Vietnam Television (1966–75)
| Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam (THVN) Vietnam Television Channel 9 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1966 |
| Closed | 1975 |
| Owned by |
Radio-Television Public Broadcasting Centre Government of the Republic of Vietnam |
| Country |
 South Vietnam |
| Broadcast area | Domestic |
| Headquarters | 9 Hồng Thập tự Street, Saigon |
| Replaced by | HTV (May 1975) |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Over the air analog | Channel 9 |
Vietnam Television (Vietnamese: Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam, abbreviated THVN[1]), also known as Saigon Television (Đài Truyền hình Sài Gòn) or Channel 9 (Đài số 9), was one of two national television broadcasters in South Vietnam from February 7, 1966, until just before the Fall of Saigon on April 29, 1975. It was the first television broadcaster in Vietnam.[2] It was operated by the Vietnamese Bureau of Television (Nha Vô tuyến Truyền hình Việt Nam), part of the General Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema (Tổng cục Truyền thanh, Truyền hình và Điện ảnh) in the Ministry of Propaganda.[3] Vietnam Television broadcast from the capital Saigon on channel 9 (4.5 MHz) in FCC-standard black and white.[2][4] The other national broadcaster was the English-language Armed Forces Vietnam Network or NWB-TV on channel 11.[5] Both channels used an airborne transmission relay system from airplanes flying at high altitudes, called Stratovision, as part of Operation Blue Eagle.
Vietnam Television's final programming aired the evening of April 29, 1975. The next day, the station was reconstituted as Saigon Liberation Television (Đài truyền hình Sài Gòn Giải phóng, SGTV) with a live broadcast of South Vietnamese President Dương Văn Minh's surrender. SGTV became Ho Chi Minh City Television on May 1, 1975.
Color filming units of THVN broadcasting a National Armed Forces Day parade, Saigon, June 16, 1971
Sample of a 1967 Vietnamese-language Radio Vietnam sign-off broadcast from Saigon, with their call sign, national anthem "Tiếng Gọi Công Dân", and broadcast schedule.- 1974 English-language Voice of Vietnam (Radio Vietnam) foreign service broadcast from Saigon
See also
References
- ↑ Vietnam Cultural Profile: Television
- 1 2 Tấn Đức (2008-12-15). "Buổi phát sóng truyền hình đầu tiên ở Việt Nam" [The first television broadcast in Vietnam]. E-info (in Vietnamese).
- ↑ THVN9
- ↑ Hà Đình Nguyên (2005-04-28). "'Đây là Đài Truyền hình Sài Gòn giải phóng...'". Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam United Youth League. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ↑ Williams, Billy. "Television in Vietnam". Broadcasting in Vietnam During the War. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28.