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{{Short description|Domestic and international radio service of Israel}}
{{Other uses|Voice of Israel (disambiguation)}}
{{Other uses|Voice of Israel (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:IBA Radio Kol Israel Romema Jerusalem 2016 01.jpg|thumb|Entrance to Kol Yisrael facilities in [[Romema]], Jerusalem]]
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[[File:מיקרופון קול ישראל באולפנים ליד שרונה 2.jpg|thumb|Broadcaster microphone in Kol Yisrael studios near [[Sarona (colony)|Sarona]]]]
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[[File:Rashut Hashidur20161014 121224 43.jpg|thumb|"Reshet Gimel" studio commemorating [[Ehud Manor]]]]
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[[File:שידור התוכנית סידורים לשבת עם ליאת רגב.jpg|thumb|Live show in Kol Yisrael Studios]]
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[[File:חדר פיקוח טכני במתחם רשות השידור ליד שרונה.jpg|thumb|Control and Monitoring room in Kol Yirael facilities in Tel Aviv]]
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| caption = Entrance to ''Kol Yisrael'' facilities in [[Romema]], Jerusalem (2016)
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[[File:Rashut Hashidur20161014 121224 33.jpg|thumb|Kol Yisrael Studio]]
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| network_type = [[Public service broadcasting|Public-service]] [[Radio station|sound broadcasting]]
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'''''Kol Yisrael''''' ({{Script/Hebrew|קול ישראל}} lit. "Voice of Israel", also "Israel Radio") was [[Israel]]'s [[public broadcasting|public]] domestic and [[international broadcasting|international radio]] service. It operated as a division under the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]], until 14 May 2017, and the following day the frequencies were handed over to the [[Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation|Israeli Broadcasting Corporation]] (which replaced the IBA).
| broadcast_area = National; International
| radio_stations = [[#Broadcast channels|See list below]]
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1947|12}}
| headquarters =
| owner = {{ubl|[[Israel Broadcasting Authority]] (1965–2017)|[[Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation]] (2017–)}}
| key_people =
| website = {{URL|https://www.kan.org.il}}
| closed = {{End date and age|2017|5}}
| past_names = {{ubl|Telem-Shamir-Boaz|Kol HaHagana|Shidurei Yisrael}}
| webcast = [https://www.kan.org.il/radio/ List of streams]
| language = [[Hebrew]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Bukhori]], [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Maghrebi Arabic]], [[Georgian language|Georgian]], [[Amharic language|Amharic]], [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]], [[Judaeo-Spanish|Ladino]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], and [[Russian language|Russian]]
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{{Yiddish Journalism sidebar}}
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'''''Kol Yisrael''''' or '''''Kol Israel''''' ({{Script/Hebrew|קול ישראל}} lit. "Voice of Israel", also "Israel Radio") was [[Israel]]'s [[public broadcasting|public]] domestic and [[international broadcasting|international radio]] service. It operated as a division of the Israel Broadcasting Service from 1951 to 1965, the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]] from 1965 to 2017, and the radio stations it used to administer are currently administered by the [[Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation|Israeli Broadcasting Corporation]].


==History==
==History==
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''Kol Yisrael'' was originally an underground [[Haganah]] radio station that broadcast from [[Tel Aviv]]. It started consistently broadcasting in December 1947 under the name ''Telem-Shamir-Boaz'', and was renamed to ''Kol HaHagana'' ("Voice of the Haganah") in March 1948. With Israel's [[Declaration of independence (Israel)|declaration of independence]] on May 14, 1948, it was transformed into the official station ''Kol Yisrael''. Another station named ''Kol Yisrael'' operated in [[Haifa]], and was renamed ''Kol Tzva HaHagana'' ("Voice of the Defense Force").<ref>{{cite book|author=Bar-On, Mordechai|year=2001|title=The Beginning of the Israeli Historiography of the 1948 War|publisher=Ministry of Defense Publishing|isbn=965-05-1126-1}}</ref>


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The first ''Kol Yisrael'' transmission was a live broadcast from [[Tel Aviv]] of [[David Ben-Gurion]] reading of the declaration of independence. It was operated by a department of the [[Ministry of the Interior]] responsible for domestic and international broadcasts. Responsibility for the service was later transferred to the Office of Posts and Telegraphs and then to the [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]]'s Office.
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Kol Yisrael was originally an underground [[Haganah]] radio station that broadcast from [[Tel Aviv]]. It started consistently broadcasting in December 1947 under the name ''Telem-Shamir-Boaz'', and was renamed to ''Kol HaHagana'' ("Voice of the Haganah") in March 1948. With Israel's [[Declaration of independence (Israel)|declaration of independence]] on May 14, 1948, it was transformed into the official station Kol Yisrael. Another station named Kol Yisrael operated in Haifa, and was renamed ''Kol Tzva HaHagana'' (Voice of the Defense Force).<ref>{{cite book|author=Bar-On, Mordechai|year=2001|title=The Beginning of the Israeli Historiography of the 1948 War|publisher=Ministry of Defense Publishing|isbn=965-05-1126-1}}</ref>


