A television station that was hailed as the answer to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s monopoly in the run-up to the 31 July elections today announced that it was closing down after only two months. 1st TV was reported to be independently owned but was run by some of the people at SW Radio Africa and Andrew Chadwick, once a communication director for Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai. “1st TV launched on the promise of one month’s financial support. We managed to extend that to two months. But as of now, we have to go off air while we raise more resources and source more programmes,” the station said. “Our pledge to you is that when we return it will be on a permanent basis and it will be with improved entertainment programming, more soaps, movies and dramas as well improved education, information and news programmes.”
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