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| Type | Broadcastradio,television andonline |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Availability | National; international |
| Headquarters | ERTU Building,Cairo, Egypt |
| Owner | Government of Egypt |
Launch date | 1945; 80 years ago (1945) |
Former names | Egyptian State Broadcasting (الإذاعة الحكومية المصرية) |
Official website | www |
TheNational Media Authority (Arabic:الهيئة الوطنية للإعلام,romanized: al-Hayʾa l-Waṭaniyya li-l-ʾIʿlām), formerly known asEgyptian State Broadcasting (ESU; Arabic:الهيئة الوطنية للإعلام,romanized: Alhayyat Alwataniat Lil'iielam), is the state andpublic broadcaster of Egypt, operated by the Egyptian government.[1] It is a member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU) and theArab States Broadcasting Union (ABSU).
Egyptian Radio began broadcasting on 31 May 1934 in agreement with the Marconi Company. The General Manager of the station for the period was Said Basha Lotfi who presided over the station from May 1934 to December 1947. In December 1947, the contract with Marconi was suspended in favour of an Egyptian national broadcasting station. The station is known also for its call "This is Cairo" (Arabic:هنا القاهرة,romanized: Hunā l-Qāhira). It is considered the "First Program" (البرنامج الأول,al-Barnāmaj al-ʾAwwal) of the ERTU.
Later on three main new radio channels were added, namely the pan-ArabVoice of the Arabs (صوت العرب,Ṣawt al-ʿArab) in 1953, Egyptian Radio's Second Programme (البرنامج الثاني,al-Barnāmaj ath-Thānī) in 1957, and the pan-ArabMiddle East Radio (إذاعة الشرق الأوسط,ʾIdhāʿat ash-Sharq al-ʾAwsaṭ) in 1964. All four stations broadcast on high poweredmedium wave transmitters covering most of the Middle East and North and East Africa.
Egyptian television began broadcasting six hours daily on 21 July 1960, with a state-run channel that held a monopoly on terrestrial broadcasts.
In 1971,[2] a new decree established the Arab Radio and Television Union, and created four distinct sectors: radio, television, engineering, and finance, each of which had a chairman who reported directly to theminister of information. The name of the Union was changed to the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, the name by which it is still known. Today, its total daily broadcast time on its various channels amounts to 490 hours.
Already in 1950 its predecessor, the Egyptian State Broadcasting (الإذاعة الحكومية المصرية,al-ʾIdhāʿa l-Ḥukūmiyya l-Miṣriyya), was one of the founding members of theEuropean Broadcasting Union in 1950. After the admittance of theIsrael Broadcasting Service in 1958, it cancelled its active memberships, as did the Syrian Broadcasting Services. It was readmitted as an active member on 1 January 1985.
Under previous secularist regimes, women employees wearinghijabs were not allowed on-screen until 2 September 2012, following the inauguration of theMorsi government.[3][4][5]
The NMA is an EgyptianSOE that runs a large spectrum of radio, television and satellite channels, in addition to television and film production facilities. It does this directly as well as through a host of companies that include:[1]
There are six state-ownedbroadcast and satellite channels in Egypt:
As of 2005, the Cairo frequencies for the two ERTU channels, the two Nile TV channels and the networks for the governorates were as follows: ERTU 1 channel 5; ERTU 2 channel 9; ERTU 3 channel 7; ERTU 4 channel 40; ERTU 5 channel 46; ERTU 6 channel 43; ERTU 7 channel 34; ERTU 8 channel 26; Nile TV channel 22; Nile News channel 38.[6]
Nilesat allowed for the launch of several specialized TV channels in addition to Egyptian Satellite Channel (ESC) andNile TV. All are owned by the Egyptian state.
Specialized channels include:
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