When the rains fell on the Saturday night billed for the Area Codes Jam in the Tema municipality, the station for the young and young at heart were not perturbed by what seemed to be a natural impediment. The next day saw the Y FM event crew rebound Ghana’s industrial hub with what most participants have described as ‘the show that got Tema talking and staying up all night’!
The second edition of the YFM Area Codes Jam pulled an unprecedented crowed from communities one, two, three, four, five, seven, nine, sakumuno, Ashaiman, and other communities to the Chemu park in community seven. Artistes including VIP, Kwaw Kesse, R2Bees, Atumpan, etc. thrilled the crowd with stunning performances that kept the crowd yearning for more. The jam was interlaced with dancing competition, rapping competition, among others.
Y FM’s Events Director Sammy Forson who also doubles as the presenter for the mid morning show noted that ‘we promised our fans and listeners in Tema that we will turn the whole municipality upside down and will bring all activities to a halt with the whole Y FM entertainment crew, and that’s just what we have done! We thank all our listeners and fans for coming out in their numbers for an event specially made for them’.
He added that fans should watch out for the next Area Codes jam and other events lined up for this year.
The YFM Area Codes Jam is a quarterly musical concert organised by Ghana’s urban radio station Y FM for any area that comes tops in a keenly contested competition held for all listeners of the station.
Venue for the event is normally determined by listeners across the city. Listeners are required to text to the short code 1406 on all telecommunication networks indicating their area of choice with acronyms such as DC for Dansoman, TM for Tema, TN for Teshie Nungua and DZ for Dzorwulu etc. The Area Codes Jam is then held at the location that emerges as the top area of choice by listeners through text message votes. The Jam is usually held on a busy street of the winning area.
This edition of the show was sponsored by MTN, Kick Energy Drink, Safina Water and Spendstre Fotostore with support from Tema Municipal Assembly, e-vent security and Karl Augbyn Multimedia
The Y 107.9 FM Area Codes Jam is another innovation by Y FM and it is powered by the Y FM Entertainment team.
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