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The station inherited the facilities of the former [[Palestine Broadcasting Service]], which had been founded as the official broadcaster of the [[Mandatory Palestine|Mandate of Palestine]] in 1936, and had run the ''[[Kol Yerushalayim]]'' radio station. ''Kol Yisrael'' staff was made up of both former PBS personnel and former staffers at the Haganah underground radio stations.
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The first Kol Yisrael transmission was a live broadcast from [[Tel Aviv]] of [[David Ben-Gurion]] reading of the declaration of independence. It was operated by a department of the [[Ministry of the Interior]] responsible for domestic and international broadcasts. Responsibility for the service was later transferred to the Office of Posts and Telegraphs and then to the [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]]'s Office.


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''Kol Yisrael'' pioneered the use of [[Frequency modulation|FM]] transmission. In the early years, stations were operated in [[Jerusalem]], Tel Aviv, and Haifa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelradio.org/history/1949.html|title=October 1949 |website=Israel Radio |access-date=2005-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516020341/http://www.israelradio.org/history/1949.html|archive-date=2006-05-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> The PBS had had its transmitter in [[Ramallah]], but this transmitter was lost to Kol Yisrael due to Ramallah being in the Arab sector.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wigoder |first1=Geoffrey |title=Radio in Israel |journal=International Communications Gazette |date=February 1961 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=129–136 |doi=10.1177/001654926100700116 |s2cid=144767473 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/001654926100700116 |access-date=10 August 2022}}, p. 129.</ref>
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The station inherited the facilities of the former [[Palestine Broadcasting Service]] which had been founded as the official broadcaster of the [[Mandatory Palestine|Mandate of Palestine]] in 1936, and had run the [[Kol Yerushalayim]] radio station. Kol Yisrael staff was made up both of former PBS personnel as well as former staffers at the [[resistance during World War II|underground]] radio stations run by the [[Haganah]].


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In March 1950, international broadcasting began under the name ''Kol Zion La Golah'' ("The Voice of Zion to the Diaspora.") The broadcasts were produced at ''Kol Yisrael'' by the [[World Zionist Organization]] in cooperation with the [[Jewish Agency]], and aimed to foster communication between the Israeli state and the [[Jewish diaspora]]. The service broadcast readings from the [[Torah]] alongside documentary programs on life in Israel. In 1958, the international service was merged with the domestic broadcaster, with both services operating under the ''Kol Yisrael'' name.<ref>Wigoder 1961, p. 134.</ref>
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Kol Yisrael pioneered the use of [[Frequency modulation|FM]] transmission. In the early years, stations were operated in [[Jerusalem]], [[Tel Aviv]], and [[Haifa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelradio.org/history/1949.html|title=Israel radio history|access-date=2005-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516020341/http://www.israelradio.org/history/1949.html|archive-date=2006-05-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> The PBS had had its transmitter in [[Ramallah]], but this transmitter was lost to Kol Yisrael due to Ramallah being in the Arab sector and under [[Jordan]]ian governance.


Between 1958 and 1965, the "Kol Yisrael" international services expanded rapidly, inaugurating new [[Shortwave radio|shortwave]] services in [[Afrikaans]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], and [[Yiddish]].<ref>Wigoder 1961, p. 135.</ref> Between 1960 and 1963, the service also broadcast daily programs in English, French and [[Swahili language|Swahili]] for African audiences and began distributing tapes for rebroadcasting across the continent.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Alex |title=Broadcasting Brotherhood? Interactive Diplomacy and Postcolonial Identity in Kol Yisrael' s African Services, 1960-1966 |journal=The International History Review |date=4 March 2022 |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=373–392 |doi=10.1080/07075332.2021.1950807 |s2cid=237682967 |doi-access=free }}, pp. 376, 377.</ref> This appeal to international audiences was closely tied to Israel's [[Alliance of the periphery|Periphery doctrine]], which sought to align Israel with states on the fringes of the Middle East to avoid 'encirclement' by the Arab states and counteract international support for [[Palestinian nationalism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alpher |first1=Joseph |title=Periphery : Israel's search for Middle East allies |date=2015 |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-4422-3101-6}}, pp. xviii, 3, 11.</ref> Programs on the international services ranged from news and commentary programs to competitions, documentaries and readings from the [[Bible]] and [[Quran]].<ref>White 2022, pp. 374, 381, 385.</ref> However, the technical quality of the international services was often poor beyond Israel's immediate neighbors in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gidron |first1=Yotam |title=Israel in Africa : security, migration, interstate politics |date=2020 |location=London |isbn=9781786995025}}, p. 40.</ref>
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In March 1950, international broadcasting was begun under the name ''Kol Zion La Golah'' ("The Voice of Zion to the Diaspora.") The broadcasts were produced at Kol Yisrael by the [[World Zionist Organization]] in cooperation with the [[Jewish Agency]]. In 1958, the international service was merged with the domestic broadcaster, with both services operating under the Kol Yisrael name.


