Lithuanian National Radio and Television

Public broadcasting company of Lithuania

Lithuanian National Radio and Television

The logo used since May 10, 2022

Native name

| Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija
Company type| Publicly funded public service broadcaster
Industry| Mass media
Founded| June 12, 1926; 98 years ago (1926-06-12) (radio)
April 30, 1957; 67 years ago (1957-04-30) (television)
Headquarters|

S. Konarskio g. 49, Vilnius

Lithuania

Area served

| Lithuania

Key people

| Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė (CEO)

Production output

| LRT Studios
Services| Television, radio, online
Owner| Government of Lithuania
Website| www.lrt.lt

Lithuanian National Radio and Television (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija) is a non-profit news network that has been providing regular radio services since 1926 and television broadcasts since 1957. LRT joined the European Broadcasting Union in 1993. LRT operates three national television channels, radio stations and an internet website.

LRT is the largest media group in Lithuania and is publicly owned. Its main purpose is to serve the public interest and the public's right to trustworthy and objective information. LRT's radio and television services operate from its headquarters in Vilnius. LRT radijas, the main LRT radio station, has the biggest share in the Lithuanian radio market and pays most of attention to the operative news and educative on-air production.

## History

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LRT headquarters in Vilnius

The Lithuanian Radio started regular broadcasting on 12 June 1926. The television service has been broadcasting since 30 April 1957. In 1965, radio broadcasts were started in English. In 1975, the first coloured programme from LRT was broadcast. Radio and television services are now operating from LRT headquarters in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. At the end of 2019, LRT employed approx. 600 people.[1] In May 2007, LRT started a project of converting all of its films, including some five thousand hours of cinefilm and some 30,000 hours of videotapes to digital. The oldest entry dates back to 1895.

LRT comprises seven media channels broadcasting nationwide. The content of all the channels is integrated and shared across all three platforms: television, radio, and on-line (web-portal and LRT's accounts on social media networks). LRT produces around two-thirds of its content in-house, while one third is commissioned from external producers.[1]

In delivering international news coverage, LRT cooperates with private and public media, including Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and others. LRT was admitted as a fully active member of the European Broadcasting Union on 1 January 1993. From the restoration of independence in 1991 to 31 December 1992, LRT was a member of the International Radio and Television Organisation.

## Governance

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LRT entry hall

The LRT Council is the highest governing institution of LRT. The Council supervises the implementation of the LRT mission, approves the annual income and spending by LRT administration. The Council comprises twelve members prominent in social, scientific and cultural fields, appointed for six-year terms.

On financial issues, the LRT Council and the management are being consulted by the LRT Administrative Commission. The Administrative Commission is made up of five members – management and (or) finance specialists – who are appointed by the Council for a term of four years.

Currently, the LRT Council is chaired by Eugenijus Valatka with Irena Vaišvilaitė acting as Vice-Chair.[1]

## Budget

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LRT operations are funded by taxpayers. LRT budget depends directly on taxes collected in the year before the last. The state allocates 1.5 percent of the personal income tax and 1.3 percent of the collected excise duties. The LRT's budget for 2019 stood at 41.65 million euros. Budget project for 2020 envisages allocating 46.30 million euros for LRT.[1]

Between 1992 and 2015 LRT had received income from advertising.[2]

## Facilities and equipment

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Camera in an LRT studio

LRT has TV studios of 70 sq.m, 120 sq.m, two studios of 300 sq.m and one studio of 700 sq.m. LRT also uses OB stations for broadcasting. Studio facilities include modern computer graphics equipment.[citation needed]

## Platforms and channels

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LRT TV and live radio broadcasts are accessible globally on LRT.lt (except for foreign content which is restricted by authors' rights in other countries).

### Radio

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* LRT Radijas – main generalist radio programme,
* LRT Klasika – culture content and classical music as well as specialised content for Lithuanian ethnic minority groups,
* LRT Opus [lt] – contemporary music and content for younger audiences.

### Television

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* LRT Televizija (HD) – broadcasts generalist programming in HD aimed at a wide audience,
* LRT Plius (HD) – focuses on culture and sports,
* LRT Lituanica – broadcasts exclusively Lithuanian content of two other LRT TV channels around the clock via the satellite and internet webpage and is also streamed live on YouTube.

### Online

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* LRT.lt – in addition to the main news page in Lithuanian, it also has news in English and Russian. All content which has been published or aired on LRT channels is permanently stored and freely accessible at LRT's digital archive Mediateka.

## Logo

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* LRT's former logo, used from 2003 to 2012.

