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Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ( gr, Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου , tr, Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu), or CyBC (ΡΙΚ, KRYK), is
Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...
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public broadcasting Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...
service. It transmits island-wide on four radio and two domestic television channels, and uses one satellite channel for the Cypriot diaspora. It also transmits on a separate high definition channel. CyBC is a
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, using its entire income for its mission to provide objective information news, culture and entertainment to the people of Cyprus. CyBC was partially funded by a tax on electric bills, a practice which ended on 1 July 2000;Cyprus Mail: CyBC ‘mustn’t take subsidy for granted’
..From 1st day of July, EAC bills will no longer include a CyBC levy ../ref> CyBC is currently funded by the state budget. The amount of the tax was dependent on the size of the home and, as a hypothecated tax for public television, was similar in principle to the
television licence A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts, or the possession of a television set where some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence ...
systems in other countries. The corporation is a member of the international broadcasting community, belonging to the
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(EBU), the Broadcasting Organisation of Non-Aligned Countries (BONAC) and the
Commonwealth Broadcasting Association The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth, founded in 1945. A not-for-profit non-government organisation, the CBA is funded by subscriptions from 102 mem ...
(CBA).


History and legal framework

CyBC began as the Cyprus Broadcasting Service, with its first radio broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday, 4 October 1953. Programs were broadcast in Greek, Turkish and English on 434 and 495 metres
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(691 and 606 kilohertz). The station produced a free weekly publication, ''Radio Cyprus''. Television broadcasting began on 1 October 1957. Broadcasts were initially five days a week, averaging three hours a day, and the service covered a radius of 33 kilometres from
Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaori ...
. On 1 January 1959, the CBS ceased to be a government department and was renamed the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation under Chapter 300A of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Act. The corporation was modelled in part on the
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. CyBC was admitted as an associate member of the
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on 1 January 1964, becoming an active member five years later. As the state broadcaster, CBC is responsible for implementing the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. According to Article 171 of the constitution: Article 19 of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Act (Chapter 300A) states:


Television

CyBC operates three domestic channels (CyBC 1, CyBC 2 and CyBC HD) and an international service (RIK Sat) for the Cypriot diaspora. It also carries
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, and ERT World. On 1 July 2011 all analogue television transmissions ended, and CyBC broadcasts on its own
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network.


CyBC 1

CyBC 1 ( RIK 1) features news and current-affairs programming in
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: political, financial and sports news; documentaries and feature films, operas, concerts, ballets and plays.


CyBC 2

CyBC 2 ( RIK 2) primarily carries entertainment programming: Cypriot and foreign series, feature films, Cypriot and foreign movies, music and children's programmes. It also broadcasts news in Greek, Turkish and English. Since 1 February 1993, PIK2 has simulcast
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as part of its daily schedule (about 80 hours per week).


CyBC HD

The HD channel simulcasts domestic and international special events along with the standard-definition channels. Events simulcast in HD by CyBC in 2013 included Formula 1 auto racing,
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, the
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and the
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.


RIK Sat

RIK Sat is the international service of RIK TV, broadcasting to Europe and North America. It is currently available as a
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service in Europe on the Hellas Sat 2 and Eutelsat 33E
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s and as a digital terrestrial television channel in Greece. In North America, Titan Television is the distributor for Canada and the United States. On 23 September 2014, the channel debuted in Canada on
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.


RIK World

RIK World is an international version of RIK Sat available in Middle East Africa Asia and the Pacific.


Radio

CyBC has four radio channels (First, Second, Third and Fourth), which aim to transmit quality programs and provide information, culture and entertainment to all communities in Cyprus. Programs are broadcast in a number of languages 24 hours a day and are also available via satellite and on the Internet.


First Channel

The First Channel known as RIK Proto (CyBC Radio 1) features news, current affairs, educational and cultural programs on 963 and 693 kHz AM and 97.2, 92.4, 105 and 91.4  MHz FM. It has programming for children and young adults on history and classical, modern and traditional music. Since 27 June 1999 CyBC has broadcast a program for
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, ''The Voice of Maronites''. A programme for the Catholic community began on 13 November 1999.


Second Channel

This channel, known as RIK Deftero (CyBC Radio 2), is a service for Cyprus's Turkish and Armenian communities. The Armenian broadcast is from 17:00 to 18.00 daily. The broadcast to the Turkish Cypriots aims to maintain ties with them, and programming includes three news bulletins daily (at 07:30, 13:15 and 16:50). The Second Channel is on 91.1, 93.1, 94.2 and 97.9  MHz FM is streamed online at www.cybc.com.cy and can also be heard on Hellas Sat in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.


Third Channel

The Third Channel, known as RIK Triton (CyBC Radio 3) the most popular CyBC channel in Cyprus, is primarily an entertainment and information channel on 603 and 1044 kHz AM and 94.8, 94, 96 and 106.7  MHz FM.


Fourth Channel

The Fourth Channel is known as RIK Classic (CyBC Classic) and presents classical, jazz and classic rock music on 88.2, 90.2, 90.5 and 100.9  MHz FM.


External Service

CyBC Greek-language programming is available for Greek Cypriot expatriates in the
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on weekends via
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. The External Service uses a transmitter, operated by
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, which is also used for
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programming in the area. The External Service daily news broadcast is also rebroadcast in the United Kingdom by the UK radio station
London Greek Radio London Greek Radio (LGR) is an Independent Local Radio station for London's Greek community, most of which forms part of the ethnically diverse Cypriot community. It broadcasts in both Greek and English on 103.3 FM in London and is also ava ...
.


Logos

File:Cybc.jpg, 2000–2015 File:CyBC new logo.png, 2015–2017 File:Logo RIK 2017.svg, 2017–present


See also

*
Television in Cyprus Television in Cyprus was introduced in 1956. In 1957, CyBC was created. Private TV was introduced on 26 April 1992, by ''Logos TV'' which started its transmissions in stereo and Teletext from day one. The first private TV station of Cyprus was own ...
* Hellenic TV (this channel on Channelbox broadcasts a number of programmes from RIK Sat in the UK)


References


External links

* {{authority control Publicly funded broadcasters Television channels in Cyprus Greek-language television stations European Broadcasting Union members Multilingual broadcasters Radio stations established in 1953 Television channels and stations established in 1957 1953 establishments in Cyprus State media Government-owned companies of Cyprus