In 1965, the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]], an independent public entity, was created and took over responsibility for Kol Yisrael from the Prime Minister's office. In 1973, the IBA adopted the name ''Shidurei Yisrael'' (Israel Broadcasting) for the service's domestic radio and television services. The name ''Kol Yisrael'' was revived for the domestic and international radio service in 1979.
In 1965, the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]], an independent public entity, was created and took over responsibility for ''Kol Yisrael'' from the Prime Minister's Office. In 1973, the IBA adopted the name ''Shidurei Yisrael'' ("Israel Broadcasting") for the service's domestic radio and television services. The name ''Kol Yisrael'' was revived for the domestic and international radio service in 1979.

''Kol Yisrael'''s shortwave services have gradually been discontinued over time. The last remaining shortwave service, the Persian programme for Iran, ceased transmissions on June 30 2013. However, Israel continues to broadcast international services in fourteen languages under the label of [[Israel Radio International]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}


==Name: meaning and significance==
==Name: meaning and significance==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2023}}
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A previous station named ''Kol Yisrael'' had briefly been operated by the Haganah in 1940 on the 42-meter band. However, the station was soon renamed when the Haganah decided that the ''Kol Yisrael'' name should be reserved until independence.


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Besides meaning "voice of Israel", ''Kol Yisrael'' is also a wordplay which in Hebrew [[homophone|sounds like]] the phrase "all of Israel" (although spelled differently), known to many Jews as part of the [[Talmud]]ic expression {{Lang|he|כל ישראל ערבים זה בזה}} ({{Transliteration|he|kol Yisra'el arevim ze ba'ze}}, roughly translated "all of Israel are responsible for one another").
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A previous station named Kol Yisrael had briefly been operated by the [[Haganah]] in 1940 on the 42-meter band. However, the station was soon renamed when the Haganah decided that the ''Kol Yisrael'' name should be reserved until independence.


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An [[internet radio]] station was launched in 2014 and operated through 2015 under the name of "[[Voice of Israel]]". This station is not connected to the official ''Kol Yisrael'' run by [[Israel Radio International]].
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Besides meaning "voice of Israel", ''Kol Yisrael'' is also a wordplay which in Hebrew [[homophone|sounds like]] the phrase "all of Israel" (although spelled differently), known to many Jews as part of the [[Talmud|Talmudic]] expression, "כל ישראל ערבים זה בזה" ("kol Yisra'el arevim ze baze", roughly translated, "all of Israel are responsible for one another").

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An [[internet radio]] station was launched in 2014 and operated through 2015 under the confusing name of "'''[[Voice of Israel]]'''". This station is '''not connected to''' the official "'''Kol Yisrael'''" run by [[Israel Radio International]].


==Broadcast channels==
==Broadcast channels==
[[Image:Israel Radio Persian.JPG|thumb|200px|Israel Radio Persian-language broadcasting]]
Kol Yisrael channels include:
Current ''Kol Yisrael'' channels include:


