In 1995, work was underway for the establishment of the Aswan channel. Shebab Tageldin, who worked for Channel 5 Alexandria at the time, went to Aswan to provide technical training for its staff.[1] The channel was in its testing phase in 1996,[2] starting full-time broadcasts on 31 May that year. As of 2002, the channel broadcast for a daily average of 15 hours and 22 minutes, the least out of the six regional channels.[3]
The channel caters mostly to the Arab population in the area. Airtime referring to Nubians is limited to brief segments in its programming, which is spoken in Arabic.[4]
Photos of six former staff members were placed atop the elevator at its ground floor in 2021 on occasion of its 25th anniversary.[5]