TVRI Sulawesi Selatan

TVRI Sulawesi Selatan, also known in English as TVRI South Sulawesi, is the South Sulawesi regional station of Indonesia’s public television broadcaster, Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI). Its legal designation is LPP TVRI Stasiun Sulawesi Selatan. The station is based in Mamajang, Makassar, and serves audiences in South Sulawesi through television programming distributed under the TVRI network. The station was established through a South Sulawesi provincial government decree dated 15 July 1971. It began broadcasting on 7 December 1972 under the name TVRI Ujung Pandang, using the former name of Makassar. Its launch made it one of Indonesia’s earliest local television stations and the first TVRI station established on the island of Sulawesi. The station’s creation preceded the timetable in TVRI’s central development plan, which had envisaged construction in Ujung Pandang later in the 1970s. Local government officials, particularly Ujung Pandang mayor HM Dg. Patompo, helped accelerate the project by encouraging support from the Indonesian company Gobel and its Japanese partner, Matsushita Electric Company. At the start of its operation, TVRI Ujung Pandang conducted trial broadcasts rather than operating immediately as a mature full-service station. Its initial terrestrial signal used a 1-kilowatt VHF transmitter and a 75-metre tower. The signal was receivable within an approximate 60-kilometre radius covering Ujung Pandang City and the surrounding areas of Maros, Pangkajene Islands, Gowa, Takalar, and Jeneponto. This initial footprint established the station as a regional communications platform for the province and connected South Sulawesi audiences to the national TVRI system. As a public regional broadcaster, the station’s role is to carry TVRI’s public-service mission while reflecting the news, government information, culture, and community life of South Sulawesi. Its output is therefore best understood as a combination of network programming and regionally produced or regionally focused television content. The available reference material does not identify a separate commercial product portfolio, paid subscription service, or independently owned media business associated with the station. A major recent technical change occurred on 2 November 2022, when analog television transmission in Makassar was discontinued. Following the switch-off, viewers in the area could receive the station through terrestrial digital television on UHF channel 28 via TVRI’s multiplexing infrastructure. The transition aligned TVRI Sulawesi Selatan with Indonesia’s broader migration from analog to digital terrestrial broadcasting. TVRI Sulawesi Selatan remains an active regional station within the state-owned TVRI network. Its identity is closely tied to South Sulawesi and Makassar rather than to a separately incorporated consumer brand. The station’s historical names, technical development, and public-service mandate reflect the expansion of Indonesia’s national television system beyond Java and the continuing importance of regional broadcasting in a geographically dispersed country.

TVRI Sulawesi Selatan originated in a South Sulawesi provincial initiative to establish a local station within Indonesia’s national TVRI network. The legal basis for the station was provided by Decree of the Governor of South Sulawesi Number 178/VII/71, issued on 15 July 1971. Although TVRI’s central master plan reportedly scheduled the construction of a station in Ujung Pandang for 1978, local officials sought to bring the project forward. The effort was associated particularly with HM Dg. Patompo, then mayor of Ujung Pandang Municipality. Local government involvement helped attract the participation of the Indonesian company Gobel and its Japanese partner, PT Matsushita Electric Company. This cooperation enabled the establishment of a television facility in Ujung Pandang before the date anticipated in the central plan. The station began broadcasting on 7 December 1972 under the name TVRI Ujung Pandang. Its first service was a trial broadcast. The initial technical system used a 1-kilowatt VHF transmitter and a 75-metre transmission tower. The signal covered an estimated radius of 60 kilometres and could be received in Ujung Pandang City as well as Maros, Pangkajene Islands, Gowa, Takalar, and Jeneponto. The launch was significant in the history of Indonesian broadcasting because it made the station one of the country’s earliest local television outlets and the first TVRI station on Sulawesi. The station subsequently became the South Sulawesi regional unit of TVRI and adopted the name TVRI Sulawesi Selatan. Its legal form is LPP TVRI Stasiun Sulawesi Selatan, placing it within TVRI’s public broadcasting structure rather than treating it as an independently owned commercial station. Its studios are located in Mamajang, Makassar. Through this structure, the station combines the national broadcaster’s public-service role with regional coverage and programming relevant to South Sulawesi. The station’s historical function has included extending television access beyond Indonesia’s principal national broadcasting centres, providing a platform for information and public communication in South Sulawesi, and representing local communities within TVRI’s wider network. The available source material does not provide a complete list of programme titles, directors, general managers, or subsequent transmitter upgrades, so those details are not specified here. The most clearly documented recent operational change was the transition from analog to digital terrestrial television. On 2 November 2022, analog transmission in Makassar was stopped during the morning in the Central Indonesian Time zone. After the switch-off, TVRI Sulawesi Selatan continued to be available through terrestrial digital broadcasting on UHF channel 28 via TVRI multiplexing. This change marked the station’s participation in Indonesia’s nationwide digital television migration and altered the technical means by which viewers in the Makassar area received its service. TVRI Sulawesi Selatan is an active regional public television station. Its institutional identity remains linked to TVRI, while its geographic identity is rooted in Makassar and the wider South Sulawesi province.

