RTA Herat

RTA Herat
CountryAfghanistan
Broadcast areaHerat
HeadquartersHerat
Programming
Picture format720p HDTV
Ownership
OwnerRadio Television Afghanistan
Sister channelsRTA Sport
RTA News
RTA Education
History
LaunchedFebruary 1985
Links
Webcastrta.af/live
Websiterta.af

RTA Herat is a relay station of Afghanistan National Television. The station broadcasts in Herat Province in wesstern Afghanistan.

History

The station was commissioned in 1983,[1] beginning its broadcasts in February 1985.[2] The station was taken off the air in 1996 by the order of the Taliban.[3] From the beginning, it operated on VHF channel 7.[4]

The station returned to the air on November 29, 2001, alongside all stations shut down in 1996 except Badakhshan. The Herat station restarted in a precarious manner, broadcasting for no less than three hours a day. The first news report was about the first local elections in 30 years, won by a former diplomat and Taliban representative.[3] A few weeks later on January 14, 2002, the station received a technical boost from Iranian technicians, who in addition allowed the cross-border rebroadcast of three over-the-air IRIB networks.[5]

On May 15, 2008, a journalist working at the station, Nilofer Habibi, was attacked.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Foreign Report, 1985
  2. ^ S. M. Y. Elmi (1988). "Afghanistan: A Decade of Sovietisation". Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Bombardeio intenso sobre Kandahar". Jornal Nacional (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 November 2001. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. ^ 2005 World Radio and Television Handbook, page 633
  5. ^ "Iran Report: January 21, 2002". Radio Liberty. 21 January 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Female Journalist beaten up in western Herat". RAWA News. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  7. ^ "IFJ Demands Protection and Legal Representation for Afghanistan Journalists". International Federation of Journalists. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2024.