TVRI

Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) is a state-owned television station, the oldest television station in Indonesia , and the only broadcaster with national coverage. It is based in Senayan, South Jakarta. [1]

The initial motto of TVRI was "Weaving Unity and Togetherness" ("Menjalin Persatuan dan Kesatuan"), but in 2000, the motto was changed to become "Closer to the Heart" ("Makin Dekat di Hati").

In 1961, the Indonesian government decided to include to establish a national TV station as part of the preparations for the 1962 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta. Later that year, the Television Preparation Committee was formed. In October, President Sukarno ordered the building of a studio in Senayan, Jakarta and two television towers. TVRI broadcast its first test transmission, of the Indonesian Independence Day celebrations from the Merdeka Palace transmission on 17 August 1962. TVRI went on the air with an broadcast of the 1962 Asian Games opening ceremony on 24 August. Two years later, the first regional broadcasting station opened in Yogyakarta, Central Java and was followed with stations in Medan, Surabaya,Ujung Pandang (Makassar), Manado, Denpasar and Balikpapan.[1]

In 1974, TVRI became part of the Information Ministry, with the status of a directorate. Its role was to inform the public about government policies. In 1989, TVRI lost its monopoly when the government's sixth Five-Year Plan allowed private TV stations to begin broadcasting. [2]The first of these stations to begin broadcasting nationwide was TPI (Indonesia), owned by President Suharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana. It used TVRI's facilities and staff for free while starting up.[3]

After the start of the reform era, TVRI's status was changed again and it became responsible firstly to the Ministry of Finance and was then turned into a limited company under the authority of the State Ministry for State-Owned Enterprises and the Ministry of Finance.