ORT_(TV_channel)

ORT (TV channel)

ORT (TV channel)

Greek radio and television broadcaster in Elis


Olympiaki Radiofonia Tileorasi (Greek: Ολυμπιακή Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση, abbreviated ORT) is a Greek local radio and television station serving the Elis regional unit. Its headquarters are in Pyrgos. Its former logo would depict three Olympic symbols, hence its name.[1] It a broadcasts in Peloponnese, in southern Central Greece, in Aetolia, in Kythira, in Phocis, in Corinthian gulf, in islands of Argosaronic, in southern Ionian islands, in Boeotia and in western Attica.

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Ownership

The same-named company operating the radio and television station was established on April 14, 1993.[2][3] Its first headquarters are located on 28th October 54.[4] On 1997, its statute was modified; a description of the channel's then-new logo was added.[1] On March 23, 1998, the channel's operation was legalized under the 6616/Ε license, by the Ministry for the Press[5] while at the same time moved its headquarters to Xanthou 2.[6]

Its statute was modified again from 1998 by adding the purpose of producing programs and commercials, conducting cultural events and expanding online and other services.[7][8][9] On December 11, 2003, its statute was modified again, by adding the purpose of founding and operating a radio station.[10]

At the end of 2017, moved its headquarters to the fifth kiliometer of the Pyrgos-Patras national road where it remains until today.[11] Leonidas Varouksis, the owner of the newspaper Patris, was the station's former president.[11]

Programming

The channel's programming also includes telemarketing, children's shows, foreign films,[12] and external productions, such as travel show Travel Guide with Thanos Papadimitriou, motorsport show Pano apo ta Oria with Stratos Foteinelis and the Kontra Channel show Epi tou Piestiriou.[13] It's also been broadcasting programming from MAD TV.

The channel would formerly air programming from Channel 9, as part of the network POLIS Net,[14] and Zoom TV.[15]

See also


References

  1. "ΦΕΚ ΑΕ-ΕΠΕ 6831/1997". Government Gazette. 1997-09-24.
  2. "ΟΡΤ - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗ ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΙΑ ΤΗΛΕΟΡΑΣΗ". Ort.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. "ΟΡΤ Cinema". Ort.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2006-04-14. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. "ΟΡΤ - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗ ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΙΑ ΤΗΛΕΟΡΑΣΗ". Ort.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  5. "POLIS NET". polisnet.gr. Archived from the original on 2004-06-08. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  6. "Οι Εκπομπές μας" [Our Shows]. Ort.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2005-02-18. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  7. "Οι Εκπομπές μας" [Our Shows]. Ort.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2006-04-14. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  8. "Η Νατάσα Θεοδωρίδου στην ΟΡΤ" [Natasa Theodoridou at ORT]. PatrisNews (in Greek). 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

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