page_title: Albanian Radio-Television
hierarchical_section_title: Albanian Radio-Television
caption_attribution_description: Shqip: Radio Televizioni Shqipëtar. Foto by Dritan nga Mardodaj.Italiano: La sede della Radio e della Televisione Nazionale Albanese, Tirana. Foto di Dritan Mardodaj.English: The headquarters of the National Albanian Radio and Television. Foto by Dritan Mardodaj. This is a photo of a monument in Albania, number: TR122
context_page_description: Radio Televizioni Shqiptar is the public broadcaster of Albania, founded in 1938 in Tirana.
  RTSH runs two digital television stations RTSH 1 and RTSH 2.
  It runs 2 DVB-T2 multiplexers, one national with the RTSH channels and the second one for local channels.
  There are 12 TV channels in the first multiplexer and 5 radio channels. RTSH also runs a Satellite Multiplexer with 6 channels.
  RTSH 1 is the flagship generalist channel. RTSH 2 is dedicated niche communities, including cultural and ethnic minorities, broadcasting news editions in Greek, Montenegrin and Aromanian. RTSH 3 is dedicated to Albanians living abroad. RTSH also has dedicated channels, for news, sports, music, children, etc. In addition, four regional radio and TV stations serve local areas in Gjirokastër, Korçë, Kukës, and Shkodër.
  The international radio service broadcasts radio programmes in Albanian and seven other languages via Internet Radio, Radio on the Satellite and on OTT with an App for both iOS and Android. Medium wave and short wave broadcasts were switched off in 2017.
context_section_description: Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (English: Albanian Radio and Television – RTSH) is the public broadcaster of Albania, founded in 1938 in Tirana.
  RTSH runs two digital television stations RTSH 1 and RTSH 2 (formerly known as TVSH and TVSH 2, standing for Televizioni Shqiptar).
  It runs 2 DVB-T2 multiplexers, one national with the RTSH channels and the second one for local channels.
  There are 12 TV channels in the first multiplexer and 5 radio channels. RTSH also runs a Satellite Multiplexer with 6 channels.
  RTSH 1 is the flagship generalist channel. RTSH 2 is dedicated niche communities, including cultural and ethnic minorities, broadcasting news editions in Greek, Montenegrin and Aromanian. RTSH 3 is dedicated to Albanians living abroad. RTSH also has dedicated channels, for news (RTSH-24), sports, music, children, etc. In addition, four regional radio and TV stations serve local areas in Gjirokastër, Korçë, Kukës, and Shkodër.
  The international radio service broadcasts radio programmes in Albanian and seven other languages via Internet Radio, Radio on the Satellite and on OTT with an App for both iOS and Android. Medium wave (AM) and short wave broadcasts were switched off in 2017. (SW). The international television service via satellite RTSH Sat (former TVSH Sat) was launched in 1993 and is aimed at Albanian-speaking communities in Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and northern Greece, plus the Albanian diaspora in the rest of Europe. Since 1999, RTSH has been a member of the European Broadcasting Union.
  RTSH Tani, a mobile app, also offers these channels and more.
  RTSH is the official organiser of the Albanian Song Festival Festivali i Kenges, the winner of which represents Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest. RTSH is funded by a combination of commercial advertising, an annual licence fee of US$12.00 and grant-in-aid from the Albanian government.
caption: RTSH Headquarters in Tirana
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