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GTRK Chukotka (Государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания «Чукотка») is a
VGTRK The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) or Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, also known as Russia Television and Radio, is a national state-owned broadcaster which operates many television and radio channel ...
subsidiary covering the
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka ( ; ), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an Autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border wi ...
. Its facilities are located in
Anadyr Anadyr may refer to: *Anadyr (town), a town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia * Anadyr District * Anadyr Estuary * Anadyr (river), a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia * Anadyr Highlands * Anadyr Lowlands * A ...
and produces programs in
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and Chukchi languages.


History

The first radio broadcast in Chukotka took place on 22 December 1935, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Chukotka National Okrug, bringing Soviet Central Radio to the region; local news bulletins began in the late 1930s. By 1960, local radio programs were broadcast hours a day, while also beginning programs in Chukchi. In 1967, programs for the Chukchi language family started, with the aim of targeting the native population not only in Chukotka, but also in Alaska. The program was initially presented by Zoya Nenlyumkina, being replaced with Nina Emmynkau in 1976. New radio premises were erected in 1979.Началась работа Чукотского окружного радио (1935)
/ref> On 31 October 1967, television broadcasts began in Anadyr, days ahead of the establishment of the Ostankino Tower. Viewers saw a filmed feature about the masters of Soviet circus. At the time, only two television sets were installed in town. The first Chukchi face to appear on television was Nadezhda Kuchina. As of 2009, she was the only Chukchi journalist on local television, responsible for the translation of the items for the Chukchi news service. With the dissolution of the USSR and the creation of VGTRK, Radio Chukotka and the Anadyr Television Studio merged to form the Chukotka Radio and Television Broadcasting Company. On 16 May 1995, the company got a six-year license to operate a second television channel, Chukotka, on VHF channel 9 in Anadyr. The station later affiliated with STS until 2004, which as of January 2003, had two daily inserts (late morning and prime time) for local programming, including repeats of ''Vesti Chukotka''.Теленеделя, ''Krasny Sever'', 17–23 January 2003 On 3 November 2017, its television unit held a 50th anniversary event at the Polarny cinema, which included video features on how the local news service was made, as well as interviews with current and former staff. In January 2020, it was the last VGTRK unit to upgrade its equipment, following a plan initiated in 2009. This enabled the broadcaster to begin producing and relaying programs in high definition and 4K. The last time GTRK Chukotka had upgraded was in 2005. Before the conversion, the local edition of ''Vesti'' was criticized for its lack of image quality.НОВАЯ ЭРА ЧУКОТСКОГО ТЕЛЕВИДЕНИЯ
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Programming

The television station produces ''
Vesti Vesti may refer to: Media * Vesti (German newspaper), a Serbian-language newspaper in Germany * ''Vesti'' (Israeli newspaper), a Russian-language newspaper in Israel * Vesti (TV channel), the former name of the news channel Russia-24 * Vesti ...
Chukotka''. In early 2020, the station gained an extra hour of programming on weekend mornings, which was seen as "unpractical". It was believed that the increase in airtime was due to the shutdown of STS affiliate Belyy Veter (White Wind). ''Invitee in the Studio'', which aired on the former STS affiliate until the end of 2019, moved to Russia-1 Chukotka as a result. It aired after the 8am repeat of the Friday evening news bulletin Television broadcasts are shared with GTRK Kamchatka, the two share the same feed of
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, but Kamchatka receives more programming due to it being more populous. When the technological upgrade happened in the early weeks of 2020, viewers in nine villages were deprived from seeing ''Vesti Chukotka'' on Russia-1 for their local news, instead relying on
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, which is on the second multiplex. Television programming in Chukchi language is limited. In January 2003, GTRK Chukotka aired ''Эйгыскʼын'' on Thursdays on the late afternoon opt-out slot on RTR. By the late 2000s, a news bulletin in Chukchi premiered, ''Пынʼылтэ''. It is a mere translation of the previous evening's Russian bulletin, initially running for twenty minutes. In 2009, it was mainly viewed in Anadyr, where the ethnic Chukchi population is low. ''Пынʼылтэ'' was even joked by people, saying it was for the elderly, due to its mid-afternoon timeslot (15:20).'' Toutes les télés du monde'', Chukchis, ARTE France and Point du Jour, 2009 As of April 2025, it runs for twenty-five minutes in a morning timeslot (09:30), while on Fridays, it is repeated at 11:30 and 21:10, where, on other days, the Russian local edition is broadcast.ТВ, ''Krasny Sever'', 21–27 April 2025


References

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