* LRT's previous logo, used from 2012 to May 10, 2022.

* LRT's current logo since May 10th, 2022.

## See also

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* 1991 January Events

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "LRT - About LRT". apie.lrt.lt.
2. ^ "LRT uždrausta komercinė reklama, pakeistas finansavimo modelis". 23 December 2013.

## External links

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Media related to Lithuanian National Radio and Television at Wikimedia Commons

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Television in Lithuania

LRT|

* LRT TV
* LRT Plius
* LRT Lituanica

LNK Group (MG grupė)|

* LNK
* BTV
* TV1
* 2TV
* Info TV

TV3 Group (Providence/Bitė)|

* TV3
* TV6
* TV8
* TV3 Plus
* Go3 Films
* Go3 Sport (1, 2, Open)

UAB Singing fish|

* Lietuvos rytas TV

Ekspress Grupp|

* Delfi TV

TVP|

* TVP Wilno
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* TVP Polonia
* TVP World
* TVP Info
* TVP Kultura 2
* TVP Historia 2

Balticum|

* Balticum TV
* Balticum Auksinis
* Balticum Platinum

Sport Entertainment|

* Sport1

Regional|

* Pūkas-TV
* Init TV
* Init Ekstra TV
* Init Play TV
* GNTV
* STV
* TV7
* Dzūkijos TV
* Marijampolės TV
* Žvaigždė

Duo Media Networks (Postimees/MM Group)|

* Duo 3
* Duo 5
* Duo 6
* Kanal 7
* Kino 7
* Filmzone
* Filmzone Plus
* Smartzone
* Kidzone Max
* Kidzone Mini

Disney|

* Disney Channel
* Disney Jr.
* FX
* FX Life
* National Geographic
* National Geographic Wild

Other channels|

* Current Time TV
* Espreso
* Dim
* FreeDom

Defunct|

* First Baltic channel
* MTV Lietuva
* LitPointer TV
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* Liuks!
* Tango TV
* TV11

Lithuania portal

* v
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Members of the European Broadcasting Union

Active
members|

| Current|

* ARD
* BR
* DLR
* DW
* HR
* MDR
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* RB
* RBB
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* EPTV
* ERR
* ER
* ETV
* ERSL
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* ERA
* GPB
* GRF
* FMM
* FTV
* RF
* HRT
* HR
* İCTI
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* İTV
* JRTV
* KAN
* LNC
* LRT
* LSM
* LR
* LTV
* MMD
* MRT
* MTVA
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* ON
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* ORF
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* RAI
* ROR
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* RTCG
* RTÉ
* RTL
* RTP
* RTS
* RTSH
* RTT
* RT
* TT
* RTVA
* RTVE
* RNE
* TVE
* RTVSLO
* RÚV
* SMRTV
* SNRT
* SRG SSR
* SRT
* SR
* SVT
* UR
* STVR
* SU
* TDA
* TG4
* TL
* TRM
* TRT
* TVM (MC)
* TV 2 (DK)
* TV 2 (NO)
* TVP
* TVR
* UKIB
* C4
* ITV
* S4C
* STV
* VR
* VRT
* Yle
* ZDF

|

Suspended|

* BTRC
* C1R
* RDO
* MK
* OP
* VGTRK

Former|

* A3R
* C+
* C1O
* COPE
* CRCA
* ČST
* E1
* ERTT
* GRMC
* RMC
* TMC
* IBA (GB)
* IBA (IL)
* ITA
* ITCA
* JRT
* LJBC
* MBA
* MR
* MTV (FI)
* MTV (HU)
* NERIT
* NRU
* OFRT
* ORTF
* RTF
* RTVS
* SER
* SRo
* STV
* TDF
* TF1
* TMC
* TV4
* UJRT

Associate
members|

| Current|

* ABC (AU)
* ABC (US)
* ACORAB
* APM
* C13 (CL)
* CBC/SRC (CA)
* CBS
* CMG
* CCTV
* CGTN
* CNR
* CRI
* FPA
* Free
* ICRT
* IRIB
* KA
* KBS
* MBC (MU)
* NBAB
* NBC (US)
* NHK
* NPR
* ORTAS
* PART
* RB
* RNZ
* RTHK
* RTM
* SBS
* SMG
* TBS
* TEME
* TVNZ
* WFMT

