Native name | Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija |
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Company type | Publicly funded public service broadcaster |
Industry | Mass media |
Founded | June 12, 1926 April 30, 1957 (television) | (radio)
Headquarters | S. Konarskio g. 49, Vilnius , Lithuania |
Area served | Lithuania |
Key people | Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė (CEO) |
Production output | LRT Studios |
Services | Television, radio, online |
Owner | Government of Lithuania |
Website | www |
Lithuanian National Radio and Television (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija) is a non-profit news network that has been providing regular radio services since 1926 and television broadcasts since 1957. LRT joined the European Broadcasting Union in 1993. LRT operates three national television channels, radio stations and an internet website.
LRT is the largest media group in Lithuania and is publicly owned. Its main purpose is to serve the public interest and the public's right to trustworthy and objective information. LRT's radio and television services operate from its headquarters in Vilnius. LRT radijas, the main LRT radio station, has the biggest share in the Lithuanian radio market and pays most of attention to the operative news and educative on-air production.