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{{Infobox company
| name            = Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
| logo             = ZNBC Logo.png
| caption          = ZNBC logo used since October 2013.
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| type             = Statutory corporation
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| industry         = Mass media
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| predecessor      = ZBS
| successor        = ZNBC
| foundation       = 1941
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| location_city    = Mass media, [[Lusaka]]
| location_country = [[Zambia]]
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| area_served      = Africa
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| products         = Broadcasting & Radio
| production       =News, Public Affairs, Light Entertainment, Sport, Religion & Education.
| services         = {{flat list|
* [[ZNBC TV1]]
* [[ZNBC TV2]]
* [[ZNBC TV3]]
* [[ZNBC RADIO 1]]
* [[ZNBC RADIO 2]]
* [[ZNBC RADIO 4]]
}}
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| owner            = Zambian public (Government owned)
| num_employees    = 2,000+
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| homepage         = {{URL|1=http://www.znbc.co.zm/|2=znbc.co.zm}} ([[Zambia]])
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The '''Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation''' is a Zambian state-owned television and radio station. It is the oldest, widest and largest radio and television service provider in Zambia It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1987, which was passed to transform the Zambia Broadcasting Services from being a Government Department under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services into a statutory body called the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation.

==History==
It was not until World War II that [[Northern Rhodesia]] acquired a radio service. In 1941 the Government's Information Department installed a 300 watt transmitter in [[Lusaka]], the capital. This station was built for the purpose of disseminating war related information. From the outset, the Lusaka station addressed programs to Africans in their own languages, becoming the pioneer in the field of local vernacular broadcasting. In 1945 Harry Franklin, Lusaka's far sighted information officer, proposed that Radio Lusaka concentrate on developing programming for Africans. Since Northern Rhodesia could not afford such a specialized service on its own, the administrations of Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland were persuaded to share in the operating costs, while the British Government agreed to provide capital funds. Thus, the Central African Broadcasting Station came into being. 

Among the by-products of this effort were the world's most extensive collection of ethnic African music, and a breakthrough in that most formidable barrier to audience growth, the lack of a receiver which Africans could afford to buy. Franklin tried for three years in the late 1940s to persuade British manufacturers that a potential mass market existed among Africans for a very simple inexpensive battery operated short wave receiver. One must bear in mind that this was before the days of transistors. He finally persuaded a battery company to invest in the research and development of the idea. One of the early models was mounted experimentally in a 9-inch diameter aluminum housing originally intended as a saucepan. Thus was born in 1949 the famous "Saucepan Special", a 4-tube tropicalized short wave receiver, which succeeded even beyond Franklin's expectations. It cost five pounds Sterling, and the battery, which lasted 300 hours, an additional one pound five shillings. Within the first three months 1,500 of the Saucepan Specials had been sold, and in the next few years, 50,000 sets were imported. Franklin had hopes of capitalizing on a world market for the sets, but within a few years the transistor radio came into mass production and so turned his brainchild into a mere historical curiosity. 

In 1953, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland came into being, and in 1958 a new broadcasting organization, the Federal Broadcasting Corporation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was founded, with headquarters in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Lusaka continued to use African languages as well as English, but the spirit which had animated the original station had long since been drowned by the rising tide of animosity between the races. Eventually in 1964, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland broke away from the Federation and became Zambia and Malawi. 

The station in [[Lusaka]] was then known as the ''Zambia Broadcasting Corporation'' until 1966, when it changed to ''Zambia Broadcasting Services'' (ZBS). This was again changed at the end of 1988 to the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). The ZNBC is a Government department under the [[Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism]]. 

== Governance and corporate structure==
=== ZNBC Board===
=== Executive Committee===
The Executive Committee is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the broadcaster. Consisting of senior managers of ZNBC, the Committee meets once per month and is responsible for operational management and delivery of services within a framework set by the Board, and is chaired by the Director-General, currently Chibamba Kanyama .

==Revenue==
The principal means of funding ZNBC is through the television licence or TV levy

==Headquarters and regional offices==
{{main| Broadcasting House}}

The Broadcasting House in Mass Media, Lusaka is the official headquarters of ZNBC. It is home to three television channel ZNBC TV1, ZNBC TV2 and ZNBC TV3 also home to three national radio stations ZNBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 4.

==Services and sections==
===Television===

===Radio===
There are three domestic services. Radio 1 is carried over 8 FM transmitters, broadcasting in the seven major languages of [[Bemba language|Bemba]], [[Nyanja language|Nyanja]], [[Lozi language|Lozi]], [[Tonga language|Tonga]], [[Kaonde language|Kaonde]], [[Lunda language|Lunda]] and [[Luvale language|Luvale]]. These are used in rotation to ensure a prime time audience for each group. Radio 2 is also broadcast by 8 FM transmitters in English. Finally Radio 4 (apparently there is no Radio 3) is broadcast in English over 5 FM transmitters. 

Programs include news, public affairs, light entertainment, sport, religion and education. School broadcasts are carried during school semesters. Agricultural programs for farmers cover all the country areas. Listening is encouraged by free provision of receivers for farm radio forums, of which there are more than 600. An annual licence fee is payable but many receivers are not licensed.

The principal activity of the Corporation is to provide Information, Entertainment and Education to the people of Zambia.

=== News ===
{{main|ZANIS}}
===Internet===
{{main|ZNBC Online}}

ZNBC's online presence includes a comprehensive news website and archive. It was launched as znbc.co.zm

==List of Director Generals==
* [[Alport Phiri]]
* [[Stephen Moyo|Dr Stephen Moyo]] April 1988 - November 1991
* [[Emmanuel Chayi]] December 1991 - October 1992
* [[Manasseh Phiri|Dr Manasseh Phiri]] June 1993 - August 1993
* [[Duncan Mbazima]] September 1993 - June 2001
* [[Eddy Mupeso]] July 2001 - August 2004
* [[Joseph Salasini]] July 2005 - October 2009
* [[Juliana Mwila]] May 2009 - June 2010
* [[Joe Chilazya]] October 2011 - March 2012
* [[Chibamba Kanyama]] March 2012 -

==See also==
*[[History of television in Zambia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.znbc.co.zm/ Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation]
* [http://www.oldradio.com/archives/international/zamb.htm Zambian Broadcasting]
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