Kol Yisrael

Kol Israel (Hebrew קול ישראל, Kol Jisra'el, " The Voice of Israel ") is the public radio institution of Israel.

History

Kol Israel was inaugurated on 14 May 1948 with the reading of the Israeli Declaration of Independence by David Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv. The station took over the facilities of the former Palestine Broadcasting Corporation ( Palestine Broadcasting Service, or PBS), which was founded in 1936 as the official radio of the Palestine mandate. The transmitter of PBS was first in Ramallah, but the post-1948 came under Jordanian administration. The first programs of Kol Israel sent from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa from.

In March 1950, it was the first time an international program under the name Kol Tzijon laGola ( "The Voice of Zion to the Diaspora "). These programs were produced by the World Zionist Organization in cooperation with the Jewish Agency. 1958 merged the international and the national department and sent from now on exclusively under the name Kol Israel.

In 1965, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (Israel Broadcasting Authority, Hebrew רשות השידור, Raschut haSchidur ) established as an independent public corporation.

Programs

Kol Israel can be heard on the following channels:

  • Kol Israel Radio International - shipments, inter alia, in English, French, Persian, Spanish, Yiddish and Russian. The broadcasting on shortwave radio was end of March 2008 set. Kol Israel spread since its broadcasts only over the Internet. The service is to be used exclusively with the Windows Media Player and Flash Player. Only the broadcasts in Persian ( Farsi) will continue to be broadcast on shortwave in Iran.
  • Reschet Alef ( "Network A") - Conversations with education and cultural topics, News in English at 07.00 und 17.00 clock UTC.
  • Reschet Bet - varied program.
  • Reschet Gimel - the promotion of Israeli music.
  • Reschet Dalet - programs in Arabic.
  • REQA - Radio programs for new immigrants to Israel. Sends in 13 languages ​​, mainly in Russian.
  • 88 FM - international pop music.
  • Kol haMusika ( "The Voice of Music " ) - Classical music.
  • Reschet Moresheth ( " The network of tradition " ) - religious programs.
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