The National Television of Cambodia (TVK; , ) is the national television station of Cambodia. It is owned and operated by the government of Cambodia in Phnom Penh together with the national radio station, National Radio of Cambodia (RNK; ).rnk.gov.kh – National Radio of Cambodia's official website TVK is member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)

TVK broadcasts nine hours on weekdays and seventeen hours on weekends. On weekdays it is separated into two sessions, morning session from 11:30 to 14:30, and evening session from 17:00 to 23:00, and on weekends it broadcasts in one section from 6:00 to 23:00. Reruns are also broadcast at night.

History In 1946 Radio Cambodge opened in Phnom Penh, at the time part of French Indochina (French protectorate of Cambodia), using Japanese equipment.Christopher H. Sterling: Encyclopedia of Radio (2003), Khmer Republic/Cambodia After independence it became Radiodiffusion Nationale Khmère (RNK). With Japanese aid, a TV station was created beginning broadcasting in 1961 for six hours a week, but ended in June 1966 due to technical problems. Regular transmissions began again in November of 1966, using a Japanese transmitter on VHF channel 6, with a power of eight kilowatts and a 200-watt relay.

Subsequent names include Voice/TV Station of the National United Front of Cambodia (1975) and Voice of the Kampuchean People (VOKP, 1979). The civil war during the Pol Pot regime destroyed the transmitters. During the Pol Pot regime, Cambodian television was completely closed down, professional staff were expelled, and other citizens were massacred, for example, technical equipment was completely destroyed. After these events, a production and broadcast center was rebuilt, this time with new equipments, broadcasting on channel 9 in the NTSC-M standard, with a stronger transmitter (40 kilowatts, 800-watt relayer on channel 11 in Bokor). In 1983 a Radio and Television Commission was created.Russell R. Ross (ed.): Cambodia: a country study (1990), p. 215 The committee set up Radio Television Cambodge (RTC) for the restored television service. Initially broadcasting three nights a week, by 1986 it broadcast every day, for an average of four to five hours. At the same year, Cambodia switched to color broadcasting. A few years later, Cambodia's first provincial station opened. Both stations had outdated equipment, limited funding and amateur production levels.

In 1994 state TV and radio were placed under the Ministry of Information and separated into different organizations.

List of stations Radio (RNK) Central Station (Phnom Penh) AM Radio: AM 918 kHz (power: 600 kw) FM Radio: Wat Phnom FM 105.7 MHz (power: 20 kw) Both stations carry English and French news at 01:00 pm and 07:00 pm local time.

Regional FM Stations

88.1 – Tbong Khmum 89.3 – Kampong Speu 89.5 – Ratanakiri 90.5 – Pailin 91.5 – Oddar Meanchey 92.3 – Kampong Chhnang 92.5 – Kampong Cham 92.5 – Takeo 92.7 – Battambang 93.0 – Sihanoukville 94.0 – Banteay Meanchey 96.0 – Phnom Penh 97.0 – Mondulkiri 97.0 – Preah Vihear 97.3 – Prey Veng 98.3 – Kampong Thom 98.5 – Kratie 98.5 – Pursat 98.7 – Svay Rieng 99.0 – Kep 99.0 – Stung Treng 99.7 – Kampot 103.0 – Siem Reapasiawaves.net: Cambodia Radio Stations on FM and mediumwave

Television (TVK) Television Station Network TVK TVK2 (educational; launched on 20 April 2020)information.gov.kh: TVK2 Channel Officially Launches Broadcast Trial

Central Station (Phnom Penh) VHF-Channel 7 (TVK; power: 10 kw)

Regional Stations Battambang – VHF-Channel 7 (TVK Battambang) from Battambang Koh Kong – VHF-Channel 7 (TVK Koh Kong) from Koh Kong Kratie – VHF-Channel 7 (TVK Kratie) from Kratie Mondulkiri – VHF-Channel 7 (TVK Mondulkiri) from Senmonorom Preah Vihear – VHF-Channel 7 (TVK Preah Vihear) from Tbeng Meanchey Pursat – VHF-Channel 10 (TVK Pursat) from Pursat (national relay) Ratanakiri – VHF-Channel 7 (TVK Ratanakiri) from Banlung Siem Reap – VHF-Channel 12 (TVK Siem Reap) from Siem Reap Sihanoukville – UHF-Channel 53 (TVK Sihanoukville) from Sihanoukville Stung Treng – VHF-Channel 7 (TVK Stung Treng) from Stung Treng

See also Media of Cambodia

References

External links Official website