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Το '''Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου''' ('''ΡΙΚ''') στεγάζεται στην ομώνυμη Λεωφόρο ΡΙΚ, στη [[Λευκωσία]].
==History and legal framework==
The CyBC started as the Cyprus Broadcasting Service.
The Cyprus Broadcasting Service began radio broadcasts at 1700 PM on Sunday 4 October 1953. Programs were broadcast in Greek, Turkish and English. Transmission was on the medium wavelengths 434 and 495 meters. The station produced a weekly publication called "Radio Cyprus" and was free.<ref>{{cite book|title=Romantic Cyprus|year=1957|publisher=Kevork K. Keshishian|edition=7}}</ref>
Television broadcasting began on 1 October 1957. Initially, broadcasts were five days a week, with an averaging daily length of 3 hours. The service covered a radius of 20 miles from [[Nicosia]].
On 1 January 1959 the Cyprus Broadcasting Service ceased to be a government department and was renamed the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation under "The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Act (Chapter 300A). In part it was modeled on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Romantic Cyprus|year=1962|publisher=Kevork K. Keshishian|edition=10}}</ref>
The CyBC was admitted as an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union on 1 January 1964 and became an active member five years later.
As the effective state broadcaster, the CyBC is responsible for maintaining the broadcasting remit required under the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. Article 171 of the Constitution states:
"In sound and vision broadcasting there shall be programs both for the Greek and the Turkish Communities. The time allocated to programs for the Turkish Cypriot Community in sound broadcasting shall not be less than 75 hours in a seven-day week, spread to all days of such week in daily normal periods of transmission: Provided that if the total period of transmissions has to be reduced so that the time allotted to programs for the Greek Community should fall below 75 hours in a seven-day week, then the time allotted to programs for the Turkish Community in any such week should be reduced by the same number of hours as that by which the time allotted to programs for the Greek Community is reduced below such hours: Provided further that if the time allotted to programs for the Greek Community is increased above one hundred and forty hours in a seven-day week, then the time allotted to programs for the Turkish Community shall be increased in the ratio of three hours for the Turkish Community to every seven hours for the Greek Community.
In vision broadcasting there shall be allotted three transmission days to the programs for the Turkish Community of every ten consecutive transmission days and the total time allotted to the programs for the Turkish Community in such ten transmission days shall be in the ratio of three hours to seven hours allotted to programs for the Greek Community in such ten transmission days.
All official broadcasts in sound and vision shall be made both in Greek and Turkish and shall not be taken into account for the purposes of calculating the time under this Article."
Article 19 of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Act or Chapter 300A, states that the
"The Corporation (CyBC) shall conduct the broadcasting services with impartial attention to the interests and susceptibilities of the different communities and with due regard to the interests of minority communities in the Republic.
The Corporation shall operate the broadcasting services in the Greek, Turkish and English languages and any other languages at its discretion and shall at all times keep a fair balance in the allocation of broadcasting hours and other matters between these languages."
==Ραδιοφωνία==
Το Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου εκπέμπει τέσσερα ραδιοφωνικά προγράμματα:
'''Α' Πρόγραμμα''':
Είναι το παλαιότερο ραδιόφωνο της [[Κύπρος|Κύπρου]]. Κύριος σκοπός του είναι η ενημέρωση του ακροατή.
'''Β' Πρόγραμμα'''
'''Β' Πρόγραμμα''': Το Β' Πρόγραμμα του ΡΙΚ στοχεύει στην ενημέρωση και ψυχαγωγία των ξένων κατοίκων και τουριστών στη [[Κύπρος|Κύπρο]]. Μεταδίδει πρόγραμμα στα [[Τουρκική γλώσσα|Τουρκικά]], στα [[Αγγλική γλώσσα|Αγγλικά]], στα [[Αρμενική γλώσσα|Αρμενικά]], στα [[Γαλλική γλώσσα|Γαλλικά]], στα [[Γερμανική γλώσσα|Γερμανικά]] και στα [[Αραβική γλώσσα|Αραβικά]].
'''Γ' Πρόγραμμα''':
Το πρόγραμμα του είναι μεικτό: ψυχαγωγικό και ενημερωτικό. Θεωρείται η ναυαρχίδα της δημόσιας ραδιοφωνίας.
'''Δ' Πρόγραμμα''':
Το νεότερο μέλος της οικογένειας του ΡΙΚ, εκπέμπει μόλις από τον Απρίλιο του 2006. Μεταδίδει μόνο μουσική.
==Τηλεόραση==
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