Channel 7 (Vrachiapolian TV channel)

Channel 7 (formerly VCC-7 from 1959-1993) is a free-to-air, English-language television channel in Vrachiapolis. Owned by state broadcaster CommuniCorp, it broadcasts general entertainment, news, and sports programming.

History
The first test transmission of VCC-7 was on 12 January 1959, with 1-hour and 40-minutes monochrome service on black and white during its daily test transmissions. After the image of the British Vrachia flag and the playing of the Commonwealth anthem "God Save the Queen", Governor Emmett Murdoch became the first person to appear on Vrachiapolian television, saying "Today, a new chapter opens on the lives of the people living in Vrachiapolis." Following his speech, the first television programme in Vrachiapolis was a documentary entitled TV in Vrachiapolis. It was followed by three short subjects with The Three Stooges in "Pies and Guys", "Disorder in the Count" and "Oil's Well That Ends Well", a news report and newsreel, a Greek-language variety show titled Φιλικά Πρόσωπα (Filiká Prósopa; lit. "friendly faces"), a performance by the British Vrachia Symphony Orchestra and a Turkish-language variety show titled Mizah ve Müzik (lit. "Humor and Music").

On 3 February 1959, VCC-7 began regular television service.

VCC-7 began broadcasting in colour on 21 March 1970 with the very first colour programme being a live telecast of that year's Eurovision Song Contest held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, relayed via microwave transmission. About 2,000 colour television sets were sold in the Vrachiapolis self-governing area three days before the Song Contest's telecast.

VCC-7 broadcast Fahir Hamzaoglu's midnight declaration of Vrachiapolian independence on August 15, 1974, with subtitle translations in Greek and Turkish.

On 1 October 1987, VCC-7 began broadcasting in stereo.

Rebranding
In 1993, VCC-7 relaunched as Channel 7.

On 4 September 1995, Channel 7 aired the first edition of AM Vrachiapolis, the country's most-popular English-language breakfast programme.