The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy; abbr. NSTU), shortened to Suspilne ( uk, Суспільне, lit=Public), is the national public broadcaster in
Ukraine
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. As such it was registered on 19 January 2017.EBU WELCOMES NEW PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN UKRAINE EBU (20 Jan 2017)The state registered a "public broadcaster" Ukrayinska Pravda (19 January 2017) In its revamped form the company provides content for its three television and radio channels.The Public Broadcasting Company has been launched in Ukraine Den (8 April 2015)
From 1995 until its current name the television predecessors of the current broadcaster was named the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU; uk, Національна Телекомпанія України, ''Natsionalna Telekompaniia Ukrainy'').Ukrainian Radio was its radio predecessor and a stand-alone company until it merged with NTU to be the first public broadcasting company of Ukraine.Poroshenko signs law on public broadcasting company Interfax-Ukraine (8 April 2015)
Radio broadcasts in Ukraine, at the time part of the
USSR
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, began in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
.) In 1965 the first nationwide Ukrainian television channel ''Ukraiinske Telebachennia'' or ''UT'' (‘Ukrainian Television’) was established. (Ukraine was part of the USSR from 1920 until it declared its independence on 24 August 1991.)
The broadcaster was rebranded to Suspilne on 5 December 2019, with the new brand identity presented on 23 May 2022.
Overview
The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine is a public joint-stock agency with 100% of its shares belonging to the state, and operates the television channel Pershyi, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory and is the only state-owned national channel. Its programs are oriented at all social layers of the Ukrainian society and national minorities.
Its radio division Ukrainian Radio is the biggest radio network in the country, which broadcasts on FM (covers 192 settlements in 24 regions) and AM,
satellite
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and cable networks throughout Ukraine, and is the most popular news and talk radio station in Ukraine.
Among priority directions of the network are informative publicism, popular scientific, culturologic, entertaining and sport-oriented ones. Pershyi, at one point, significantly trails all of its privately owned rival channels in terms of viewership. The National Television Company of Ukraine (NTCU) was changed to Public Television Network in 2009. The network consists of several channels such as Pershyi, "Second Channel", "Euronews Ukraine" and "Ukraine and the World". In 2014, a new law was passed to make the network independent from the government. With the creation of the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine in 2015, the National Radio Company of Ukraine merged into this new company, which was officially registered on 19 January 2017.
Television
Currently the Suspilne network is organized into the following:
Suspilne Kultura
Suspilne Kultura ( uk, Суспільне Культура) is a Ukrainian public TV channel showcasing culture in Ukraine, operated by the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine
The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Націонал� ...
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Suspilne Novyny
The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy; abbr. NSTU), shortened to Suspilne ( uk, Суспіль� ...
Regional channels
*Suspilne Crimea (
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
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Chernihiv
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Oblast)
*Suspilne Chernivtsi (formerly Bukovina) (
Chernivtsi
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Oblast)
*Suspilne Donbas (formerly DoTB in Donetsk Oblast and LOT in Luhansk Oblast) (
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...
and
Luhansk
Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). ...
Oblast) (The channel was closed down on 21 November 2022)
*Suspilne Dnipro (formerly 51) ( Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
*Suspilne Ivano-Frankivsk (formerly Karpaty) ( Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast)
*Suspilne Kharkiv (formerly OTB) (
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kherson Oblast)
*Suspilne Khmelnytskyi (formerly Podillya-Centr) ( Khmelnytskyi Oblast)
*Suspilne Kyiv (formerly Centralnyi Kanal) (
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
and
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...
Lviv
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Oblast)
*Suspilne Mykolaiv (formerly Mykolaiv) ( Mykolaiv Oblast)
*Suspilne Odesa (formerly ODT) (
Odesa
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Oblast)
*Suspilne Poltava (formerly Ltava) ( Poltava Oblast)
*Suspilne Rivne (formerly RTB) ( Rivne Oblast)
*Suspilne Sumy ( Sumy Oblast)
*Suspilne Ternopil (formerly TTB) ( Ternopil Oblast)
*Suspilne Vinntysa (formerly Vintera) ( Vinnytsia Oblast)
*Suspilne Lutsk (formerly Nova Volyn) ( Volyn Oblast)
* Suspilne Uzhhorod (formerly Tysa-1) ( Zakarpattia Oblast)
*Suspilne Zaporizhzhia (formerly Zaporizhzhia) (
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a popula ...
