Nauru Broadcasting Service

The Nauru Broadcasting Service is the state-owned, non-commercial broadcasting service of the Republic of Nauru.

Nauru Broadcasting Service
Company typeBroadcast television radio
Founded1968 (radio)
1991 (television)
HeadquartersNauru
Area served
Nationwide
OwnerNauru Media Bureau
SubsidiariesNauru Television
Radio Nauru

Founded in 1968, when the country obtained independence, the NBS operates Nauru Television and Radio Nauru.[1][2]

By the early 2000s, in a context of economic difficulties, the NBS was producing no local content, but rebroadcast programmes from the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Television New Zealand. Nauru TV possessed no functioning cameras, and Nauru Radio's broadcast signals were too weak to be heard throughout the small country. The NBS's capacities were subsequently enhanced with the assistance of AusAID, and by the late 2000s it was broadcasting locally made programmes across the island.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Nauru Yearbook 2006". Commonwealth of Nations. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Nauru: Media", BBC News, 5 May 2009
  3. ^ "Nauru makes media network from scratch", The Australian, 15 February 2010