Type | Radio and television |
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Country | Moldova |
Availability | International |
Owner | the Moldovan State (The Government of Moldova) |
Launch date | 8 October 1939 as Radio Basarabia, the second radio station of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company |
Former names | Radio Basarabia |
Service 1 | Moldova 1 |
Service 2 | TV Moldova Internaţional |
Service 3 | Radio Moldova |
Service 4 | Radio Moldova Internaţional |
Service 5 | Radio Moldova Muzical |
Official website | trm.md |
TeleRadio-Moldova is the state-owned national radio-TV broadcaster. It owns the TV channels Moldova 1 and TVMI and the radio channels Radio Moldova and Radio Moldova Internaţional. TRM was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union on 1 January 1993, under its former name Radioteleviziunea Nationala din Moldova (RTNM).
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The company was launched on 8 October 1939, as Radio Basarabia, the second radio station of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company. In 1958, Nicolae Lupan became the first chief redactor of TeleRadio-Moldova.
On December 31, 2009, the Supervisory Board of Teleradio-Moldova dismissed the director of Radio Moldova, Veaceslav Gheorghişenco, after on December 30 they dismissed the company's chairman, Valentin Todercan, and the director of Moldova 1, Adela Răileanu. The board's members grounded their decision on the fact that over the past years the company turned into a political instrument, violated the right to expression and the principle of impartiality and pluralism of opinions. Also, the Supervisory Board announced a contest for these vacancies.[1]
Constantin Marin is the new head of "Teleradio-Moldova". Since 2004, he was principal of the Journalism and Communication Sciences faculty at State University of Moldova. Before, he was editor-in-chief at Radio Moldova Internaţional and superior lector at History of Journalism department. He is the author of "The Civil Society between Political Myth and Social Plea", "Institutional Communication" and "Community Development and Participation".[2]
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