Today Is 1st Of May - It's Now One Month Away Till The Summer Season Starts Here For Us
The Same Day Also Marks The Labor and Solidarity Day, Because 1st Of May Is Our Public Holiday For Us.
On This Day, TRT Celebrates Its 62nd Anniversary Since They Founded On May 1st 1964.
From 1964 Until 1968, TRT Relied Mostly On Radio
Until Television Was Finally Arrived At Ankara On January 31st 1968.
During The 70's, The Coverage Of Television Was Extended To Other Cities Through The Transmitters
Such As İstanbul, İzmir, Antalya, Trabzon etc. Until They Extended To Nationwide By The End Of The 70's.
Beginning In On New Years Eve - That's 31st December 1980, Some Programmes Was Transmitted In Color
Until Full-Time Color Broadcasts Happened On 1st July 1984.
By 1986, TRT Launched An Secondary Channel Called TV2 (Later TRT 2) On The Weeknights And Weekends,
But They Added TRT Gap During The Day On The TRT 2's Frequency As Well.
From 1990, TRT Was Extended Its Reach To Rest Of Europe And Later Central Asia Through TRT Int/Avrasya.
In The 2010s, TRT Was Launched Multiple Thematic Channels
Such As TRT Çocuk, TRT Okul, TRT 6 (Now TRT Kurdi), TRT Arabic (Now TRT Arabi) TRT Avaz, TRT Müzik etc.
They Even Launched An High Definition Service In 2010 And An 4K UHD Channel In February 2015
And Also Launched An English Language News Channel Called TRT World On The Same Year.
And Most Recently, TRT Was Launched TRT Genç, An Teenage Channel As Well.
Today, TRT Contains 18 Television Channels, 17 Radio Stations, An Tabii Streaming Platform
And It Will Serve Not Only In Turkish But Also Serves 41 Languages And Dialects As Well.
Also, TRT Is An Active Member Of European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
And Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).
So, Happy 62nd Birthday To TRT, The Turkish Radio And Television Corporation.