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| Type | Broadcast national television network |
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| Availability | National; international (viaMRT Sat andRadio Macedonia) |
| Founded | 28 December 1944; 80 years ago (28 December 1944) byASNOM |
| Owner | North Macedonia |
Launch date | 28 December 1944; 80 years ago (28 December 1944) |
| Callsigns | MKRTV |
Formeraffiliations | Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) (1945–1991) |
Official website | https://mrt.com.mk/ |
Macedonian Radio Television (Macedonian:Македонска радио-телевизија,romanized: Makedonska radio-televizija), orMRT (МРТ) for short, is thepublic broadcasting organisation ofNorth Macedonia. It was founded in 1993 by theMacedonian Assembly.
Its legally defined service is the production and broadcasting ofradio andtelevision programmes of all genres, which should satisfy the public information, cultural, educational and recreational needs of the people of North Macedonia.
MRT is directed byMarijan Cvetkovski.[1] MRT has 1,200 employees.
Radio in Vardar Macedonia began in 1941, when Skopje was administrative capital ofVardar Banovina inKingdom of Yugoslavia. On 27 January 1941Radio Skoplje (Радио Скопље) started broadcasting in Serbian and retransmitting some programs fromRadio Belgrade. On 20 April 1941 Radio Skopje was relaunched underBulgarian control asRadio Skopie (Радио Скопие), retransmitting some programs fromRadio Sofia.
Broadcasting inMacedonian began on 28 December 1944 asRadio Skopje (Радио Скопје) with the live transmission of the Second Session ofASNOM. TV Skopje started operation in 1964. In 1978 its first programme was renamed TVS 1.
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Since 1991 Macedonian Radio and Television is an independent radio and television broadcaster. In January 1993, MRT was admitted as a full active member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union. MRT uses the acronym: MKRTV. With the enactment of the new broadcasting law on 24 April 1997, Macedonian Radio and Television was split into two parts: Macedonian radio-diffusion and Macedonian Radio-Television. According to article 77 of the broadcasting law, 61% of the collectedbroadcasting tax belongs to Macedonian Radio-television. Thebroadcasting tax was abolished in September 2017.[2]
In March 2019, thegovernment of North Macedonia recommended to the Board of the MRT to change the name of the network to "National Radiotelevision" in light of thePrespa agreement.[3] Even though such changes were not made, some government officials have since used the abbreviationNRTV when referring to the network.[4]
Macedonian Television broadcasts 73 hours of programmes daily on its three national terrestrial and two international satellite channels.
All terrestrial channels air natively in high-definition.
The framework of the Macedonian Radio consists of three national channels, a satellite channel and a non-profit regional channel. It broadcasts 86.5 hours of programmes daily on its national and satellite channels. Macedonian Radio also broadcasts its programme over the Internet.
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The process of transformation of MRTV in apublic service broadcaster is not yet completed; it entailed the 1997 Law on Broadcasting Activities and the 2005 Broadcast Law. Editorial independence of MRTV is guaranteed by law but de facto lacking due to lack of independent funding and lack of independence of MRTV managerial bodies. MRTV executive directors in the last ten years remained close to the party in power. The network was funded by a license fee as well as by public budget contributions and advertising revenues (limited to 10% of airtime). Budgetary needs, and the practice of ad hoc state budgetary funding, has created a "culture of dependence" in MRTV.[6]: 16
MRTV is supervised by the MRTV Council, whose members are appointed by the Parliament upon proposal by "authorised nominators" from civil society. The Council then elects the members of MRTV Management Board. Although formally only accountable to the legislature through its annual report and budget plan, MRTV remains informally accountable to the executive, undermining institutional autonomy.[7] MRTV also risks neglecting cultural pluralism obligations, in terms of programmes for minorities, as well as lacking impartiality and distance from government/majority politicians.[6]: 16
Notable people who were employed in the Macedonian Radio-television include clarinetist and composerTale Ognenovski who was a member of the “Chalgii orchestra”, “Folk music orchestra” and “Authentic folk instruments orchestra” from 1960 until 1979.
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