Last Monday marked the tenth anniversary of the television station TV3, like a tree developing from a seed, the station which begun operation in 1997 has metamorphosed from the seed it was back then with a countable number of staff, to giant tree with its branches spreading allover the country.

In congratulating the station on it's tenth anniversary, your exciting Chronicle entertainment Train will like to take it passengers way back in time when it all begun especially in terms of entertainment.

Remember Acapulco Bay? The telenovela telecasted by TV3 that had its addictive audience carrying their TV sets to other neighborhood where there was electricity, because in 1998 the power rationing was in session.

It was interesting to see family members and viewers rushing home to make it to an episode of this Telenovela, then the concept of Telenovela was new to in the Ghanaian television industry and that is a plus to TV3 for being the brains behind the concept.

When the season for Acapulco Bay was over, the station followed it up with several other interesting and must see telenovelas such as Sunset Beach, The Shadow, The Guilt, Rosalinda, Esmeralda, Timeless, Joana La Virgin, The Promise and several others including recent ones from Asian countries like China and Japan.

The fact that live studio audience programmes was also introduced into Ghanaian television broadcasting by TV3 cannot be denied, the first of such programme was Gold Blast a programme that has the features of modern day Music Music show, then Gold Blast was presented a by a gentleman whose name on the show was 'Michael G', his slogan for the show was 'Awuga' and anytime he screamed the audience responded same.

Indeed the stations documentaries were equal to none during those years, a particular documentary programme they had was the 'Sight and Sound' a documentary series that focused on all aspect of the country from tourism and culture right down to religion.

How can one forget a programme like talking drums, this show simply cut across all areas of entertainment from movies to music and several other topics of interest.

Another plus for TV3 is the eloquence exhibited by most of their presenters, from the past days of Ama Adade to the present day Nana Aba Anamauh, the touch of eloquence is still intact.

In comparing the TV3 of yesterday to today, one must admit the station has improved very well in its news coverage most especially sport segments, but the entertainment programmes still has more room for improvement.

The introduction of reality shows like Mentor, Looking for Love, Ghana's Most Beautiful and recently added ones like Dance Fever, and Last Warrior are good for the image of the station and for its viewers.

First of all is the Mentor show, the median edition of that show took off on a good pace, raw musical talents at the and of that show were molded to be great musicians, then after, the show begun deteriorating from Mentor II and become worse in the third season, to top up the disappointments of the show was last week's arrest of some past winners and runner-ups of the show at the British High Commission for forged documents.

The concept of Mentor is good but the problem is its execution by the organizers and that TV3 must take a second look at, next is the Ghana's Most Beautiful, that also hit the screens not quit long ago.

According to the station the show was to unearth the various cultures of Ghanaians in the various region, hence looks was not the criterion for judgment, ironically the name for the show obviously misled viewers into voting for the most beautiful contestant instead of the culture, and why blame viewers when the show was 'Ghana's Most Beautiful'.

Programmes like Looking for Love, and Dance Fever, the least said about them the better, the point is if it must be done then it must be done well, no appalling presenters in mediocre customs.

If there is any interesting and entertaining show to applaud then Hitz Video is that programme, though it has been off the screens for a while it was one of the programmes that viewers were privileged to see of good quality and audience had the opportunity to request songs and say hi to loved ones, though it was telecasted rather late, it still was a good show.

As TV3 celebrates its tenth anniversary, they must make it a point to remember that holding high their cherished viewers and making their satisfaction a must, is an ultimate priority and not a privilege, but all said and done your Chronicle's entertainment Train driver will want to wish TV3 a very big happy anniversary!