RTVM

Radio Television Malichka (RTVM) (Slovene: Radiotelevizija Malička) (Chinese: 馬列基亞廣播電視電台) is the public media service in Malichka. Founded 1935 as Radio Malička, it's the oldest broadcaster in Malichka. As a government department under the Ministry of Broadcasting and Culture and Parliament, RTVM's educational, entertainment, and public affairs programmes are broadcast on its nine radio channels and five television channels, as well as commercial television channels. Unlike other public broadcasters like the BBC and NHK, which are primarily funded by licence fees, RTVM is directly supported by annual government funding.

History
The Malichkan Government launched its first radio broadcasting station, known as "RK" (Radio Kralj), on 30 June 1935, with a starting staff of only six people. Several name changes occurred over the next few years, and it eventually became known as "Radio Malichka" (RM) (馬列基亞廣播電台) in 1948.

In 1940, broadcasting operations were taken over by the Parliament Information Services (PIS), but by 1944, Radio Malichka had managed to establish itself as an independent department. Up until 1946, the radio station was only on-air for three periods during the day; at morning, lunchtime, and evening. This was partly due to many of the presenters being part-time freelancers who had to fit their radio appearances in with their normal daily working schedule.

In 1959, the station's medium wave AM transmitting station was moved from a waterfront site in Hirbismrekovi to the summit of Golden Hill in Šestsmrek state. Although the new transmitters were much more powerful, the mountain-top site proved unsuitable for medium wave transmissions and reception in some areas has remained problematic ever since. At the same time, RTVM introduced its trademark symbol - the "telesova", a stylized bluebird with big eyes and a small beak. In March 1962, RM moved its headquarters to new purpose-built studios located at Broadcasting House (廣播大廈) in Dvoreki, Smrekavoda state.

A Television Production Unit was established in 1965 to produce TV programmes for required broadcast by independent channels. At that time, RM did not have its own television broadcast transmitters.

In 1973, RTVM set up its own radio newsroom. Prior to this, all news had been prepared by Parliament Information Services staff. Until 1969, headlines were sent to the studios every half-hour by teleprinter from the PIS headquarters in Central District, while the three daily full bulletins were hand-delivered by a messenger. This arrangement became impractical following the move to the new studios in 1962, so initially a PIS newsroom was set up in Broadcasting House. This arrangement also proved unsatisfactory and RTVM's own journalists, who until then had been confined to producing magazine programmes, took over the entire news operation.

In 1981, the station's name was changed to "Radio Television Malichka" (RTVM) to reflect its new involvement in television programme production. In the same year, RTVM launched its two television channels: 1 (Slovene programming), 2 (Cantonese programming), and 3 (English programming).

In 1986, RTVM headquarters moved across the road to the former Post Office Building, which was renamed Television Palace. The station's first News and Financial News channel, RM7, was established in 1989.

In December 1994, RTVM launched its website and made its television productions, as well as content from its seven radio channels, available online. The website provided live broadcasts as well as a twelve-month archive (with the exception of MHCEE and MHALE broadcasts in RTVM 2 due to copyright issues with the Malichkan Examinations and Assessment Authority). The website, presented in English, Slovene, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, initially offered free news via email three times per day, as well as online content.

In 2013, RTVM trialled and launched a fourth television channel targeted at kids. To support this new television operation, the government administration increased the station's funding by between MH$300 million and MH$400 million a year.

In April 2016, RTVM took over the analogue channel frequencies of Asia Television (ATV) after the latter's free television licence expired.

In March 2017, as the Malichkan government decided to terminate DAB services in the country, RTVM said that it would integrate the existing DAB programmes into existing AM and FM radio channels. As the government claimed that RTVM should stop DAB service within six months, that means DAB service will be terminated no later than 30 September 2017.

With the termination of DAB+ in Malichka, RTVM has announced in August 2017 that the broadcaster's relay of China National Radio on RM6 would reduce to 8 hours a day and move to an overnight slot on Radio 4; Radio 6 would instead relay Radio Malichka, owned by RTV Slovenia.

Radio channels
RM1 (99.3 FM/1029 AM in Smrekavoda and Devetzmajev, 98.5 in other states): General programming, news and current affairs (Slovene)

RM2 (99.3 FM/1028 AM in Smrekavoda and Devetzmajev, 98.5 in other states): General programming, news and current affairs (Cantonese, additional programs in Mandarin)

RM3 (99.3 FM in Smrekavoda and Devetzmajev, 98.8 in Svetijurij, 97.9 in Zahodni Otoki, 96.8 in other states): News, popular music, talk radio, educational programming (English, additional programs in Scots and Welsh)

RM4 (99.3 FM in Smrekavoda): Classical and folk music, fine arts programming, simulcast of China National Radio (Primarily Slovene, secondary programs in Mandarin)

RM5 (100.6 FM in Smrekavoda, 99.2 in Devetzmajev, 98.8 in Svetijurij, 97.9 in Zahodni Otoki, and 97.6 in Travnazgora): Children's programmes, Chinese opera, radio drama, educational programming (Cantonese)

RM6 (101.2 FM nationwide): 24-hour relay of Radio Malichka (owned by RTV Slovenia) (Slovene)

RM7 (98.3 FM nationwide): News, current affairs, talk and finance (Slovene)

RM8 (99.7 FM nationwide): Multicultural programming (Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian)

RM9 (99.6 FM nationwide): Contemporary hits, gaming commentary, gaming podcasts (Slovene)

Television channels
TVM1 (Channel 8 nationwide): General programming, news and current affairs (Slovene)

TVM2 (Channel 10 nationwide): General programming, news and current affairs (Cantonese)

TVM3 (Channel 14 nationwide): General programming, news and current affairs (English)

TVM Kids: Children's programming (Slovene and Cantonese)

TVM Z: Contemporary hits, music videos, gaming commentary, gaming podcasts, Twitch streams (Slovene)

TVM Dnevnik: News, finance, current affairs (Slovene)

TVM Xinwen: News, finance, talk, current affairs (Cantonese)

TVM DSC: Classical drama (Slovene)

Television programmes
RTVM Dnevnik (1952-present)

RTVM Xinwen (1980-present)

Vpogled 30 minut (1991-present)

Dobro Jutro Malička (1959-present)

Zabava na Drevesih (2010-present)