South Arlesburian Broadcasting Corporation

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The South Arlesburian Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster of South Arlesbury. It was created in 1980 following a decree issued by fundamentalist president Pro Tect.

After the return to democracy, the SABC was viewed as a puppet of its North Arlesburian counterparts, TNA and RNA. In recent years, the SABC has ironically obtained editorial independence - especially following the growing "conservative" output used by its main competitor, Skyway Television.

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Until 1980, South Arlesbury was served by the Arlesburian Broadcasting Corporation. The services of the former Commercial Broadcasting Corporation were integrated into the new SABC.

Radio was limited to over four hours a day, starting at 6pm and ending after 10:15pm. All but one frequencies were occupied by the new SABC Radio Service. One FM frequency that formerly belonged to Central Newspapers Group was handed over to Radio Two, broadcasting frmo 7 to 9pm, two times a week. The service was apparently limited to Salisbury and the Pro Tect "elite". "Ordinaries" caught tuning in Radio Two had to face serious fines. The strength of these transmitters was sufficient to prevent jamming from neighboring countries.

Daily, the television service operated from 7:30pm to 9:45pm. Programming included readings from the Red Book and extensive local programming. Foreign programming from some countries was allowed, but numerous references - gambling, alcohol and the like - were removed. This was years before Skyway Television did similar censorship practices.

One of the most popular programs of the time was a children's program promoting hate called Tomorrow's Pioneers (unrelated to the Plenestine television series of the same name), broadcast between 1982 and 1989.

On the day Pro Tect was assassinated by North Arlesburian forces, TNA-RNA were given temporary control. In March 1990, the SABC was reformed under a new structure. The SABC was given its own editorial control and broadcast the first fair elections in a decade. Additionally, the SABC gave a third channel in 1990, broadcasting content from satellite channels.

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