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Israel Broadcasting Authority

The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA; Hebrew: רָשׁוּת השִּׁדּוּר, romanized: Rashút HaShidúr, lit. 'The Broadcast Authority') was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017, succeeded by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Not to be confused with the former British television regulator, the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA).

Type

Broadcast radio and television

Israel

National; international

Government of Israel

1948 (1948) (radio)
1968 (1968) (television)

9 May 2017 (2017-05-09) (regular programming)
13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) (final television transmission)
14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) (final radio transmission)

Israel Broadcasting Service (1951–1965)

www.iba.org.il
Archived 25 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation

Closure[edit]

Two hours before the broadcast of "Mabat LaHadashot" (A Glance at the News) on 9 May 2017, the staff was informed that it would be the last show.[10] Partial programming on Channel 1 resumed the next day, without news programs, while Channel 33 was shut down with just a slide explaining the closure in Arabic. All IBA Radio stations continued to broadcast news on the hour and music programming until 15 May.


The final program shown by the IBA TV Channel 1 was the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 where Israel was a finalist. A minimal crew of twenty people had remained to ensure a smooth broadcast of the second semi-final on 11 May, with the grand final on 13 May. The program was televised on Channel 1 with no commentary and subtitles during the program for voting purposes. IBA's 88FM radio station also broadcast the program, with live commentary by Kobi Menora, Dori Ben Ze’ev and Alon Amir. During announcement of the Israeli jury's votes, announcer Ofer Nachshon bid farewell to the contest on behalf of the IBA.[11][12][13]


The final IBA transmission was a radio broadcast of the program Progressive and Other Animals on 88FM on 14 May, hosted by Boaz Cohen. The last song to be broadcast was Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".[14]

(Haarutz Ha-Rishon) – The IBA's main channel (until the beginning of the 1990s there were no other channels on Israeli television, and it was called "Ha-Televizia Ha-israelit" – "The Israeli Television"). Part of the weekday daytime schedule is made up of broadcasts from Israeli Educational TV.

Channel 1

(Haarutz Ha-Rishon HD) – The IBA's main channel, broadcast in HD. Initially available only via Hot (the only cable pay TV service in Israel) and "YES" (the only DTH satellite pay TV service in Israel)

Channel 1 HD

– News and factual programming during the day, Arabic-language channel in the evening.

Channel 33

Reshet Aleph ("Network A"): arts and culture radio station.

Reshet Bet ("Network B"): popular , current events, and talk radio station.

news

Reshet Gimmel ("Network C"): radio station devoted to promoting .

Israeli music

Reshet Dalet ("Network D"): radio station in Arabic, featuring a combination of talk and (generally) classical .

Arabic music

or Reshet Klitat 'Aliya: radio for recent immigrants to Israel, broadcasts in 13 languages (mostly Russian). This service was formerly known as "Kol Zion La-Golah" ("Voice of Israel abroad") and Reshet Heh ("Network E").

Reka

88FM: radio for 'quality music': adult contemporary, jazz, classic rock, alternative, progressive rock, and world music. This service was operated between 1995–2017 and used the 88 frequency that was formerly used by Kol Haderech Le'assakim ("Voice of the road for business").

FM

Kol Ha-Musika ("The Voice of Music"): a radio station devoted to .

Classical music

Moreshet: Tradition and culture radio station

Kol Yisrael ("The Voice of Israel") is the collective name for IBA's radio networks, as well as for the international service.

the official radio service for immigrants and for listeners outside Israel

Israel Radio International

the Hebrew program of Jerusalem Calling, the radio station of the British Mandatory Authority

Kol Yerushalayim

Media of Israel

IBA World. Israel Radio foreign languages network REKA. Also has link to Reshet Hey Persian broadcast, now that www.intkolisrael.com no longer exists.

Article on IBA English-language IBA programming

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Video showing importants moments during years of Channel 1 broadcasting