Tomali National Television

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Tomali National Television (TNTV) (Somali: Telefishinka Qaranka Toomaaliyeed, abbreviated TQT) is the national television station of Tomalia.

The channel airs a variety of local content (about 80% of the schedule), which is average by local standards, as well as bootlegged foreign programming. In the past, it also had the rights to international sports competitions, which have seen been taken over by the private sector. Much of the legal foreign output is obtained from Voice of Sierra. It supplies news, current affairs programs and a children's program produced by Sesame Workshop aimed at Tomalians and the diaspora.

History[edit | edit source]

The first regular TV services began in Somalia on 17 August 1983, with funds obtained from Gubhat and the United Mussulmenian Emirates with service in two languages (in Somali and Arabic) two hours daily and three hours on Fridays and holidays, ceasing its operation during the civil war. Before its launch, the Ministry of Information and National Guidance set plans for two transmitters: 100 watts and 500 watts respectively.

Initially it was known as Telefishanka J.D. Toomaaliya (Television of the Tomali D.R.). Not much further information from this phase exists. Somalian journalist Axmed Siciid had a news program on the channel in its beginnings called Todobaadkii Hore Iyo Aduunka (The Past Week and Around the World). During the Siad Barre government, reception was limited to Mogadishu and its surroundings.