National Co-ordinator:

Lefty Kongalides
ERT 3
6 Angelaki st.
Thessaloniki 54621
Greece
Tel: +30 2310 299 611
Fax: +30 2310 299 655
E-mail: pr@ert3.gr
Web: www.ert3.gr

General Director: Mrs Thalia Ioannidou, e-mail: gdirector@ert3.gr
Head of News: Mr. Basilis Kontogoulidis, e-mail: vkontogoulidis@ert3.gr
Head of Entertainment/Education Dept.: Mr. Lazaros Lazaridis, e- mail: amarkou@ert3.gr
CR contact person: Lefty Kongalides, e-mail: pr@ert3.gr

ERT 3, the third Hellenic State Radio and Television Channel is an offspring of the union of the two regional broadcasting stations, ET 1 and ET 2, which were operating individually in Thessaloniki since 1978.

In September 1988, ET 3 was established as the only regional branch TV station of ERT S.A. In 1989 the programme of the channel grows from test broadcasting to regular and lasting 35 hours per week.

In 1990 ET 3 was broadcasting 42.5 hours per week, whereas the major portion of its programme consisted of internal production.

During the same year (August 1990) all TV studios were lodged in the same building (Leoforos Stratou) and all three radio programmes under the general name Radio Station of Macedonia were being gathered in the building of the Georgiki Scholi area in Thessaloniki.

In 1994, according to a legislative regulation, ERT 3 was declared the autonomous branch of ERT S.A. with administrative, financial and programming independence.

With this status, the annual budget is subsidized by 10% of the annual budget reciprocal fee, which is detracted by all electricity consumers and reaches the amount of 11.738.811 Euros per year for ERT 3.

Since January 2002 the program is broadcast around the clock.

Three ERT studios are operating in Northern Greece cities Florina and Komotini and in the Aegean island Mytilini, while new studios are to be launched in Ioanina and Kozani.

ET3 following an alternative format includes in its program entertainment shows for young people, arts and technology, modern figures of expression and creativity. At the same time through the information dept has launched special programs for politics, economy and int’l events.

There is more emphasis on rented European productions (67%) while films and documentaries on topics of broader social interest and shows for children and education and music programs are complimenting the daily schedule.

Since January 2003 there’s an intensive production of documentaries, info reports, talk shows targeting on the European Union and the Enlargement.
News represent 14,5% of he weekly schedule, sports 11,5%, entertainment 9,5%, European Cultural Programs 14%, Documentaries (produced by ERT3) 5%, Documentaries - Coproductions 4%, Documentaries (rented) 24,5%, Int’l Films 9%, Operas 1,5%, Int’l Serials 5%, Animated 1%, Various 0,5%