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Former|

* 4TA
* ABERT
* AFMN
* AIR
* AMÉRICA
* ANB
* ATEC
* ATV
* BCB
* C7
* C12
* C13 (AR)
* CBC (BB)
* CBC (LK)
* CMRT
* CNN
* CPB
* CTV
* DA
* EBC
* EMI
* EURT
* FTN
* GBC
* GBS
* GLOBO
* GRTS
* IBB
* IRV
* JBC
* JCC
* IBTE
* KBTS
* KNR
* LBC
* MBC (MW)
* MBC (KR)
* MBS
* MPR
* NACB
* NAEB
* NBC (NG)
* NBC (PNG)
* NET
* NTV
* NTVC
* NYPR
* ORTN
* PANTEL
* PBC
* PTV
* QR
* QTBC
* RCR
* RCTV
* RD
* REI
* RN
* RNT
* RP
* RRI
* RTC
* RTG
* RTI
* RTM
* RTS
* RTV
* SABC
* SABTVS
* SLBC
* STS
* T2
* TBC
* TCM
* TFM/JOAU-FM
* TH
* TIM
* TIME
* TSM
* TSN
* TVA
* TVB
* TVM (MR)
* TVN
* TVRI
* UAERTVD
* USIA
* VK
* VV
* VZ
* WGBH
* ZBC

Approved
participants|

| Current|

* CAT
* Cellnex
* Euronews
* INA
* JPMRD
* RTV
* TV5Monde

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Former|

* Abertis
* AH
* IETV
* MEBC
* RETE
* RTRN
* SNTC
* URTI

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* RTBF and VRT (Belgium)
* BNT (Bulgaria)
* HRT (Croatia)
* CyBC (Cyprus)
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* DR and TV2 (Denmark)
* ERR (Estonia)
* Yle (Finland)
* FRTV (France)
* ARD and ZDF (Germany)
* ERT (Greece)
* Duna (MTVA) (Hungary)
* RTÉ and TG4 (Ireland)
* RAI (Italy)
* LTV (Latvia)
* LRT (Lithuania)
* RTL (Luxembourg)
* PBS (Malta)
* NPO (Netherlands)
* TVP (Poland)
* RTP (Portugal)
* TVR (Romania)
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* BNR (Bulgaria)
* HR (Croatia)
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* ČRo (Czech Republic)
* DR Radio (Denmark)
* ERR (Estonia)
* Yle (Finland)
* RF (France)
* ARD and DLR (Germany)
* ERA (Greece)
* MR (Hungary)
* RTÉ Radio (Ireland)
* RAI (Italy)
* LR (Latvia)
* LRT (Lithuania)
* RTL (Luxembourg)
* PBS (Malta)
* NPO (Netherlands)
* PR (Poland)
* RTP (Portugal)
* ROR (Romania)
* STVR (Slovakia)
* RTVSLO (Slovenia)
* RNE (Spain)
* SR (Sweden)

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Eastern Bloc information dissemination

Overview|

* Media of the Soviet Union
* Broadcasting
* State Committee (Gosteleradio)
* Radio
* Television
* Printed media
* Mass media in Communist Czechoslovakia

Newspapers|

* Soviet Union
* Central newspapers: Pravda
* Izvestia
* Komsomolskaya Pravda
* Pionerskaya Pravda
* Trud
* Sovetsky Sport
* Republican newspapers: Sovetskaya Rossiya (Russian SFSR)
* Zvyazda (Byelorussian SSR)
* Sovetskaya Latviya (Latvian SSR)
* Cīņa (Latvian SSR)
* Tiesa (Lithuanian SSR)
* Czerwony Sztandar (Lithuanian SSR)
* Sovetskaya Litva (Lithuanian SSR)
* Rahva Hääl (Estonian SSR)
* Neuvosto-Karjala (Karelo-Finnish SSR)
* Komunisti (Georgian SSR)
* Sotsialistik Qazaqstan (Kazakh SSR)
* Sovettik Kyrgyzstan (Kirghiz SSR)
* Moldova Socialistă (Moldavian SSR)
* Borba (Yugoslavia)
* Delo (Yugoslavia)
* Dnevnik (Yugoslavia)
* Esti Budapest (Hungary)
* Esti Hírlap (Hungary)
* Freie Erde (East Germany)
* Haqiqat-e Inquilab-e Saur (Afghanistan)
* Laiko Vima (Albania)
* Mladá fronta Dnes (Czechoslovakia)
* Népszabadság (Hungary)
* Neues Deutschland (East Germany)
* Nova Makedonija (Yugoslavia)
* Novi list (Yugoslavia)
* Oslobođenje (Yugoslavia)
* Pobjeda (Yugoslavia)
* Politika (Yugoslavia)
* Politika Ekspres (Yugoslavia)
* Pravda (Czechoslovakia)
* Rabotnichesko Delo (Bulgaria)
* Rudé právo (Czechoslovakia)
* Scînteia (Romania)
* Slobodna Dalmacija (Yugoslavia)
* Sport (Yugoslavia)
* Sportske novosti (Yugoslavia)
* Trybuna Ludu (Poland)
* Večernje novosti (Yugoslavia)
* Večernji list (Yugoslavia)
* Vjesnik (Yugoslavia)
* Zëri i Popullit (Albania)

