Radio Television Afghanistan
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Radio Television Afghanistan is an Afghan
broadcasting organization. This governmental organ has a national TV station, RTA
(which carries the same name as the organization). It also has one radio station, Radio Afghanistan.
It used to have a second channel called Afghanistan National Television
(ANTV), which was merged with RTA in 2010.
Radio Afghanistan started with Radio Kabul
in 1925 (1304 by the Iranian calendar
), during the era of King Amanullah Khan
, two radio transmitters with the capacity of 400 watt were procured from the German company of Telefunken, one of those has been installed on Koti Londoni near the bridge of Artel which subsequently started to its operation and the second one had been transferred to Kandahar
which on that period the musical programs and news were only being broadcast for few hours.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
broadcasting organization. This governmental organ has a national TV station, RTA
RTA TV
RTA, known as تلویزیون ملی in Persian, is a television channel originally founded in 1974; the first in Afghanistan...
(which carries the same name as the organization). It also has one radio station, Radio Afghanistan.
It used to have a second channel called Afghanistan National Television
Afghanistan National Television
Afghanistan National Television was a television channel, broadcasting in Afghanistan, and was launched in 1974, closed in 1996, re-launched in 2002, and then closed again in 2010.-History:...
(ANTV), which was merged with RTA in 2010.
Radio Afghanistan started with Radio Kabul
Radio Kabul
Radio Kabul is the official radio station of Afghanistan. The name Radio Kabul has been given to many different incarnations of the state-run radio station since the first radio transmitters were installed in Kabul in the 1920s....
in 1925 (1304 by the Iranian calendar
Iranian calendar
The Iranian calendars or sometimes called Persian calendars are a succession of calendars invented or used for over two millennia in Greater Iran...
), during the era of King Amanullah Khan
Amanullah Khan
Amanullah Khan was the King of the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929, first as Amir and after 1926 as Shah. He led Afghanistan to independence over its foreign affairs from the United Kingdom, and his rule was marked by dramatic political and social change...
, two radio transmitters with the capacity of 400 watt were procured from the German company of Telefunken, one of those has been installed on Koti Londoni near the bridge of Artel which subsequently started to its operation and the second one had been transferred to Kandahar
Kandahar
Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...
which on that period the musical programs and news were only being broadcast for few hours.