The Gambia Radio & Television Service is the national broadcaster of the West African state of

the Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

. Gambia Radio & Television Service currently broadcasts in English and native local languages.

History

The history of GRTS stems from the mergership of the older and more established

Radio Gambia Radio Gambia is the national radio broadcaster of the West African state of the Gambia. Established in 1962, it became the first radio station in the Gambia. History Radio Gambia was the first media broadcaster of the Gambia following its esta ...

and the rather recent Television Channel. Radio Gambia was the first media broadcaster in the Gambia, opened in 1962. Its historical base is Bakau (a town in the Gambia). In December 1965, GRTS was commissioned by the Gambian government which began test transmissions under the

Gambia Telecommunications Company The Gambia Telecommunications Company Ltd., also known by Gamtel for short, is the principal telecommunications company of the Gambia. It is a state company, charged with the task of overseeing the provision of telecommunications and internet servi ...

(Gamtel). In 1967, it adopted its own television channel. The Station operates as a

public service A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies ...

station based on the tradition of Radio Gambia. The Station's programmes are mostly news, public service announcements, education, entertainment and religious related ( Islam and

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

only, mostly Islam and nothing on Traditional African religion).

Awards

In 2010, the Station was awarded the ''National Order of the Republic of the Gambia'' with the rank of ''"Commander"'' (CRG).

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National Award recipients approved

Notes

External links

Official site
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