TVRI - Televisi Republik Indonesia

In 1961, the Government of Indonesia decided to enter the mass media of television projects to the projects of development in the Asian Games IV affairs under the coordination of the project Asean Games IV.

25 July 1961, The Minister issued Decree No Menpen. 20/SK/M/1961 the formation of the Committee on Preparation Television (P2T).

On 23 October 1961, President Soekarno who was in Vienna to send a telex Menpen Maladi immediately prepare the project for television (at the time of preparation time only 10 months) with the following schedule:
1. Build a studio in the former AKPEN in Senayan (TVRI now).
2. Build two transmitter: 100 watt and 10 Kw with the 80 meter tower.
3. Preparing software (programs and energy).

17 August 1962, TVRI start the experiment with the broadcast event Anniversary Proclamation of Independence of Indonesia XVII page Istana Merdeka Jakarta, with the transmitter 100 watt back-up strength.
24 August 1962, TVRI on air for the first time with the event broadcast live the opening ceremony of the IV Asian Games main stadium Gelora Bung Karno.

20 October 1963, issued Presidential Decree No. 215/1963 on the establishment of the Foundation Board TVRI with General President of the Republic of Indonesia.


Development TVRI Broadcasting Station.

In the year 1964 began development dirintis Regional Broadcasting Station began with the station TVRI Yogyakarta, which is successively followed by the Station Medan, Surabaya, Ujungpandang (Makassar), Manado, Denpasar and Balikpapan (Pertamina Help).


Production of development around the station.

Start year 1977, gradually on the capital Province formed Production Station-station or around the SPK, which functions as a representative or TVRI correspondent in the region, which consists of:
1.SPK Jayapura
2.SPK Ambon
3.SPK Kupang
4.SPK Malang (Year 1982 is integrated with the station TVRI Surabaya)
5.SPK Semarang
6.SPK Bandung
7.SPK Banjarmasin
8.SPK Pontianak
9.SPK Banda Aceh
10.SPK Jambi
11.SPK Padang
12.SPK Lampung


TVRI status in the New Order Era
1974, TVRI changed to one part of the organization and the Department of governance work The explanation, given the status of the Directorate, directly responsible to the Director General of Radio, TV, and Film Department of The Republic of Indonesia.

Government as a means of communication, TVRI task is to deliver Government policy to the people and at the same time create two-way traffic of people to the government for not discredit efforts the Government.

The size of the goal line on government policy and its programs is to build the nation and the state of a modern community with a safe, fair, orderly and prosperous, in which every citizen of Indonesia's welfare and mental physical spiritual.
All government policies and its programs can be broadcast-translated through broadcast from studios TVRI which is the capital and in regions with fast, accurate and good.

All of the good TVRI in the capital and in the Region should be laying emphasis to the integration work, so that TVRI become a well-integrated mass media government.

1975, issued Decree No Menpen. 55 Material siaran/KEP/Menpen/1975, TVRI have other than the status double Television Foundation of RI as well as the Directorate of Television, is being applied to the management of the office management / bureaucracy.



TVRI in the Reform Era
June 2000, published in the Government Regulation No. 36 year 2000 about a change in the status TVRI Perusahaan Jawatan (Perjan), which is strengthening under the control of and responsible to the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia.

In October 2001, published in the Government Regulation No. 64 of 2001 regarding guidance Perjan TVRI office under the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia on business and financial organizations.

Dated 17 April 2002, published in the Government Regulation No. 9 2002, TVRI status changed to limited company (PT) TVRI under supervision of the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Republic of Indonesia Minister of State-Owned Enterprises.

Television of the Republic of Indonesia (TVRI) is the oldest television station in Indonesia, and the only television coverage that reaches all areas in Indonesia with the number of spectators around 82 percent of the population of Indonesia.
TVRI currently has 22 regional stations and 1 station with a central fountain supported by the 395 spread throughout the territory of Indonesia.
TVRI employees amounted to 6,823 people throughout the region and around 2000 people are employees of Head Office and Central Station TVRI Jakarta.

TVRI broadcast using the two systems, namely VHF and UHF, built after the completion of the station transmitter Mount Tela Bogor on 18 May 2002 with the strength of 80 Kw.
Cities have been using UHF, namely Jakarta, Bandung and Medan, in addition to some smaller cities such as in Kalimantan and East Java.

TVRI Central Jakarta to broadcast every day during the 19 hours, starting at 05.00 WIB to 24.45 WIB with the substance of the event is informative, instructive and entertain.

TVRI has Programa 2 Jakarta, on the channel / VHF channel 8.
2 Programa on air start on 1 January 1983 with a single news broadcast in English with the name Six Thirty Report for half an hour at 18:30 WIB, under the responsibility of the The.
In the rubric of development is changing the name into English News Service (ENS).
Programa 2 TVRI on air now start at 17:30 - 21.00 pm with a variety of events and entertainment news.

Now this is done the middle of negotiations with the private sector to cooperate in the production and broadcast management programa 2 TVRI Jakarta and surrounding areas, with the frequency of plan changes from UHF to VHF.
The field of broadcast content will be emphasized to the packages so (can product) with the broadcast materials for public consumption metropolitan Jakarta.


This Adult TVRI
With the change in the status of the Company TVRI Perusahaan Jawatan TV according to law number 32 year 2002 about broadcasting, the TVRI be a transition period for 3 years with the number refers to Government Regulation 9 of 2002 which mentioned TVRI shaped or PERSERO PT.

Through this the Government expects PERSERO Directors TVRI can services both the field of Management, Organizational Structure, Human Resource and Finance.
Accordingly the Directors do TVRI consolidation, through restructuring, service the field of Marketing and programming, considering the employee's mental attitude and almost all events TVRI still refer to the status Perjan which have a value less selling.

Restructuring does not mean the reduction of human resources or capital increase, because all of them must meet the required qualifications.
Special about the employees, through the restructuring of the Board of Directors TVRI akan known number of human resources is needed, based on the ability of each individual employee to fill the functions that exist in the organizational structure according to professional expertise and each, with a clear qualification.

Through the restructuring will be whether to fill the above functions can be, and whether it needs to look for professional staff from outside or can utilize the resources available TVRI.

In the form of PERSERO during this transition period, TVRI truly tested for the independent study with the excavate funds from various sources, among others, in the form of cooperation with outside parties both private and state-owned fellow employees and to increase professionalism.

With the transition period for 3 this year, is expected will TVRI can meet the criteria required by law as a TV broadcasting the public with a clear target audience.

Coincided with the rise of the national day on 20 May 2003, operates TVRI back all transmitter relay station TVRI of 395 units, which are spread throughout Indonesia.
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