RTA Herat
Afghan state owned television broadcaster
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RTA Herat is a relay station of Afghanistan National Television. The station broadcasts in Herat Province in western Afghanistan.
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| Country | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Herat |
| Headquarters | Herat |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 720p HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Television Afghanistan |
| Sister channels | RTA Sport RTA News RTA Education |
| History | |
| Launched | February 1985 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | rta |
| Website | rta |
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 to 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]