It serves the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia and surrounding areas.

The station primarily serving the Jakarta region from the beginning; in its early years, it aired more urban-oriented programming than its main channel (TVRI Nasional).

On November 3, 2022, at 12 am (WIB), TVRI Jakarta stopped broadcasting in analog in Jabodetabek, and is only available through terrestrial digital television broadcasts on channel 43 UHF (multiplexing TVRI Joglo).

This kind of system was created so that viewers had a choice between the national and regional channels.

[4] As Banten Province has no TVRI station or its own broadcast crews, TVRI Jakarta provides an ad-hoc news department for provincial news and feature stories aired on Jakarta Hari Ini and station produced-programming targeting said province, as well as shared programs for the two provinces.