The station was owned and run by TVRI, which at that time had the status of a directorate under the country's Department of Information.

[4] After Dili, relay stations were established in Maliana, Baucau, Lospalos, Suai, Viqueque, and Oecusse in 1979-1980 and 1982–1983.

However, according to a Kompas Daily report on May 25, 1999, in December 1998 TVRI Dili stopped broadcasting via satellite due to budget limitations.

TVRI Dili closed its broadcasts afterwards, but it is believed that it was before ABRI troops began to withdraw from East Timor on 24 September 1999 due to the referendum results.

The equipment used by TVRI Dili in the RTTL office is still used, such as the uplink satellite dish and the box generator.