Radio and Television of Gandhara

Radio and Television of Gandhara

Type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Mass media
Genre	Public broadcasting service
Founded	14 May 1959
Founder	Government of Gandhara
Headquarters	Rhea, Gandhara
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Ramzi al-Qassem (Director-General)
Services	Television Radio Online
Owner	Government of Gandhara
Affiliation	OBU

Radio and Television of Gandhara (Arabic: ‎الإذاعة و التلفزيون من غانذارا, abbreviated RTG), is Gandhara's radio and television public broadcasting company, owned by the Gandhari government. It is a member of the Outernatian Broadcasting Union.

The network is based in Rhea. Since its foundation, it has a statutory obligation to make news, entertainment and sports programmes, as well as documentaries for the public television channels and the public radio services.

History

Television was introduced in Gandhara in 1950, when TVG (Television Gandhara) was established in Rhea as a privately owned and commercially-operated monopoly. Farid Habib, one of Gandhara's major industrialists, was the founder of the first television station.

TVG was merged with Radio Rhea in 1955, forming National Gandhari Radio and Television (NGRT). Following the Gandhari Revolution, NGRT was nationalised and renamed Radio and Television of Gandhara. RTG was launched on 14 May 1959, and broadcasted a couple of hours per day in Arabic.

RTG operated the television channel Shabaka (literally meaning "Channel" in Arabic). The channel was renamed Shabaka Wāḥid (Channel One) in 1966, when the second television channel, Shabaka Ithnān (Channel Two), was introduced. Full colour programming began in 1974, although the 1972 Summer Olympics had been broadcast in colour.

In 1979, RTG launched Baloch TV, the first local television channel, followed in 1981 by Zhyan TV for Kurdish speaking inhabitants of northern Gandhara. Today, RTG operates 30 local channels, one for each governorate of Gandhara.

Television channels

National

RTG operates five domestic television channels.

Logo	Channel	Type of programming
	Shabaka Wāḥid (شبكة واحِد)	The flagship television channel of RTG, and the most watched television channel in the country. The channel has a wide range of programming such as children's shows, dramas, major Gandhari movies, and talk shows. The channel also has the most watched Gandhari news broadcast, and televises the Friday prayers.
	Shabaka Ithnān (شبكة إثْنان)	Introduced in 1966, in order to become a complement to Shabaka Wāḥid. The channel has programming similar to Shabaka Wāḥid, consisting of mini-series, comedies, movies, children's shows, talk shows, and news broadcasts.
	Shabaka Thalāthah (شبكة ثَلاثة)	Launched on 6 November 1988. The channel is known as the youth channel, due to the programming that appeals to young adults. The channel broadcasts major Gandhari sport events, mini-series, comedies, and subtitled foreign movies.
	Canal Cuatro	The television channel for the Spanish speaking community. The channel started broadcasting on 10 May 1992, and is also available in Lettuce. The channel has a wide variety in programming in the Spanish and Lettucian language.
	Kanal Beş	Special channel aimed at the Turkic speaking community. The channel was launched on 31 January 1997, and broadcasts in the Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish, Turkmen, and Uzbek languages.

International

Logo	Channel	Type of programming
	RTG World	International English language channel, launched on 26 December 2005. Presents around-the-clock news bulletins, documentaries, talk shows, and debates, as well as sports news and cultural programmes about Gandhara.

Radio channels

The RTG Radio division of RTG operates five domestic radio channels.

Logo	Channel	Type of programming
	RTG Radio 1 (إذاعة راديو ١)	RTG's generalist radio station. Its programming includes news, current affairs, debates, arts, history, science, books, and religion.
	RTG Radio 2 (إذاعة راديو ٢)	Channel with adult oriented entertainment, traditional Arabic music, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts, and music documentaries.
	RTG Radio 3 (إذاعة راديو ٣)	The youth channel with contemporary pop and rock music, news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts, and music documentaries.
	RTG Radio Lettuce	RTG's Lettucian and Spanish language channel with a wide range of programming, such as news bulletins, sports and talk programmes, drama, books, science, and different genres of music. Also available in Lettuce.
	RTG Radyo 5	Channel for the Turkic speaking community. Broadcasts in the Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish, Turkmen, and Uzbek languages.

Internet

RTG offers an online portal at rtg.ga. The website is managed by RTG's Interactive Media department and allows users to listen and watch live feeds of the network's radio and television stations. The website uses GeoIP technology, making it possible to display advertisements on the site when viewed outside Gandhara. The Homepage of the portal features a modular layout. Users can customise their homepage and choose which modules, and which information, is displayed on it. The Homepage links to blogs, news stories, live feeds, programme pages, and other micro-sites. As part of the site, every radio and television programme has its own page, with big programmes having their own micro-site.