public Radio and television
Tunisian Radio and TV Establishment (ERTT)
- Date of creation: Radio broadcasting started in 1938. Its Tunisian broadcasts started in 1957.
- Managing director: Mustapha Khammari.
- Language: mainly Arabic. But foreign languages used in news broadcasts and international radio programs.
- Number of journalists: 283 journalists, in addition to outside expertise and technical support.
- The establishment comprises two TV channels (satellite "canal 7" and "canal 21") and 8 radio stations (national radio, youth radio, international radio + 5 regional radio stations: Sfax, Monastir, Gafsa, Tataouine and Le Kef).
- For each radio and TV channel, there is news operation managed by an editor-in-chief.
- Offices and correspondents:
- In Tunisia: regional radio staff covers events inside the country and file reports for "TV 7" and national radio news programs.
- Abroad: Correspondents based in Al-Qods (Jerusalem), Bagdad, London, Brussels, Washington, Beirut, Cairo, Moscow, Paris and Berlin.
- Mailing address : 71, avenue de la Liberté - 1002 Tunis.
- Email: presidence@ertt.ati.tn
- Telephone : 71 847 300
- Fax.: 71 781 058
- Web sites:
- TV channel: www.tunisiatv.com
- Radios: www.radiotunis.com
Programs: Beside ensuring public radio and television broadcasts, ERTT serves as an umbrella for five regional public radio stations covering various parts of the country. Public radio and television programs cater to the different concerns of Tunisian audiences. Parliamentary hearings are broadcast live on TV and television talk-shows include representatives of all political parties, including those of the opposition. "TV 21" and "Youth Radio" gear their broadcasts towards young audiences.
Le Kef Radio
- Date of creation: February 13, 1991.
- Start of operation: November 7, 1991.
- Managing director: Noureddine Haj Mahmoud
- Language: Arabic.
- Information cadres: 21
- Services: Information / programming / administrative and financial service / radio operation service / radio maintenance service / TV production unit.
- Departmental heads: 7
- Services and correspondents:
- In Tunisia: 21
- Mailing address: Avenue Mongi Slim - 7100 Le Kef
- Telephone: 78.227.700
- Fax.: 78.227.395
- Email: radiokef@email.ati.tn
Sfax Radio
- Date of creation: December 8, 1961
- Managing director: Romdhane Alimi
- Language: Arabic
- Staff: 150 (journalists, presenters and collaborators)
- Services: programs / programming / computing / sport / information/ music / documentation / radio exploitation / televisual production / televisual exploitation / administratives and financial affairs / transport / training.
- Departmental heads: 20
- Services and correspondents:
- In Tunisia: Sfax / Sidi Bouzid / Gabès / Tataouine / Kairouan / Kébili
- Mailing address: Route de Menzel Chaker - 3058 Sfax
- Telephone: 74.240.655
- Fax.: 74.247.971
- Email: radio-sfax@email.ati.tn
- Web site: www.radiotunis.com
Monastir Radio
- Date of creation: 1977
- Managing director: Ali Rabbâ
- Language: Arabic
- Number of journalists: 139
- Services: information sub-direction / programs sub-direction / sub-direction of technical services / televisual production service / documentation service.
- Services and correspondents:
- In Tunisia: correspondents in the following governorates: Monastir - Sousse - Mahdia - Kairouan - Nabeul.
- Mailing address: Monastir Radio - 5000 Monastir
- Email: radiomonastir@email.ati.tn
- Telephone : 73.462.900
- Fax.: 73.460.807
- Web site: www.radiotunis.com
Tataouine Radio
- Date of creation: Novembre 7, 1993
- Managing Director: Lassaad Dahech
- Language: Arabic
- Information staff: 11 journalists, 2 presenters, 13 technicians and 20 administrative staff (employees + managers)
- Services: information / maintenance / programming / radio operation / administration and finances / programs.
- Mailing address: Cité du 7 novembre - 3263 Tataouine
- Telephone: 75.870.188
- Fax.: 75.870.912
- Email: radiotataouine@email.ati.tn
- Web sites: www.radiotunis.com
