PTV Home


PTV Home HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television.

History

PTV Home started broadcasting on 26 November 1964 in West Pakistan and on 25 December 1964 in East Pakistan. The broadcasts were limited to Lahore and Dacca at first, before extending to Rawalpindi and Islamabad in 1965 and Karachi in 1966. The Lahore station moved from channel 9 to channel 5 in November 1968, increasing its power. The basic PTV network was completed in 1974, after the start of the microwave network in 1973, and ahead of the start of color broadcasts in 1975.
LocationChannelERPLaunch
Islamabad/Rawalpindi625KW1967
Karachi436KWDecember 1966
Lahore550KW25 December 1964
Murree810KWMarch 1969
Thana Bulla Khan910KWJune 1973
Sakesar510KWJuly 1973
Cherat1010KWAugust 1973
Quetta610KW26 November 1974

Peshawar was able to create programming and had taping facilities, but used the Quetta transmitter.
In the 90s, the channel was renamed PTV 1, and by 2000 was broadcasting 18 hours a day. The content of the schedule varied for terrestrial and satellite viewers.

Current programming