. please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . july 2015 this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message gtv launched july 31 1965 owned by ghana broadcasting corporation country ghana language british english headquarters accra gtv ghana today television is the national public broadcaster of ghana run by the ghana broadcasting corporation . it commenced operations on july 31 1965 and was originally known as gbc tv . gtv broadcasts mainly local programming with over 80 % of the schedule consisting of original productions . although its main production studio is located in accra capital city of ghana it has affiliations nationwide and covers 98 % of the airwaves in ghana making it the most powerful mode of advertisement in ghana . although gtv is largely funded by the ghanaian government it also collects annual fees from viewers defined as every ghanaian who owns a tv and has an erected antenna regardless of whether they watch gtv or not . gtv currently broadcasts shows from international networks from regions such as europe us uk and asia . some of these shows include in the house the cosby show taina becker everybody loves raymond the oprah winfrey show family matters moesha soul food king of queens cnn pbs cartoon network nba fresh prince of bel air passions touched by an angel bbc radio as well as a host of others . though most of these shows are not currently running on gtv they once did or still are . gtv also shows a lot of foreign movies particularly american movies as well as african american music videos . although entertaining most of the shows on gtv are either educational for example portraits of ghanaian artists like eric adjetey anang or attempt to address ghanaian social issues . the station also broadcasts live international events like the olympic games fifa world cup miss world and miss universe . tv shows as well as news or live local events like the national soccer league broadcast directly from the studios of gtv in accra tend to have poor picture quality or bad sound effects . local competitors of gtv tv network include tv3 and metro tv and all tv broadcast in ghana located accra . references edit external links edit official website this ghana related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a television station is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gtv ghana & oldid 691466379 categories broadcasting in ghanapublicly funded broadcasterstelevision stations in ghanatelevision channels and stations established in 19651965 establishments in ghanastate mediaghana stubstelevision station stubshidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from july 2015all wikipedia articles in need of updatingarticles lacking sources from may 2014all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 20 november 2015 at 00 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view