Pidgin English usage and meaning placement in select pidgin English program on radio “Dem Say Dem Say” on Wazobia FM

Abstract

The research closes the gap between the audience and presenters of wazobia dem say dem say radio program and creates relationship between the public and broadcasters. Relying on the survey design and a 10-item structured questionnaire, which focused on how often they listen to Pidgin English programs on radio, and distributed purposively to 400 respondents, the study assesses meaning presenter of the program “dem say dem say” on wazobia FM tries to pass across to listeners of the program. The questionnaire was structured using Likert scale. The data gathered was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings show that number of respondents that listen to PE program on wazobia “dem say dem say”, and have correlation of words they hear with that of the presenters was sixtytwo percent and it shows that those who do not have correlation of words with the presenter are less in number. Interestingly is that some language use could be effective in communication despite not being structured as grammarians would suggest.