Launched in 1962, Al Aoula was the first television network to produce and transmit its own programmes in the country. In 1972 it began colour broadcasts. It initially had a monopoly on television audience, until 2M gradually gained its own popularity and the creation of private channels was allowed in 1993. Despite the broadening of television offerings, Al Aoula remains popular amongst locals.
The Moroccan government had reactivated the facilities of the former TELMA in the early 1960s, which had existed between 1954 and 1955 in the time of the protectorate. Unlike TELMA, which broadcast under the French 819-line standard, RTM opted for the European 625-line standard.[4]
In March 1962, when the station started broadcasting, it operated to Casablanca and Rabat, which housed the former TELMA transmitters. Coverage was extended first to Oujda in January 1964, followed by Taza, to serve a blanket area between Oujda and Fez. The coverage in Casablanca was improved in October 1964, with the building of two 10-kilowatt relay stations near the city. Following the building of the relay station at Tangier in January 1965, the RTM network was connected to the Eurovision network, enabling Morocco to carry international events live. In the mid-1960s, RTM broadcast daily from 7:30pm to midnight, up to 9pm in French, from then to closedown in Arabic.[4]
Prior to 1964, UPI was RTM's only source of news. Much of the content was foreign and was obtained from producers and government agencies. In 1963, France had supplied 14 weekly hours of programming. The United States supplied programming from private producers and the United States Information Service. A USIS feature, Arabs in America, was broadcast in Arabic in May 1964, to an estimated audience of 150,000 viewers.[4]
aoula, arabic, قناة, الأولى, channel, first, formerly, called, arabic, التلفزة, المغربية, french, télévision, marocaine, moroccan, television, first, moroccan, public, television, channel, part, state, owned, snrt, group, along, with, arryadia, athaqafia, magh. Al Aoula Arabic قناة الأولى lit Channel One or The First formerly called RTM Arabic التلفزة المغربية French Television marocaine lit Moroccan Television is the first Moroccan public television channel It is a part of the state owned SNRT Group along with Arryadia Athaqafia Al Maghribia Assadissa Aflam TV Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV 3 The network broadcasts programming in Arabic Tamazight French and Spanish Its headquarters are situated in Rabat Al Aoula TVCountryMoroccoHeadquartersRabat MoroccoProgrammingLanguage s ArabicFrenchStandard Moroccan AmazighSpanishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 16 9 576i for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwnerSNRTSister channelsArryadiaAthaqafiaAl MaghribiaAssadissaAflam TVTamazight TVLaayoune TVHistoryLaunched3 March 1962 62 years ago 1962 03 03 Former namesRTM 1962 2007 LinksWebsitewww wbr alaoula wbr maAvailabilityTerrestrialDTT Morocco 1 Channel 1 SD Channel 11 HD Mux 2 Gibraltar Freq E56 754MHz 2 Streaming mediaSNRT Live Launched in 1962 Al Aoula was the first television network to produce and transmit its own programmes in the country In 1972 it began colour broadcasts It initially had a monopoly on television audience until 2M gradually gained its own popularity and the creation of private channels was allowed in 1993 Despite the broadening of television offerings Al Aoula remains popular amongst locals Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe Moroccan government had reactivated the facilities of the former TELMA in the early 1960s which had existed between 1954 and 1955 in the time of the protectorate Unlike TELMA which broadcast under the French 819 line standard RTM opted for the European 625 line standard 4 In March 1962 when the station started broadcasting it operated to Casablanca and Rabat which housed the former TELMA transmitters Coverage was extended first to Oujda in January 1964 followed by Taza to serve a blanket area between Oujda and Fez The coverage in Casablanca was improved in October 1964 with the building of two 10 kilowatt relay stations near the city Following the building of the relay station at Tangier in January 1965 the RTM network was connected to the Eurovision network enabling Morocco to carry international events live In the mid 1960s RTM broadcast daily from 7 30pm to midnight up to 9pm in French from then to closedown in Arabic 4 Prior to 1964 UPI was RTM s only source of news Much of the content was foreign and was obtained from producers and government agencies In 1963 France had supplied 14 weekly hours of programming The United States supplied programming from private producers and the United States Information Service A USIS feature Arabs in America was broadcast in Arabic in May 1964 to an estimated audience of 150 000 viewers 4 See also edit2M Arryadia Athaqafia Al Maghribia Assadissa Aflam TV Tamazight TV Laayoune TVReferences edit Reception de nos Chaines TV Frequencies for Gibraltar Fmscan de Retrieved 2020 02 19 Nos Chaines Presentation a b c Area Handbook for Morocco Google Books 1966 Retrieved 12 April 2024 External links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article is about an African television station is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article relating to Moroccan television is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Al Aoula amp oldid 1218546809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
