BTV Rangpur

Bangladesh Television Rangpur Subcenter
বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন রংপুর উপকেন্দ্র

Type	Relay station
Country	Bangladesh
Broadcast area	Rangpur Division
Network	BTV Dhaka
Headquarters	Satgara, Rangpur
Programming
Language(s)	Bengali
Ownership
Owner	Government of Bangladesh
Parent	Bangladesh Television
History
Launched	December 1978; 46 years ago (1978-12)
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog terrestrial	VHF channel 6[1][2]

Bangladesh Television Rangpur or BTV Rangpur (Bengali: বিটিভি রংপুর) is a BTV-affiliated relay television station broadcast from Rangpur, serving the namesake division in the North Bengal region. It is one of the two relay television stations of Bangladesh Television serving the Rangpur Division, with the other being broadcast from Thakurgaon.^[3] Established in December 1978, it is yet to be converted into a regional television station. BTV Rangpur is headquartered in the city's Satgara neighborhood.^[4]

History

BTV Rangpur commenced operations in December 1978^[5] on VHF channel 6 with a 10 kilowatt transmitter.^[6] As of August 1989, BTV Rangpur broadcast with an increased 360 kilowatt transmitter.^[7]

After the 26th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee relating to the Ministry of Information held on 2 May 2011, the committee suggested the relay stations of BTV in Rangpur and Khulna to upgrade to regional television stations.^[8] In May 2014, however, then prime minister Sheikh Hasina rejected a proposal by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to upgrade some of BTV's relay stations, including the one in Rangpur, to full-fledged television stations while expressing her dissatisfaction with the quality of programmes broadcast on BTV at the time.^[9] However, Bangladesh Television later sought 13,910,000 BDT for five new full-fledged stations to be launched, including BTV Rangpur.^[10][11]

On 8 January 2021, in response to the questions asked by journalists at the Rangpur Circuit House, then information and broadcasting minister Hasan Mahmud stated that it would be possible for BTV Rangpur to begin full-fledged broadcasts within the next two and a half years.^[12] He reiterated the statement that BTV Rangpur would become a regional station during his visit to the headquarters of the station on 1 August 2023, also stating that it would benefit local artists, writers, and intellectuals if a full-fledged television station is launched.^[13]

Programming

Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Bangladesh Television

References

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5. চার দশকেও পূর্ণাঙ্গ চালু হয়নি বিটিভির আঞ্চলিক সম্প্রচার কেন্দ্র. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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7. "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1990. p. 409. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
8. বিটিভির সিলেট বরিশাল ও রংপুর রিলে স্টেশনকে সম্প্রচার কেন্দ্র করার সুপারিশ. BanglaNews24 (in Bengali). 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
9. Karim, Mohosinul (18 May 2014). "No upgrading of 5 BTV sub-stations". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
10. "BTV to get Tk1,391cr for five new centres". Dhaka Tribune. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
11. "6 BTV centres to be built in divisional cities". Prothom Alo. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
12. ভ্যাকসিন আসা নিয়ে শঙ্কা নেই: তথ্যমন্ত্রী. Jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
13. প্রত্যেক বিভাগে টেলিভিশন কেন্দ্র স্থাপন হবে. Samakal (in Bengali). 1 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.