‘Kokooko’ has gone off air for about three months now and just when speculations went viral that the host, Valentina, had been sacked from UTV, she picked up a new job as host of the mid-morning show of Kasapa FM in Accra.
Valentina’s new appointment with the radio station coincided with her sudden absence from the UTV screens and sort of gave a seeming credibility to talks that she had been sacked from the station.
“Afia Schwarzenegger is still part of the UTV family. We have not sacked her and she continues to remain part of us. Her programme, ‘Kokooko’, was taken off air for restricting [sic]. The show is on a temporal hold and would soon be brought back on TV,” a management source told NEWS-ONE.
Valentina, as host of ‘Kokooko’, ruffled the feathers of several notables in society, with some threatening court action while others sued the station. ‘Kokooko’ was a blend of current affairs, political satire and entertainment TV show.
It generated a lot of heat and became very popular.
The host has a ‘love me, hate me’ personality. Though she has a lot of critics, she manages to attract a huge audience to watch the show.
She adopts a daring attitude and speaks her mind on topical issues already in the news and sometimes picks on popular persons who find themselves in the news. Viewers have remained consistent in mounting pressure on UTV to resume airing the show but managers have not yielded to the growing pressure.
Source: Ameyawdebrah.com
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