The National Television of Cambodia (TVK; Khmer: ទូរទស្សន៍ជាតិកម្ពុជា) is the national television station of Cambodia. It is owned and operated by the government of Cambodia in Phnom Penh together with the national radio station, National Radio of Cambodia (RNK; Khmer: វិទ្យុជាតិកម្ពុជា).[2] TVK is member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).[3]
TVK broadcasts nine hours on weekdays and seventeen hours on weekends. On weekdays it is separated into two sessions, morning session from 11:30 to 14:30, and evening session from 17:00 to 23:00, and on weekends it broadcasts in one section from 6:00 to 23:00. Reruns are also broadcast at night.
History[edit]
In 1946 Radio Cambodge opened in Phnom Penh, at the time part of French Indochina (French protectorate of Cambodia), using Japanese equipment.[4] After independence it became Radiodiffusion Nationale Khmère(RNK). TV test transmissions started in 1961, regular transmissions on 2 February 1966.[1] Subsequent names include Voice/TV Station of the National United Front of Cambodia (1975) and Voice of the Kampuchean People (VOKP, 1979). In 1983 a Radio and Television Commission was created.[5] In 1994 state TV and radio were placed under the Ministry of Information and separated into different organizations.[4]
