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The '''National Radio Television Foundation''' ({{langx|el|Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας Τηλεοράσεως|Ethnikó Ídryma Radiofonías Tileoráseos}}) or '''EIRT''' ({{langx|el|ΕΙΡΤ|links=no}}) was the Greek state broadcaster founded in 1970, during the [[Greek junta|junta]]. In 1975 it converted to [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]].

==History==
The EIRT was the fourth state broadcasting organisation of Greece and the first state TV operator in Greece. The first broadcasting organisation of Greece was the Radio Broadcast Service ({{langx|el|label=none|Υπηρεσία Ραδιοφωνικής Εκπομπής|Ypiresía Radiofonikís Ekpompís}}; {{lang|el|ΥΡΕ}}/YRE), which was replaced by Radio Station Athens ({{langx|el|label=none|Ραδιοφωνικός Σταθμός Αθηνών|Radiofonikós Stathmós Athinón}}; {{lang|el|ΡΣΑ}}/RSA), founded by the [[4th of August Regime]] of [[Ioannis Metaxas]] in 1938.

The second operator was Radio Broadcasting Anonymous Company  ({{langx|el|label=none|Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία Ραδιοφωνικών Εκπομπών|Anónymi Etaireía Radiofonikón Ekpompón}}; {{lang|el|ΑΕΡΕ}}/AERE), again with Radio Station Athens, which was established during the [[Axis occupation of Greece|Occupation]]. In 1945, the [[National Radio Foundation]] ({{langx|el|label=none|Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας|Ethnikó Ídryma Radiofonías}}; {{lang|el|ΕΙΡ}}/EIR) was founded by the Constituent Act 54/1945 "establishing the National Radio Foundation," whereby it became the owner of all the property of the former AERE.

==Establishment==
On April 21, 1967, the military junta was imposed and assumed command of the EIR and TED (later YENED). [[Georgios Papadopoulos]] wanted to create a second public broadcaster in order to strengthen the propaganda of the dictatorship. The EIR facilities in Zappeio were insufficient, and in the period from 1968 to 1969, the [[Broadcasting House (Athens)|Broadcasting House]] in Athens was constructed. It was inaugurated in 1970, and on 10 December that same year, the Papadopoulos government junta established the National Radio-Television Foundation with the now permanent television station of the former EIR and the First, Second and Third Radio Programmes.

==Role==
The role of EIRT was to broadcast information nationwide and to entertain the Greek people.

==After the junta: succession==
After the fall of the junta, Constantine Karamanlis returned to EIRT. It continued its normal course until being replaced by the [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation]] on 3 December 1975.

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