The Broadcasting House or House of Radio () is an office and broadcasting installation building in
Athens
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,
Greece
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. It currently houses the Greek state broadcaster, the
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly shortened to ERT (), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece.
History Overview
ERT began broadcasting in 1938 as the Radio Broadcasting Service or YRE ().
Followin ...
.
History
Construction and early years
Construction started in 1968, during the Greek
military dictatorship
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for the housing of EIRT (National Radio Television Foundation), later replaced by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). Construction was complete by 1969 and it was inaugurated in 1974. It is one of the many examples of Brutalist architecture in public buildings in Athens.
2013: Occupation by workers and police invasion
On 11 June 2013, with the closure of ERT, the redundant workers occupied the building, which became the scene of large-scale demonstrations on the same day, on 11 September and 7 November.Κάλεσμα για συλλαλητήριο στο Ραδιομέγαρο στις 16.00 - Στάση εργασίας κήρυξε η ΕΣΗΕΑ /ref> On 7 November, the riot police invaded, occupied and evacuated the building, evicting the workers.
The ERT sign, its removal, and re-installation
Prior to its replacement, the original ERT sign was spelled out as "ELLINIKI RADIOFONIA TILEORASI" in Greek, with white text on a blue background.
On 13 April 2014, the old ERT sign was removed from the building in preparation for the installation of ERT's successor,
New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television
New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television () or NERIT () was the state-owned public broadcaster for Greece from 4 May 2014 to 11 June 2015. Antonis Samaras' coalition government established NERIT to replace the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporatio ...
. On 20 September, the new NERIT sign finished installation. Unlike its original predecessor, it was all blue text without a background, something which remains true in the current ERT sign. The sign remained there until 8 June 2015, when the "N" and "I" were removed to spell ERT after
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras (, ; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019.
A left-wing figure, Tsipras was leader of the List of political parties in Greece, Greek political party Syriza from 200 ...
decided to reopen the broadcaster. ERT was restored 3 days later, after NERIT closed on 6:00 EEST.
On 4 November 2017, the entire Greek spelling of ERT "ELLINIKI RADIOFONIA TILEORASI" was then restored on top of the building.
See also
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List of Greek-language television channels
The list of Greek-language television channels includes the following channels:
Domestic channels Public national channels (free-to-air, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, ERT)
*ERT1
*ERT2
*ERT3
*ERT News
*Vouli Tileorasi, Vouli TV (programming pr ...
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List of radio stations in Greece
Greece has over 1,000 radio stations operating with a certificate of temporary legality. Most broadcast on the FM band; the AM band has been almost entirely abandoned by broadcasters, with the exception of State-run media and a few other stations. ...