Mazandaran TV also Mazandaran Broadcast Network, is a local bilingual IRIB television channel, broadcast in the provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan

Golestan Province

Golestan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the north-east of the country, south of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan....

, some parts of the Semnan and Gilan provinces of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, and the Balkan province

Balkan Province

Balkan Province is one of the Welayat of Turkmenistan. It is in the far west of the country, bordering Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, and Iran. Its capital is Balkanabat, formerly known as Nebit Dag. It has an area of 139,270 square kilometers and a population of approximately 553,500...

 of Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...

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History

Early establishment of an independent TV in Mazandaran goes back to the Pahlavi era, in 1971, the first broadcast was installed in the town of Sari, in 1975 television activity developed, and after the revolution of Iran, broadcasts were installed in other cities of Mazandaran (including Gorgan). Soon afterwards, Mazandaran Broadcast started showing programs in an independent frequency (VHF 36).

Mazanderani language

One of unique sections of this channel is programming in the Mazanderani language, Early movies shown on the channel were all dubs of foreign movies, including many which had not even been dubbed into Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 before. Currently, a selection of cultural programs, music programs, movies, and some serials are broadcast in the language. Additionally, the new manager of this channel who is proud for his Mazanderani heritage asks for publishing news into this language. During the presidency of President Ahmadinejad, most of its programs were published in Mazandarani

Mazandarani

Mazandarani may refer to :* Mazandarani people, Mazandaranis, Tabarian people* Mazandarani language, A language spoken mainly in South Caspian region* Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani, Iranian grand ayatollah...

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Notable Programs

Mahtou (Cultural program)
Rowja (Academical program)
Bemoni
Mazerooni Shoo (Cultural program)
Cheraghe Soo (Cultural program)
Hira (Cultural program)

Watching from Air

Satellite: Intelsat 902 @ 62°E
Channel Name: MazandaranTV
Frequency: 11067
S/R: 3610
POL: VER
FEC: 2/3
And
Satellite: Intelsat 902 @ 62°E
Channel Name: MazandaranTV
Frequency: 10980
S/R: 5300
POL: V
FEC: 3/4