ORT (TV channel)


Olympiaki Radiofonia Tileorasi is a Greek local radio and television station serving the Elis regional unit. Its headquarters are in Pyrgos. Its former logo would depict three Olympic symbols, hence its name. It a broadcasts in Peloponnese, in southern Central Greece, in Aetolia, in Kythira, in Phocis, in Corinthian gulf, in islands of Argosaronic, in southern Ionian islands, in Boeotia and in western Attica.

Ownership

The same-named company operating the station was established on April 14, 1993. On September 11, 1997, its statute was modified; a description of the channel's then-new logo, as well as co-operation with its partner, Olympic Radio Television S.A. were added. Its statute was modified again on December 17, 1998, by adding the purpose of producing programs and commercials for radio and television and conducting cultural events. On March 20, 1998, the channel's operation was legalized under the 6439/Ε license, by the Ministry for the Press. On December 11, 2003, its statutes were modified again, by adding the purpose of founding and operating a radio station. Leonidas Varouksis, the owner of the newspaper Patris, was the station's former president.

Programming

The channel's programming also includes telemarketing, children's shows, foreign films, and external productions, such as travel show Travel Guide with Thanos Papadimitriou, motorsport show Pano apo ta Oria with Stratos Foteinelis and the Kontra Channel show Epi tou Piestiriou. It's also been broadcasting programming from MAD TV.
The channel would formerly air programming from Channel 9, as part of the network POLIS Net, and Zoom TV.