General Organization of Radio and TV (Syria)
33°30′44.4″N 36°16′32.2″E / 33.512333°N 36.275611°E
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| Type | Broadcast radio, television and online |
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| Availability | National |
| Headquarters | Umayyad Square, Damascus |
| Owner | Government of Syria |
Launch date | 3 February 1947 (radio) 23 July 1960 (television) |
Former names |
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Official website | ortas |
The General Organization of Radio and TV (
The legal basis is a legislative decree from 2010, which, however, was largely not implemented. Sūmar Wassūf became head of the commission in December 2018.
Several television channels and
Services
The General Authority for Radio and Television is the governmental body responsible for radio and television broadcasting in Syria. It is divided into two parts:
Radio
Nationwide radio programs include:
- دمشق, Iḏāʿa Dimašq – Radio Damascus (since 1947)
- صوت الشباب, Ṣaut aš-Šabāb – "voice of youth" (since 2002)
- سوريان, Sūryānā (since 2015)
Former radio station:
- صوت الشعب, Ṣaut aš-Šaʿb – "voice of the people" (1979–2017)
Regional radio programs are (from north to south):
- Radio Sanabel FM, in Al Hasakah
- Radio Aleppo FM, in Aleppo
- Radio Amwaj FM, in Latakia
- Radio Tartus, in Tartus
- Radio Zenobia, in Homs
- Radio Al Karma, in As-Suwayda
The international broadcaster Radio Damascus has existed since 1957. According to the frequency announcements in the program, both FM (VHF) and AM (medium wave) are broadcast.
Television
The
The
ORTAS national and satellite television channels:
- Syria TV (since 1995), also known as Syrian Satellite Channel, distributed through digital terrestrial television (DTT)
- Syrian Local Channel (since 2022), distributed through (DTT)
- Noor Al-Sham (religion; since 2011) – The channel intends "to convey a broad and genuine understanding of Islam and its legal rules", according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).[8]
- Syrian Drama TV (since 2009)[9]
- Syrian Education TV (since 2008)
- Syrian News Channel, also known as Alikhbaria Syria or Al-Ikhbariyah Syria (since 2010), distributed through DTT
- Drama 24, distributed through DTT
- Sports TV, distributed through DTT
- Sakaker Kids TV, distributed through DTT
- Syriana TV Radio and TV
- Ugarit TV (since 2014) – a regional channel from Latakia;[10] Latakia Radio and Television Center was established in 1987 for the hosting of the 1987 Mediterranean Games
Former channels include Syrian Medical TV and Talaqie TV which both closed in 2016; terrestrial channels Channel 2 and Channel 1 (now Syrian local channel) closed down in 2012.
The Syria Insider Weekly program is broadcast in English, French and Spanish.
See also
References
- ^ European Neighborhood Journalism Network (n.d.). "Syria-media profile". European Neighborhood Journalism Network. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "General Organization of Radio and TV - Syria". en.ortas.online. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "EBU Associate Members". ebu.ch. EBU. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ Mariam Ghorbannejad (February 12, 2011). "Broadcast media: Open to new players?". Forward Syria. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1109. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ European Neighborhood Journalism Network (n.d.). "Syria-media profile". European Neighborhood Journalism Network. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "Hotbird Suspends Broadcasting Syrian Satellite Channels.. Journalists' Union condemns Step". SANA. October 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "In Lieu of Worshipping". Syria Today. 6 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "آخر تحديثات" ضبط تردد سوريا دراما لمتابعة المسلسلات الحديثة 2021". www.klma.org. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ S, T. (January 3, 2014). "Ugarit TV, Karameh Radio Begin Broadcasting in Latakia, Sweida". Retrieved 18 November 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Arabic)
- www.rtv.gov.sy (former homepage, archived in 2003)