Meet MzGee of Hitz 103.9fm

This week’s edition of Celebrations with Ebenezer Narh Affum will focus on MzGee of Hitz 103.9fm. In private life, she is called Gloria Akpene Nyarku.

Her father has been the pillar behind her success ever since her mum passed away about 13 years ago. Her dad currently lives abroad with her stepmom. She completed Cape Coast Polytechnic in 2007 with a HND in Marketing and also earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (2010-2012). MzGee also has a Certificate in Basic Banking, Ghana Banking College (2014).

Her elder brother is Virginia Prince of Kapital Radio, Kumasi and she also has a younger sister who works with a real estate company called Crystal City. She has another sister who just gained admission to All Nations University, Koforidua.

MzGee got into radio in 2005 as a student at Cape Coast Polytechnic. Initially, she was invited as a panelist on Eagle FM which is a campus based radio station. Later on, she was taken on as a Co-host for a Late Night Relationship show and was nicknamed ”The Love Doctor”. With the passage of time, she became the host of the lunch time show after her predecessor had graduated.

She worked at the radio station till she graduated in 2007. Even though she was expected to do her National Service at either Eagle or Kiss FM in Takoradi, she rather came to Accra and had her service at CHRAJ.

MzGee looks up to Jessica Opare Sarforo of Citi FM and never misses Brunch in the City and Sister Sister. She also has some love for Anita Erskine style and she is looking forward to being a Wendy Williams of Ghana. She loves Ellen DeGeneres as well and makes time to watch Oprah. MzGee loves Toolz of Nigeria style of interviewing as well.

She participated in the hottest host reality show organized by TV3. She had her first stint in radio at Eagle Fm whiles in her 1st year on campus (Cape Coast Polytechnic) in August 2005.

She presented the “Lunch time rhythms” after noon each day, read LPM’S and garnished product and services to attract patronage. She was also a co-host of “Passion of Love”; a relationship program on which she was named the love doctor by some listeners. She was also part of the news team and conducted interviews and gathered information for the news.

Between January and April 2009, she began working with Hot Digital Radio which was a Ghanaian British station. It had an outlet here in Accra and she hosted the late afternoon with African tunes and gave tit-bits from around Africa to Ghanaians living in the diaspora via internet transmission. Again, between July and October 2009, she Created and hosted the “5th Chapter talk show”; the show was about our fundamental human right as enshrined in the 5th chapter of the 1992 constitution and its implication on our daily routines.

She hosted it once a week on Skyy channel one (1) with persons who were in charge of enforcing the laws and those at the recipients. For about a year, she was a Trainee Reporter at TV3 and she worked in the News Room. She was peered with senior staff for various state assignments and assisted in writing the stories (news) gathering data both visual and audio (sound bite) and other material, editing same for the news.

She covered many stories for the station and within few months, three (3) of her initiative (stories) made headlines. MzGee also presented the Late Lunch show dubbed “One Word” on Pravda Radio. It was a 2-hour gospel talk show with a daily 45 minutes feature on an inspirational story or interview. Before “One Word” , she was the privileged host of “Sunset Africa”; a 3 hour brunch musical show. The content of each day’s show was at her own discretion and the essence of the show was to relax listeners’ whiles they worked.

Between August 2013 and February 2014 at Pravda Radio, she conceived, scripted, presented and co produced ‘Life and Living It’, a social/family life talk program which aired from 7pm to 9 pm every Sunday. The show had a panel of social commentators. She produced Campus on Hitz (at Hitz 103.9fm) which is show targeting students at the tertiary institutions. It airs every Sunday on Hitz 103.9 FM.

Her job was to schedule the topic for discussion for each week, put together the show for the presenter and invite the appropriate panelists. Later in August 2014, she assumed the role of host and with the wealth of production experience; she has been able to move the show to another level where social issues and informed discussions are fine tuned. It has been a success as it is the toast of town in discussions on campus of almost all tertiary institutions in the country.

Between October 2014 and April 2015, she was a News Anchor and a Producer at Oceans TV. She had the sole duty to develop Oceans Television’s news content; conducting of celebrity interviews for the news, covering of entertainment shows, scripting and producing the news thrice a week. She doubled as the presenter for the news and the only on air personality of the television channel.

Between February 2015 and September 2015, she co produced Daybreakhitz which is Hitz FM’s four hour magazine morning entertainment show. She also sits in for the substantive presenter in his absence. The show has five segments and airs every week day. MzGee produces and also hosts Showbiz This Week, an entertainment weekly show on Saturdays. This show though just a year old has become a benchmark and a reference point for many entertainers in the industry. The platform has hosted a league of the high and mighty in the industry and has generated brilliant and very controversial stories.

She produces and presents the entertainment news on Joynews Prime which is a major news bulletin on the Joynews Channel on Multi TV, which Shows across Europe on Mondays- Fridays.

The above is replicated for the Hitz News team. She presents the news on Hitz @11am, 1pm and at 6pm from Monday to Friday.

Other media related activities she has been engaged in include: Announcer, ICGC –Open heavens Temple. (Till Date), GBC, Training School-Cert. Broadcasting (Jun-Aug 11), A major role in the movies “The most beautiful hour (2010) and Friday Night” (2007) a minor in “Divine Love” (2004). Others include Major feature in an advert for “Zwan Luncheon Products” .(2009), A participant of the “Hottest Host” Reality TV show on TV3. (2008) which saw Odelia Ofori TV3 as winner (That platform groomed Comedian Funny Face, Afi Dzakpasu (XFM)), A character in the drama “Healthy Life” for the ministry of health. (2009) and finalist for “Miss Ahenfie” organized by the Royal House Chapel in 2003.