The National Company of Radio and Television ( ar, الشَرِكَة الوَطَنِيَّة لِلْإِذَاعَة وَالتَلْفَزَة, ''; french: Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision, SNRT''; , ') is the

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History

It was formerly called Moroccan Radio and Television (RTM) from 1956 and Radiodiffusion-Télévision Marocaine (RTM) from 1961. Radio-Maroc was one of the founding members of the

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in 1950 and continued as an active member until 1 January 1961 when RTM changed its affiliation to associate membership. In 1969 RTM was readmitted as an active member. In 2009, the SNRT became a shareholder in

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, initially acquiring 0.33% then later expanding its share to 6% in 2011. In 2021, Othman El Ferdaous, the Minister of Culture, announced that SNRT would be reorganized into a public holding group by 2024, during which it would acquire the part-state-owned 2M and private Medi 1 Radio and Medi 1 TV channels. In addition, its Aflam TV channel would be replaced with an "SVOD"

video-on-demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of ...

platform. On 12 November 2022, Arryadia obtained rights to broadcast 10 matches including the Moroccan national team for the

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Role as a public broadcaster

In the exercise of its

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function, among the obligations of the SNRT Corporation are: * Promote dissemination and awareness of constitutional principles and civic values. * Guarantee the objectivity and truthfulness of the information provided, while ensuring that a broad range of views is presented. * Facilitate democratic debate and the free expression of opinion. * Promote the territorial cohesion and linguistic and cultural diversity of Morocco. * Offer access to different genres of programming and to the institutional, social, cultural, and sporting events that are of interest to all sectors of the audience, paying attention to those topics that are of special interest to the public. * To serve the widest audience, ensuring maximum continuity and geographical and social coverage, with a commitment to quality, diversity, innovation, and high ethical standards.

Services

Television

SNRT currently runs eight television channels: *

Al Aoula Al Aoula ( or 'The First'); formerly called RTM (; , 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, ...

(SNRT 1): also called TVM (, ); the first television channel of SNRT. The station broadcasts in mainly Arabic and French, with daily news bulletins in Berber and Spanish. **Al Aoula HD *

Arryadia Arryadia is a Moroccan public television sports channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 16 September ...

(SNRT 3 SAT): a national sports channel. **Arryadia HD **Arryadia TNT (SNRT 3 TNT) *

Athaqafia Athaqafia is a Moroccan public television culture channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia Arryadia is a Moroccan public television sports channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along wi ...

(SNRT 4): an educational and cultural channel. *

Al Maghribia Al Maghribia channel is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 18 November 2004 by Morocco's Broadcasting and Television N ...

(SNRT 5): an international satellite TV channel. *

Assadissa Assadissa ( en, The Sixth), is a Moroccan public television channel dedicated to religious affairs. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The ch ...

(SNRT 6): a religious services and affairs channel. *

Aflam TV Aflam TV is a Moroccan public national television movie channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 31 May 2008. ...

(SNRT 7): a film channel which is broadcast via

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only. *

Tamazight TV Tamazight TV (tifinagh:ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ), also known as Amazigh TV, is a Moroccan public television TV channel, and the first exclusively Tamazight television network. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadi ...

(SNRT 8): a Berber-language channel. *

Laayoune TV Laayoune TV is a Moroccan public television Regional channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia Arryadia is a Moroccan public television sports channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group alon ...

(SNRT Laayoune): a regional channel targeting audiences in the

Southern Provinces The Southern Provinces ( ar, الأقاليم الجنوبية, Al-Aqalim al-Janubiyah, french: Provinces du Sud) or Moroccan Sahara ( ar, الصحراء المغربية, Assahra al-Maghribiya, french: Sahara marocain) are the terms used by th ...

Pending ownership

The following channels are pending acquisition by SNRT as of June 2021: * 2M (SNRT 2): a semi-public

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. * Medi 1 TV: a news channel covering Moroccan and international news. The channel was fully acquired by CDG Invest, which plans to transfer it to SNRT once it meets legal requirements.
https://snrtnews.com/
is the news website affiliated to SNRT, created in March 2021, is committed to presenting quality content by emphasizing the credibility and neutrality of information.

Radio

SNRT currently runs four national radio stations and ten regional radio stations.

National stations

* SNRT Radio National * SNRT Chaîne Inter * SNRT Radio Amazigh * SNRT Radio Mohammed VI du Quran

Regional stations

*SNRT FM

Agadir Agadir ( ar, أݣادير, ʾagādīr; shi, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south ...

*SNRT FM

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

*SNRT FM Dakhla *SNRT FM Fès *SNRT FM

Laâyoune Laâyoune ( , also , ) or El Aaiún ( , ; Hassaniya Arabic: , romanized: ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, Leɛyun; ar, label= Literary Arabic, العيون, al-ʿUyūn/el-ʿUyūn, lit=The Springs) is the largest city of the disputed territory of We ...

*SNRT FM

Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

*SNRT FM

Meknès Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th ...

*SNRT FM

Oujda Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...

*SNRT FM

Tanger Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capit ...

*SNRT FM

Tétouan Tétouan ( ar, تطوان, tiṭwān, ber, ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⴰⵏ, tiṭṭawan; es, Tetuán) is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles so ...

Pending ownership

As of 2021, Medi 1 Radio is pending acquisition by SNRT.

Online media

SNRT offers an online portal at snrt.ma. The website is managed by SNRT's Interactive Media department and allows users to listen and watch live feeds of the network's radio and television stations. The portal also features blogs, news stories.

References

External links

* Television stations in Morocco European Broadcasting Union members Multilingual broadcasters Television channels and stations established in 1956 1956 establishments in Morocco {{bcast-stub