Three (Zau)

Three (formerly known as Channel Three) is a television station situated in Cape Astoria. Although its headquarters are situated there, It has been founded in 1982 by the Nicholas Rudell Organization.

## History

Channel Three has been the first private station in the country, since the other two television stations, TVZ and ZCT, had been broadcasting in a public algorithm, the reason why the programs are so cheap to make. There was a law in the headquarters of TVZ in Spinel that stated that no distribution of other programs had been made, so the Nicholas Rudell Organization, which already had a radio station in a small suburb of Cape Astoria, had been founding it, with it's first program being a rock concert in the former Tammy's Cafe in 1982.

It's first color programming had been started in 1985. Since then, most, but not all of the programs had been transmitting in color, because of the limited resources and problems with the company Technicolor, which had been focusing on nations part of the UN. Full color programming was then introduced in 1992, when the company Steel Rainbow had been signing a partnership with the channel.

The channel started using the slogan "Reach for the Stars", which has been inspired by CBS' promo of the same name. The ads are what made the station the most viewed during the late 1980's, along with programs syndicated from the United States and Argentina.

Three was the first television channel to broadcast The Simpsons. Because of that, three had a plan to make a night television animated block, which featured several Zaurian artists, like the Alex Rit, most notable for doing comics in cities in Falcon Bay. The block only aired for 4 years.

The station stopped using the slogan "Reach for the Stars" in 2013, due to the death of the president of the channel at the time, Neagel Van Burt, which was the last holder of the slogan.

A controversy struck the television channel in 2020, when the reporters refused to show more footage of the assasination of George Floyd. Twitter users in the micronation began criticizing the station for it's "racism", and the station responded to them with a 2-day programming hiatus, and a news report claiming that George's assasination was "justified for being a drug addict".

The station unveiled it's new logo, created by the graphic designer Collin Grow in 2021.

## Programs

The programming on Three is mostly juvenile, although it also has been known for being the main broadcaster of the Zaurian Basketball League since the 1990's, and having three news programs, one being the main one being telecasted during the day and night, and the other two being opinion-based with a slight touch of gossip.

Three has a fundraising program, named Super Campaign, similar to the Telethon in Panama, which is a annual 3-day program to bring money to poor children. Its first edition was made in 1998, when the Memorial Hospital of Falcon Bay had to be delayed in reconstruction, and the goal was over 8,000,000 jarls, which was successful.

## Slogans

* Zau's Most Wanted (1983-1988)
* Reach for the Stars (1988-2013)
* Your Journey Begins. (2013-2019)
* Believe in Us (2019-pres)
* Believe in Us, Home Together (2020)