The first broadcasting organisation of Greece was the Radio Broadcast Service (Υπηρεσία Ραδιοφωνικής Εκπομπής, Ypiresía Radiofonikís Ekpompís; ΥΡΕ/YRE), which was replaced by Radio Station Athens (Ραδιοφωνικός Σταθμός Αθηνών, Radiofonikós Stathmós Athinón; ΡΣΑ/RSA), founded by the 4th of August Regime of Ioannis Metaxas in 1938.
On April 21, 1967, the military junta was imposed and assumed command of the EIR and TED (later YENED).
Georgios Papadopoulos wanted to create a second public broadcaster in order to strengthen the propaganda of the dictatorship.
The EIR facilities in Zappeio were insufficient, and in the period from 1968 to 1969, the Broadcasting House in Athens was constructed.
It was inaugurated in 1970, and on 10 December that same year, the Papadopoulos government junta established the National Radio-Television Foundation with the now permanent television station of the former EIR and the First, Second and Third Radio Programmes.