Magazines|

* Atze (East Germany)
* Dolgozó nő (Romania)
* Duga (Yugoslavia)
* Džuboks (Yugoslavia)
* Eulenspiegel (East Germany)
* Femeia (Romania)
* Filmspiegel (East Germany)
* Form und Zweck (East Germany)
* FRÖSI (East Germany)
* Für Dich (East Germany)
* Galaksija (Yugoslavia)
* Guter Rat (East Germany)
* Izgled (Yugoslavia)
* Jugend und Technik (East Germany)
* Jugoslavija (Yugoslavia)
* Književna reč (Yugoslavia)
* Kultur im Heim (East Germany)
* Lakáskultúra (Hungary)
* Naša žena (Yugoslavia)
* Neue Berliner Illustrierte (East Germany)
* Neue Werbung (East Germany)
* Neuer Weg (East Germany)
* Neues Leben (East Germany)
* NIN (Yugoslavia)
* Novy Vostok (Soviet Union)
* Oktyabr (Soviet Union)
* Pogledi (Yugoslavia)
* Politikin Zabavnik (Yugoslavia)
* Sibylle (East Germany)
* Signal (Yugoslavia)
* Sputnik (Soviet Union)
* Start (Yugoslavia)
* Svet kompjutera (Yugoslavia)
* Svijet (Yugoslavia)
* Tempo (Yugoslavia)
* Tina (Yugoslavia)
* Vlasta (Czechoslovakia)

Television|

* Televizioni Shqiptar (Albania)
* Bulgarian National Television (Bulgaria)
* ČST (Czechoslovakia)
* DFF (East Germany)
* MTV (Hungary)
* TVP (Poland)
* TVR (Romania)
* Central Television (USSR)
* Programme One
* Programme Two
* Moscow Programme
* Programme Four
* Leningrad Television (Russian SFSR)
* Republican stations:
* Armenia 1 (Armenian SSR)
* AzTV (Azerbaijan SSR)
* Belarus Television (Byelorussian SSR)
* ETV (Estonian SSR)
* First Channel (Georgian SSR)
* Rigas Televīzija (Latvian SSR)
* Lietuvos Televizija (Lithuanian SSR)
* Canalul 1 (Moldavian SSR)
* Ukrainian Television Ch.1 (Ukrainian SSR)

Radio|

* All-Union Radio (USSR)
* First Programme (USSR)
* Second Programme (USSR)
* Eesti Raadio (Estonian SSR)
* Latvijas Radio 1 (Latvian SSR)
* Lietuvos radijas (Lithuanian SSR)
* Radio Moscow (Russian SFSR)
* Radio Peace and Progress
* Public Radio of the Armenian SSR
* Radio Belarus (Byelorussian SSR)
* Radio Georgia (Georgian SSR)
* Rundfunk der DDR (East Germany)
* Berliner Rundfunk
* Deutschlandsender
* Radio DDR 1
* Radio DDR 2
* DT64
* Radio Berlin International
* Radio Tirana (Albania)
* Radio Bulgaria
* Horizont (Bulgaria)
* Magyar Rádió (Hungary)
* Kossuth Rádió (Hungary)
* Radio Polonia
* Program 1 Polskiego Radia (Poland)
* Radio Romania

Agencies|

* TASS (USSR)
* BelTA (Byelorussian SSR)
* ELTA (Lithuanian SSR)
* APN (USSR)
* Soviet Information Bureau
* ADN (East Germany)
* Czech News Agency (Czechoslovakia)
* ATSH (Albania)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz place

Other|

* MusicBrainz label

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*[(FI)]: Finland
*[(HU)]: Hungary
*[(AU)]: Australia
*[(US)]: United States
*[(CL)]: Chile
*[(CA)]: Canada
*[(MU)]: Mauritius
*[(AR)]: Argentina
*[(BB)]: Barbados
*[(LK)]: Sri Lanka
*[(MW)]: Malawi
*[(KR)]: South Korea
*[(NG)]: Nigeria
*[(PNG)]: Papua New Guinea
*[(MR)]: Mauritania