Chemherian Broadcasting Corporation

The Chemherian Broadcasting Corporation, known under the Chemherian initials QNQ (the initials of Qacwarkra Nangraqulbe Qemheriye), is the state broadcaster of Chemheria. It was created in 2016 as a reformulation of the former inefficient Radio and Television of Chemheria (Radio wo Henarisen Qemheriye), itself created after the merger of the state radio and television entities in 2007.

History

Separate radio and television corporations (1928-2007)

Radio was introduced to Chemheria in 1928. As with most countries, the first studies of the new means of communication were run by universities. The first station belonged to the Magas University and began its operations in March of 1928, broadcasting half an hour of programs about the life in Chemheria as part of a "studying plan". In September, these broadcasts grew to two hour-long sessions and the scope of content was broadened even further.

In 1933, Magas University sold the service to the government, under which it was nationalized and became Radio Magas, operating four hours a day, four days a week (breaks on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays). Upon the rise of Communism in 1936, broadcasts became daily and the name Emir Komunistiqe Qemheriye (Voice of Communist Chemheria) was adopted. Four years later, at risk of being invaded by the Third Reich, the word "Communist" was dropped, but the content scope remained.

A second service, initially available in Magas, launched in 1951, by this stage there were radio transmitters nationwide.

Television services were first mooted in 1966. The government-run Henarisen Qemheriye (Chemherian Television) began operations in November 1968, operating on one channel in black and white. Color broadcasts were first experimented in 1980 for the Olympic Games, and in the following year the news were already in color. It took them a total period of four years to convert, between September 1984 and May 1985, the conversion period was complete. A second channel launched in 1984 though it was experimental, not becoming regular until 1986. A third channel followed in 1990 in the fall of Communism and it basically relayed some pre-recorded content from Eurectipherian music channels for the youth.

In 2002, Kaqken launched with its name meaning "diaspora" in Chemherian. Next year saw the launch of news channel 24. Initially the news channel was made available by cable, yet the DTT tests in 2006 eased a national coverage.

Combined radio and television corporation (2007-2016)

In 2004, the government passed a law to create a new public service broadcasting agency, merging Emir Qemheriye with Henarisen. The new company was named Radio wo Henarisen Qemheriye (Radio and Television of Chemheria) and was assigned the abbreviation Raheqem in January of 2007. The new corporation went live on January 9 of that year.

The combined corporation was set up to avoid being a tool of the government and switching to a Western Eurectipherian-style public service system. During these first few months of the combined corporation, it had become a massive public service broadcaster, but within a year from its founding it almost reverted back to its previous situation. The rise of commercial television, particularly Omega Television, did manage to cripple the public sector in terms of revenue.

New corporation (2016-2021)

The previous Raheqem corporation started to show its flaws in 2015, among them were the inability to launch full HD transmissions by 2018 (a goal set up during the 2014 South Bulungi World Cup) and that of furtherly segmenting its contents. In March of 2015, the parliament discussed in a special session that the corporation would be profoundly re-structured and would also change its name. The government selected the name QNQ so that it can be at the level of other Eurectipherian broadcasters such as the Michillian Broadcasting Corporation, and the English translation of their Chemherian name clearly reflects it.

On the 18th of October, 2016, the new corporation started. Notable changes included the launch of the sports and music channels (Henarisen 4 and Pley), which were supposed to be launched in 2013 in time for the 45th anniversary of the television corporation. This was followed by a knowledge channel created as an improvisation in November.

Currently all channels operated by the broadcaster are among the most-viewed. There is still a strong criticism of its commercial competitors, especially because of negative criticism of the government's actions.

Crisis, mismanagement and illegalities (2021-present)

The 2021 Chemherian socio-economical crisis has led to a number of cuts at the corporation. 24-hour broadcasts were abolished on television

A new law in 2023 sets forth the change of status from public broadcaster to "national" broadcaster, a status not seen since 2007.

Operations

Radio

• Radio 1
• Radio 2
• Radio 3

Television

• Henarisen 1 - the main channel. It focuses on general and so-called “prestige” content, as well as news and programming about the society. Usually on air between 05:00 and 00:30.
• Henarisen 2 - the secondary channel. It focuses on culture and ethnicities. Usually on air between 06:00 and 00:00.
• Henarisen 3 - the youth channel. It airs mainly imported cartoons and live-action series (Flarlandian series being favorites of the audience), music shows, giving the voice to uprising talents, and sports. Usually on air between 07:00 and 01:00.
• Henarisen 4 - sports channel.
• 24 - the news channel.
• Kaqken - the international channel. Also shows programming with English subtitles.
• Qorpa - programming for pre-schoolers and school-aged children. On air from 06:00 to 21:30.
• Pley - a music channel.