Reshet history

1942 The PBS opens a second channel (PBS2) on 574 kHz (522 meters at 20 kW) and the first channel PBS 1 is moved slightly to 677 kHz (443 meters) which allows it to be heard better in Europe as no other station is on the wavelength.

1943 The British Army opens the first Palestine station of the Middle East section of the Forces Broadcasting Service (FBS) with call sign JCPA on 316 meters.

PBS program schedule of 1946.

Virtually the whole population was glued to radio sets at events such as the news of the United Nations vote on the partition of Palestine in 1947.

1951 The overall organization operating Kol Israel becomes known as The Israel Broadcasting Service.

1957 Programs are started for the United Nations Emergency Force in Sinai daily from 1600-1700 in Swedish, French, and English on Channel B (Reshet Bet). 1957 Publication

In fact TV sets went on the market in around 1960 when signals from Cyprus, Lebanon and Egypt could be picked up.

It broadcasts the Jordanian radio service on 677 kHz until the Six Day War in June 1967.

The Hebrew Service supplies a great deal of talent to Israeli broadcasting until it closes on October 27, 1968.

1969 The shortwave facilities of Kol Israel are greatly upgraded by the purchase of four 300 kilowatt transmitters and several antennas directed at different parts of the world.

1983 The FM transmitter network formerly of Reshet Alef is used to form a new stereo classical music and cultural network known as Kol Ha Musica (the Voice of Music).

On November 4, 1993, it began broadcasting on the commercial Channel 2 under the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority.

The Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) operating as Voice of Palestine is inaugurated from the station and in December 1995 Ramallah comes fully within the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority.

In 2017 it was announced than on November 1, Channel 2 would be shut down and Keshet and Reshet - two of the companies who broadcast on the channel - were to be separated into 2 TV channels.

Before joining the National Ramah team in early 2018, Ariel completed the AVODAH Jewish Service Corps in Washington DC and spent time working in both homeless services and education.

Reshet's owners have since reconsidered the merger, and after a long battle with the Second Authority, the merger was approved, and was completed on 16 January 2019.