Oblast)
*Suspilne Zhytomyr (formerly Zhytomyr) ( Zhytomyr Oblast)
Radio
Suspilne broadcasts on 3 national and 1 international radio channels: Ukrainian Radio (First Channel, UR-1), Radio "Promin", Radio "Culture" and Radio Ukraine International. The regional branches have their broadcasting slots in the broadcast schedule of the First Channel of Ukrainian Radio. General producer of Ukrainian radio channels since 2017 is Dmytro Khorkin.
Ukrainian Radio Directorate of the Suspilne is a structural subdivision of the company, which integrates four broadcasting channels, the studios of ''Radio House'' and the ''House of Recording of Ukrainian Radio'', and 5 radio ensembles.
Ukrainian radio broadcasts on FM and AM, satellite and cable TV-networks throughout Ukraine. Also it has mobile app ''suspilne.radio'' for
Android
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* Ukrainian Radio (UR-1) – the first channel of public Ukrainian radio. The most popular news and talk radio station in Ukraine. Also it is the biggest FM radio network in the country: 192 settlements in 24 regions.
* (UR-2) – the second channel of public Ukrainian radio. Music and talk radio station.
* (UR-3) – the third channel of public Ukrainian radio. Cultural and educational radio station.
* Radio Ukraine International (RUI) – international service in Russian, Romanian, English, Ukrainian and German.
Studio complexes
* Ukrainian Radio House – is a studio complex located at 26 Khreschatyk str, Kyiv. It's a broadcasting center for four channels of Ukrainian radio.
*
Recording House of Ukrainian Radio
Recording House of Ukrainian Radio ''( uk, Будинок звукозапису Українського радіо)'' is a sound recording and concert complex of Ukrainian Radio, which is a part of the
National Public Broadcasting Company of ...
– is a concert and studio complex in Kyiv. Large Concert Studio of the Recording House allows to record large orchestral and choral groups and is one of the largest such studios in Europe. The Recording House also serves as a rehearsal and concert venue for radio orchestras and ensembles of Ukrainian Radio.
Radio ensembles
Radio ensembles are instrumental or vocal bands – i.e. radio orchestra – employed by public service broadcasters around the world, whose main tasks are to create stock records for broadcasting on public radio stations, as well as to promote national culture. The following radio ensembles are a part of Suspilne:
* Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
* Ukrainian Radio Choir Chapel
* Ukrainian Radio Orchestra of folk and popular music
* Ukrainian Radio Big Children Choir
* Ukrainian radio Trio of Bandurists
Managers
Presidents (2005–2010)
* June 1, 1995 – August 21, 1996: Oleksandr Savenko
* August 21, 1996 – November 18, 1996: Zynoviy Kulyk (interim)
* November 18, 1996 – October 1, 1998: Viktor Leshyk
* October 5, 1998 – November 17, 1998: Mykola Kniazhytskyi
* November 17, 1998 – June 21, 1999: Zynoviy Kulyk
* June 21, 1999 – July 15, 1999: Oleksandr Savenko (interim)
* July 16, 1999 – November 19, 2001: Vadym Dolhanov
* November 19, 2001 – March 28, 2003: Ihor Storozhuk
* March 28, 2003 – February 25, 2005: Oleksandr Savenko (second term)
* February 25, 2005 – September 8, 2005: Taras Stetskiv
* October 27, 2005 – February 18, 2008: Vitaliy Dokalenko
* February 25, 2008 – March 17, 2010: Vasyl Ilaschuknj
Directors general (2010–16)
* March 17, 2010 – February 20, 2013: Yehor Benkendorf
* February 20, 2013 – March 24, 2014: Oleksandr Panteleymonov (interim)
* March 25, 2014 – November 1, 2016: Zurab Alasania
Chairmen of the board (2017–present)
* January 18, 2017 – May 13, 2017: Hanna Bychok (acting)
* May 13, 2017 – June 24, 2019: Zurab Alasania
* May 10, 2019 – June 30, 2019: Mykola Chernotytskyi (acting)
* July 1, 2019 – present: Zurab Alasania
Notes
: 1.The Supervisory board of UA꞉PBC decided to break the contract with Zurab Alasania effective May 6, 2019. However Alasania took vacation and thus his firing was postponed. Nevertheless both Alasania for the period of his vacation and the Supervisory Board after breaking of the contract with him assigned Mykola Chernotytskyi as acting chairman of the board. Alasania has been later renewed on his position by Shevchenkivskyi District court of the city of Kyiv.