[3] Syrian Television began broadcasts on 23 July 1960, during Syria's short-lived union with Egypt.

It was broadcast from its studios situated at the highest peak of Mount Qasioun, with low power of no more than 10 kilowatts and only for one and a half hours reaching only Damascus.

[4] After the 1961 military coup which dissolved the union, Syrian TV broadcast a speech delivered by Shukri al-Quwatli, the first post-independence president of Syria, in October 1961, which was recorded in Switzerland.

Regular color broadcasts began in 1980 using PAL and SECAM systems.

[3] Amid the civil war, Channel 1 ceased broadcasting on 11 November 2012 in preparation for the official launch of the satellite television channel Talaqie TV.