Altyn Asyr, meaning "Golden Age" in
Turkmen, is one of the eight television channels owned by the
Government of Turkmenistan. It is mainly focused on broadcasting the news in Turkmenistan.
The Watan Habarlary newscast airs six times a day (7:00, 9:00, 12:00, 15:00, 21:00 and 23:00). The channel's TV startup is at 7:00, while the closedown is usually at 1:00, averaging 18 hours on air.
[''Türkmenistan Watan'', 21-27 January 2023] Other programs include Diýar, which has separate editions covering each of the
regions of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is divided into five regions, or ''welaýatlar'' (singular ''Wilaya, welaýat'') and one capital city (''şäher'') with provincial legal status. They are Ahal Region, Ahal, Balkan Region, Balkan, Daşoguz Region, Dashoguz, Lebap Re ...
as well as programs on agriculture and technology. Feature films are broadcast at 23:30 on weekends, after the late edition of Watan Habarlary.
Watan Habarlary frequently repeats stories from the previous night in its morning editions.
The Altyn Asyr's
clock ident
A clock ident is a form of television ident in which a clock is displayed, reading the current time, and usually alongside the logo of that particular television station. Clock idents are typically used before news bulletins and closedown, though ...
is the same as all other news channels excluding the
Türkmen Owazy and
Aşgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...
channels.
History
Television arrived to Ashgabat, the capital of the Turkmen SSR, in 1959,
with a transmitter on VHF channel 1 in the Russian standard. Initially it was an experimental service carrying out feature films, with regular service pending the completion of its television center.
[''Radio and Television in the USSR'', S. V. Kaftanov, 1960]
Altyn Asyr has no longer played Russia's
Channel One Russia
Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervý kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian Television in Russia, federal television channel. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino To ...
since 1998.
References
Television channels and stations established in 1959
Television stations in Turkmenistan
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