Veteran leading Broadcaster Yaw Sakyi Afari has been nominated as TV Sports Show Host of the Year at the 2016 Radio and Television Personality Awards due to take place On October 22.
Afari made the final shortlist after another stunning year hosting premium basketball television show “Fast Break” on Ghanaian channel TV3.
The ever charismatic and ebullient face of the show has made the show a mainstay on TV3 with a perfect blend of news, discussions and highlights on basketball in Ghana and other parts of the world and interviews with key personalities in the sport including 2015 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Dikembe Mutombo.
Afari has been celebrated as a main player behind basketball’s renaissance in the football dominated West African country. “Fast Break”, which runs from 13:00 GMT to 14:00 GMT on Sundays, has been nominated in the Sports Show of the Year category.
Below is a full list of nominees in the categories mentioned above:
TV Sports Show Host of the Year
1. Yaw Sakyi Afari (Fast Break)-TV3
2. Nathaniel Attoh- Joy Prime TV
3. Patrick Osei Agyemang- Adom TV
4. Sammy Bartels-GH One TV
5. Kwabena Yeboah- GTV
6. Ernest Koranteng- Metro TV
7. Michael Oti-Adjei-TV3
8. Hussein Hassan-Viasat 1 TV
TV Sports Program of the Year
1. Fast Break- TV3
2. Fire for Fire- Adom TV
3. The Game-GH One TV
4. Sports XTRA-Viasat 1 TV
5. Sports Highlights-GTV
6. Joy Sports Today-Joy News TV
7. Sports File-Metro TV
8. The Team-E TV Ghana