• 2022

  Analog broadcasting ends in Makassar

  [1]TVRI South Sulawesien.wikipedia.org

  On 2 November 2022, the station ended analog transmission in Makassar and continued through terrestrial digital television on UHF channel 28 via TVRI multiplexing.

• 1972

  TVRI Ujung Pandang begins trial broadcasting

  [1]TVRI South Sulawesien.wikipedia.org

  The station signed on on 7 December 1972 as TVRI Ujung Pandang, using a 1-kilowatt VHF transmitter and initially reaching communities within approximately 60 kilometres of Ujung Pandang.

• 1971

  Provincial decree establishes the station project

  [1]TVRI South Sulawesien.wikipedia.org

  The Governor of South Sulawesi issued Decree Number 178/VII/71 on 15 July 1971, providing the documented legal basis for establishing the regional TVRI station.

Regional public broadcaster serving South Sulawesi as part of Indonesia’s state-owned TVRI network.

• Public television broadcasting · 1972

  TVRI Sulawesi Selatan regional television service

  The station’s core offering is a public television service for South Sulawesi. It operates as a regional unit of TVRI, combining TVRI network output with programming and coverage intended for audiences in Makassar and the surrounding province. The service is delivered through terrestrial broadcasting rather than as a separately branded commercial subscription product.

• Digital terrestrial broadcasting · 2022

  Terrestrial digital television service

  Following the Makassar analog switch-off in November 2022, TVRI Sulawesi Selatan became available through terrestrial digital television on UHF channel 28 using TVRI multiplexing infrastructure. This is the station’s documented digital distribution mode in the Makassar area.

• 2022

  Migration from analog to digital terrestrial broadcastingStrategy

  Background

  Indonesia’s television sector was moving from analog transmission to digital terrestrial broadcasting. In Makassar, TVRI Sulawesi Selatan’s analog service was scheduled to end as part of that transition.

  Action taken

  The station stopped analog broadcasting on 2 November 2022 and continued transmitting through digital terrestrial television on UHF channel 28 via TVRI’s multiplexing system.

  Aftermath

  Viewers in Makassar needed access to compatible digital reception equipment or a digital set-top box to continue receiving the station through terrestrial television.

  Source

• 2022

  TVRI Sulawesi Selatan completes the Makassar analog television switch-off[1]TVRI South Sulawesien.wikipedia.org

  Regulation · Other

  On 2 November 2022, TVRI Sulawesi Selatan stopped analog broadcasting in Makassar. The station became available in the area through terrestrial digital television on UHF channel 28 using TVRI multiplexing infrastructure.

1. 1TVRI South Sulawesien.wikipedia.org
2. 2TVRI Sulawesi Selatan station informationtvri.go.id