TVRI Bali

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TVRI Bali
Channels
Ownership
Owner TVRI
History
First air date
16 July 1978 (1978-07-16)
Technical information
Licensing authority
 Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia
Links
Website tvri.go.id/stasiun/bali

TVRI Bali is a television station owned by the government broadcaster TVRI covering the island province of Bali, broadcasting from its capital, Denpasar. The station is headquartered in Jalan Kapten Cokorda Agung Tresna in the Jayagiri area, Dangin Puri Klod subdistrict, East Denpasar. It airs its programming in Indonesian, Balinese and English.

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History

Radio had only been introduced to Denpasar in 1950, a few years after independence, while television was only introduced in 1978. [1]

TVRI Denpasar started broadcasting on 16 July 1978 [2] from its studios at Renon. Initially, it relayed the signal of TVRI from Jakarta, whose line-up consisted of national productions coming in from the central facilities in Jakarta and syndicated American shows. Its launch led to the rise in the sales of television sets in Bali, but had no local programming at first. The introduction of television thwarted the traditional music scene; by the 1980s, when local programming was viable, regarding music programs, it did not employ its own in-house musicians, but rather had kebyars which were used for potential guests performing in its studios. Local programming in those days included theatrical performances, dance lessons and STSI productions. [1]

On 24 August 1986, the channel started relaying the English News Service from TVRI Jakarta, using a terrestrial relay for this purpose. [2]

In the 2000s the station was renamed TVRI Bali. At the time, half of its programs were local and the other half, relayed from Jakarta. [3] In March 2023, both RRI Denpasar and TVRI Bali teamed up for an "international prototype" for delivering information to locals as multiplatform services. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Tenzer, Michael (2000). Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music. University of Chicago Press.
  2. 1 2 Kitley, Philip (2014). Television, Nation, and Culture in Indonesia. Lexington Books.
  3. ↑ Power of Media in Industrialization of Balinese Pop Music (pdf). Indonesia Institute of the Arts. pp. 3–4.
  4. ↑ "RRI Denpasar dan TVRI Bali Diproyeksi Jadi "Prototype Internasional"". RRI (in Indonesian).
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