Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation

TBC is expected to fulfill its mandate through quality programming that is appealing to all citizens regardless of their ideology, race, religion, gender, class or physical disability.

Dar es Salaam broadcasting station (Sauti ya Dar es Salaam) - July 1951 Tanganyika Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) - 1 July 1956 Radio Tanzania - established 1 July 1965 Radio Tanzania established 2 stations IN 1973 RTD expansion 1975-1988 RTD MW expansion IN 1990 Upcountry studios in 1991 TV station built at audio visual institute – 1995 Television Tanzania (also Television ya Taifa) started its broadcasts on 15 March 2000, after an experimental period that started in December 1999.

In the initial phase it broadcast eight hours a day (4pm to midnight) in both English and Swahili languages, covering (in its first phase) Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Zanzibar, Pemba, Lindi, Mtwara and parts of Morogoro.

[2] Taasisi Ya Utangazaji Tanzania (TUT) established in 2002 Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) formed in July 2007 Vision: To become a prominent, professional, culturally rooted, creative and reliable public service broadcaster on the continent.

Mission: To empower citizens through professionally produced content that is informative, educative, entertaining, interactive as well as reflective and transformative.