National Co-ordinator:

Agathi Mammidou
Cy.B.C.
CyBC Street
2120 Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel. +357 22 862454
Fax.+357 22 330241
Email: mammidou@cybc.com.cy

CYPRUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION
CyBC
Director General - Τhemis Themistocleous
P.O.Box 4824, 1397 Nicosia, Cyprus
Tel.:+ 357 2286000, Fax: + 357 22314050
Email: rik@cybc.com.cy
Web-site: http://www.cybc.com.cy

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) is the public broadcaster of Cyprus.  Its acronym in Greek is RIK. As a non-profit public service organization, it dedicates its resources to achieving its mission to inform, to entertain and to promote culture.
CyBC’s two television channels transmit daily on a 24-hour basis, covering the whole of the island. Its programming is carried by satellite to Cypriots living overseas.
CyBC’s four radio channels are transmitted on FM. Only its first and third channels are also transmitted on AM.

TV

RIKONE puts emphasis on news and current affairs, as well as on educational and cultural programmes, in addition to quality entertainment, including series and other local productions.

RIKTWO is the entertainment, sports and cultural channel. It offers viewers an additional choice, featuring local productions, programmes in Turkish aimed at the Turkish Cypriot Community, international series, high quality feature films, international made-for-TV movie, sports, music and children’s programmes. It also transmits news in Turkish and English. Since 1993 it also carries the Euronews programme (15 hours per week).

RIKSAT
For CyBC, the provision of reliable, prompt and objective information to the public via news bulletins and current affairs programmes is not restricted to the geographical boundaries of Cyprus, but – through its satellite programme – extends to countries hosting Cypriot communities such as Greece, the UK and the rest of Europe, the Middle East, North and South Africa, Asia, North America and Australia.
CyBC’s Satellite Programme, RIKSAT, also transmits television productions, current affairs programmes, documentaries, cultural, children’s and entertainment programmes produced by CyBC. The only exception is the live transmission of the Sunday Mass and other religious programmes from MEGA TV.
Current affairs programmes are retransmitted on a daily basis so as to serve the overseas Cypriots in the UK and other countries who, due to the time difference, cannot watch them live.
Following an agreement with Greek National Television’s ERT Satellite Programme, the 6.00 p.m. news bulletin and weekly programmes “Cyprus, 7 Days” and “Cyprus Review”, are transmitted by ERTSAT all over the world.

The four Radio Programmes of CyBC

The four Radio Channels (First, Second, Third and Fourth) transmit quality programmes and provide information, culture and entertainment to the public, taking into consideration the needs and preferences of all communities in Cyprus, by transmitting their programmes in various languages. The four channels transmit on a 24-hour basis and also via satellite and the Internet.

First Radio Programme
The First Radio Programme gives emphasis to news and current affairs and educational and cultural programmes.
There are also special programmes for Maronites and Latins and a shortwave transmission for Cypriots abroad.

Second Radio Programme
The Second Radio Programme transmits programmes in Turkish, Armenian and English, as well as classical music.
Programmes for Turkish Cypriots include three news bulletins every day. The English - language programmes are mainly for entertainment, music and culture. Three news bulletins are broadcast every day in English.
Programmes in Armenian offer a podium for expression and promotion of the language and tradition of the Armenian people living in Cyprus. There are three news bulletins in Armenian every day.
Throughout the year, the Second Radio Channel carries a daily half-hour programme specially prepared for visitors to Cyprus, under the title “Welcome to Cyprus”. The programme is presented in two languages (German and French).

Third Radio Programme
The Third Radio Programme is an information and entertainment channel for listeners in Cyprus and for Cypriots throughout the world, who are covered via satellite and the Internet. The Third Radio Channel maintains the top rating in Cyprus.

Fourth Radio Programme
The Fourth Radio Programme is of a purely musical easy-listening content interspersed with news bulletins during the day.

International Relations
CyBC is an active member of various radio and television organizations such as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (since 1978), CIRCOM (since 1994) and COPEAM (since 1994). It is also a founding partner of EURONEWS.

Internet
CyBC was connected to Worldwide Web in April 1997. Visits to CyBC’s website have reached impressive numbers, and continued communication via e-mail to CyBC proves the great interest of Internet users throughout the world, who listen to and watch CyBC programmes via their personal computers.
Webcasting started with the three radio channels, followed a few months later by the live streaming of TV satellite programs (RIK-SAT).
Today, www.cybc.com.cy is Cyprus’s most comprehensive online source for up-to-the-minute news, information and entertainment with a distinct Cypriot perspective.
CyBC website offers a series of pages of up-to-date news and information, making it the largest website dedicated to the Cypriot viewpoint. CyBC website features up-to-the minute news, expert analysis and in-depth background on current issues affecting Cypriots, plus arts news, sports coverage and rich interactive features, video and audio on-demand streaming media, detailed CyBC on-air program information, learn Greek programs, and much more.