Editing Dushanbe (section)

=== Television ===
On 7 November 1959 the first television center was created in the republic, the [[Televizioni Tojikiston|Tajik Television Studio]]. In 1967 programs from Moscow and Tashkent were broadcast in the country and on 15 November 1975 color television was introduced.<ref name="Mulloev-2009" /> As of August 1999 12 to 15 stations broadcast consistently. Many Russian language channels like ORT, RTR, and TV-6 broadcast as well.<ref name="HRW-1999" /> Today, a greater number of private television stations operate in the city,<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004g" /> with 15 in the whole country, although there are still 7 state owned channels.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Media Sustainability Index: Tajikistan|url=https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/pdf/media-sustainability-index-europe-eurasia-2019-tajikistan.pdf|publisher=[[International Research & Exchanges Board]]}}</ref>