The National Radio Television Foundation ( el, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας Τηλεοράσεως, Ethnikó Ídryma Radiofonías Tileoráseos) or EIRT () was the Greek state broadcaster founded in 1970, during the

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. In 1975 it converted to ERT.

History

The EIRT was the fourth state body renovation of Greece and the first state TV operator in Greece. The first body renovation of Greece was the Service Radio Broadcast (DPE; el, label=none, Υπηρεσία Ραδιοφωνικής Εκπομπής, Ypiresía Radiofonikís Ekpompís; /YRE) with the Radio Station of Athens (PLA; el, label=none, Ραδιοφωνικός Σταθμός Αθηνών, Radiofonikós Stathmós Athinón; /RSA), founded by the Augustinian Diktaktory of

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, in 1938. The second operator was Anonymous Company Radio Broadcasting ( el, label=none, Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία Ραδιοφωνικών Εκπομπών, Anónymi Etaireía Radiofonikón Ekpompón; /AERE) with again the PLA established the Occupation. In 1945 he founded the

National Radio Foundation The National Radio Foundation ( el, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας, ΕΙΡ, ''Ethniko Idryma Radiofonias'', EIR), was the main public state broadcaster of Greece from 1945 until 1970. The agency was founded in 1945, following lib ...

( el, label=none, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας, Ethnikó Ídryma Radiofonías; /EIR) with the Constituent Act 54/1945 "establishing the National Radio Foundation" whereby and brought to the ownership of all property of the former AERE, which was created in possession.

Establishment

On April 21, 1967, imposed the military junta and assumes command of the EIR and TED (Later YENED)

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wants to create a second public broadcaster, to strengthen the propaganda of the dictatorship. Facilities EIR in Zappeio not sufficient and the period from 1968 to 1969 made the

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. In 1970 inaugurated, and the same year the Papadopoulos government Junta established the National Radio-Television Foundation in the most permanent television station's former EIR and radio stations First, Second and Third Programme.

Role

The role of EIRT was broadcast nationwide information and entertain the Greek people. In fact, he was an instrument of the junta to get in the part of the Greek people. Not controlled by the military but by people of the junta.

After the junta: succession

After the fall of the junta, Constantine Karamanlis returned to EIRT. It continued its normal course until being replaced by the

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