover and BMW brands. for Frank, its also a Range!
Frank Edoho on the other hand mentioned in an interview that his memorable moments as a compere of the game show “Who wants To Be A Millionaire”, was when Aruoma Ufodike clinched the ultimate prize of 10 million naira.
Both Award Winners:
Frank has won a number of awards including the Youth Ambassador Award by Fly Networks, the Male TV Presenter of the Year by Nigeria Kids Choice Awards and also the Best TV Presenter for the year 2006 at the City People Magazine Awards and a host of others.
Charles has also won a lot of awards in his broadcasting career.
Frank Edoho and Charles Anazodo’s Marital Life:
Frank is married to Sandra Onyenaucheya and the couple is blessed with children.
Charles has been married to his wife, Marian for 13 years, July 19th will make the marriage 14 years and they are blessed with children as well.
Happy birthday to Frank ‘Freaky’ Edoho and Charles ‘The Chaplain’ Anazodo, Nigeria’s finest media talents
……from (ALEDEH Team).
