The CNR (Ro-Portuguese: Centro Nacional de Radiodifusão, Bloxish: National Centre for Broadcasting) is the national, state-owned broadcasting corporation for Sebelsti. It is liable to the Ministry of Communications and Media, and is the primary, and one of the only television news broadcasters in the country. It broadcasts from the Port Sebelsti Television Tower , in Port Sebelsti, the executive and legislative capital of Sebelsti, with a mirror antenna located in Nakoof, the administrative and judicial capital of Sebelsti.
History
There were no domestic television stations in Sebelsti until 1953, when after the First Sebelsti Civil War, the CNR was formed to broadcast information and news to the public. However, before then, limited signals from the nearby Democratic States of Working Noobs were occasionally viewed in the country. The CNR was formed in November 1953, as a private company, broadcasting an analog signal from the Centrak Nakoof Television Tower. However, in 1969, when the Sebelsti Socialist Party took over following the Second Sebelsti Civil War, overthrowing the legitimately elected government, and replacing it with a one-party military dictatorship, the CNR was made a state-owned institution, and was heavily censored. After the 1982 Revolution, when the National Party took power, the semi-authoritarian government loosened up much of the restrictions of the media industry, and begun allowing a few legal private firms to broadcast news, but mainly own print news. However, it remained a state owned company.
By 2000, it was reported that the Luobuese government had invested 40 million poinhu (around 329,000 Robloxian Robux) into broadcasting equipment and other enhancements for the channel. In 2005, the channel obtained better filming equipment from Avast Television as well as a on-screen projector for opaque information displays.
In 2013, the CNR officially switched its channels CNR 1, 2 and 7 to digital television. These are the three main channels, whereas channels 3 and 8 are still using analog television. Until 2018, it broadcasted almost exclusively in 4:3 standard definition format, but starting in February 2018, almost all programs were broadcasted in 16:9 high definition format, with a select handful of programs, mainly commercials being broadcasted in 4:3 to this day.
Channels
The company operates 13 channels, numbered as such:
- CNR1, the primary channel, which broadcasts news, television programs, and movies, as well as some sports and variety programming.
- CNR2, a secondary channel, which broadcasts pre-programmed television shows.
- CNR3,