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local channel which broadcasts from the city of
Kozani Kozani ( el, Κοζάνη, ) is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani (regional unit), Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmona ...
for the periphery of
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. It was created and launched in April 1991 by the lawyer Vicky Papafilippou and the businessman and benefactor Zissis Dardalis. The two founders had a common dream: the creation of a channel of communication between the residents of Western Macedonia and those who live in
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and
Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
(the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany and elsewhere). West Channel has 17 transponders that cover all the places of the Region of Western Macedonia, up to the south-eastern regions of
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and
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. The character of the program is informative, however, it falls short of the remaining factors that characterize a modern regional TV station.


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Television in Greece Television broadcasting in Greece began in 1966, preceded in 1951 by statute 1963 permitting television broadcasting.Official website
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