{"id":11421,"date":"2023-01-27T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/?p=11421"},"modified":"2023-01-28T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T14:04:33","slug":"gbc-unveils-portrait-in-honour-of-legendary-sports-commentator-joe-lartey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/gbc-unveils-portrait-in-honour-of-legendary-sports-commentator-joe-lartey\/","title":{"rendered":"GBC unveils portrait in honour of Legendary Sports Commentator Joe Lartey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has unveiled a portrait to honour and celebrate one of its own for his immense contribution to the Corporation and the country at large<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Joe-Lartey.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Joe-Lartey.png 830w, https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Joe-Lartey-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Joe-Lartey-768x909.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Legendary Joe Lartey seated in-front of his portrait\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Born as Joachim Awuley Lartey, otherwise known as&nbsp;\u201cOver To You Joe Lartey\u201d, the renowned Ghanaian Football Commentator and Journalist, who worked with the Corporation was phenomenal to the development of sports in the country. With his iconic voice and descriptive tone of events, sports journalism was redefined through his high level of professionalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legendary and celebrated journalist was the first President of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joachim Awuley Lartey, famously known as&nbsp;\u2018Over To You Joe Lartey\u2019, joined the GBC in 1961 following a recommendation from an old school mate from the Accra Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At GBC he moved from the Talks and Features Unit to the Sports Unit. He later wrote scripts on sports fused with politics. With a career spanning many decades, Mr. Lartey was the Chief Commentator when Ghana first hosted the Africa Cup of Nations in 1963 and was also Commentator at subsequent AFCON tournaments and other competitions across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many years, he was the most recognisable voice in Ghana football\u2019s First Division (later Premier League) until he retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Sports Commentator and host of GBC\u2019s Sports Highlights, Kwabena Yeboah, Mr. Lartey exuded so much energy in his craft. He made history in the fraternity, and it was a rare honour to be associated with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sports-1024x684.png\" alt=\"GBC unveils portrait in honour of Legendary Sports Commentator Joe Lartey\" class=\"wp-image-11419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sports-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sports-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sports-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sports.png 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The artist, Ambassador Prince Hilton, explaining the artwork. Looking on from Left, GBC DG, Professor Amin Alhassan, George Lomotey, Acting Director, Television\/Marketing. Host Kafui Dey (R) of Artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Story by Rachael Kakraba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos: courtesy Paul Nyamador\/GBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has unveiled a portrait to honour and celebrate one of its own for his immense contribution to the Corporation and the country at large Born as Joachim Awuley Lartey, otherwise known as&nbsp;\u201cOver To You Joe Lartey\u201d, the renowned Ghanaian Football Commentator and Journalist, who worked with the Corporation was phenomenal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcvoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}