*''Reshet Aleph'' ("Network A"), also referred to as ''Kol Yisrael'' – General talk and cultural programming. Hebrew news are at the same times as Reshet Bet, listed below.
*''Kan Tarbut'' ("The Culture Network"), also referred to as ''Kol Yisrael'' – General talk and cultural programming.
*''Reshet Bet'' ("Network B") – Popular radio station with news and current affairs programming, as well as sports coverage. There are news bulletins on the hour in Hebrew.
*''Kan Bet'' ("Network B") – Popular radio station with news and current affairs programming, as well as sports coverage. There are news bulletins on the hour in Hebrew.
*''Reshet Gimel'' ("Network C") – Radio station devoted for promoting [[Israeli music]]. As with Reshet Aleph, there are news bulletins in Hebrew at the same times as Reshet Bet.
*''Kan Gimel'' ("Network C") – Radio station devoted for promoting [[Israeli music]]. There are news bulletins in Hebrew at the same times as ''Kan Bet''.
*''Reshet Dalet'' ("Network D") – [[Arabic language|Arabic]]-language radio station also known as ''Sawt Isra'eel'' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] صوت إسرائيل meaning Voice of Israel in Arabic)
*''Makan'' ("Network D") – [[Arabic language|Arabic]]-language radio station also known as ''Sawt Isra'eel'' (in {{Lang-ar|صوت إسرائيل|lit=Voice of Israel}})
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*''Kan REKA'' (Acronym of ''REshet Klitat Aliya''" - ''lit.'' "Immigrant absorption network") – Radio for ''olim'' (immigrants) to Israel. Broadcasts in 14 languages, including English at 0430, 1030, 1830 UTC (+1 hr during the Summer).
*''Reshet Hei'' (Network E) — Persian radio station with Persian music and Farsi news programs also known as Sewtal Yisra’eel (in Persian لنکطص ذجسچی meaning Kol Yisrael in Persian)
*[[Israel Radio International]] – International broadcasts in 14 languages: [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Bukhori]], [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Maghrebi Arabic]], [[Georgian language|Georgian]], [[Amharic language|Amharic]], [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]], [[Judaeo-Spanish|Ladino]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], and [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intkolisrael.com/|title=On Demand - Latest Broadcasts|date=2012-05-03|website=Kol Israel International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503234705/http://www.intkolisrael.com/|archive-date=2012-05-03|url-status=dead|access-date=2012-05-03}}</ref> The international services are currently only available via online streaming and rebroadcasts through the domestic REKA network.
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*''REQA'' (Acronym of REshet Qlitat Aliya" ) – Radio for ''olim'' to Israel. Broadcasts in 14 languages, including English at 0430, 1030, 1830 UTC (+1 hr during the Summer).
*88 FM – "High Quality" music (their terminology). Jazz, blues, electronic music and more, plus traffic news
*''Kan 88'' – "High Quality" music (their terminology). Jazz, blues, electronic music and more, plus traffic news
*''Kol Ha-Musika'' ("The Voice of Music") – [[European classical music|Classical music]] and drama.
*''Kan Kol Ha Musica'' ("The Voice of Music") – [[European classical music|Classical music]] and drama.
*''Reshet Moreshet'' ("The Heritage Network") – Religious broadcasting on Reshet Aleph's network.
*''Kan Moreshet'' ("The Heritage Network") – Religious broadcasting on ''Kan Tarbut'''s network.

Kol Yisrael's Arabic and Persian-language services have broadcast extensively to Arab countries and Iran for decades. As of April 1, 2008, only Persian to Iran is broadcast on shortwave, using leased airtime from [[Bezeq]] transmitters. The transmissions in Persian are occasionally [[radio jamming|jammed]]. Broadcasts to Arab countries are not jammed, apparently to avoid retaliatory jamming of their broadcasts to Israel. Kol Yisrael's Persian-language service is reportedly popular in Iran.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/20/world/israel-radio-often-finds-best-friends-are-iranian.html Israel Radio Often Finds Best Friends Are Iranian] - [[The New York Times]] - 20 February 1998</ref>


There are also educational stations broadcasting via low-power transmitters from colleges and universities across Israel under the collective banner of ''Tachana Chinuchit''.
There are also educational stations broadcasting via low-power transmitters from colleges and universities across Israel under the collective banner of ''Tachana Chinuchit''.


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All of ''Kol Israel''{{'}}s stations are available worldwide through [[streaming audio]] over the Internet. Live broadcasts as well as archived programs are available to listeners.
Israel Radio International, also known as ''Reshet Hei'' ("Network E") (formerly known as ''Kol Zion Lagola''), is a shell of what it used to be. As of July 29, 2007, the only program created for Israel Radio International, is Persian. The rest of the network is a direct relay of the REKA network.

As of June 13, 2013, there are no shortwave broadcasts left of [[Israel Radio International]]. To listen, users are pointed to the new official Israel Radio International website. Transmission was shifted from shortwave to internet as a cost-saving measure.

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All of Kol Israel's stations are available worldwide through [[streaming audio]] over the [[Internet]]. Both live broadcasts as well as archived programs are available to listeners.


==Gallery==
<gallery>
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File:מיקרופון קול ישראל באולפנים ליד שרונה 2.jpg|Broadcaster microphone in ''Kol Yisrael'' studios near [[Sarona (colony)|Sarona]]
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File:Rashut Hashidur20161014 121224 43.jpg|"Reshet Gimel" studio commemorating [[Ehud Manor]]
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File:שידור התוכנית סידורים לשבת עם ליאת רגב.jpg|Live show in ''Kol Yisrael'' Studios
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File:חדר פיקוח טכני במתחם רשות השידור ליד שרונה.jpg|Control and Monitoring room in ''Kol Yisrael'' facilities in Tel Aviv
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File:Rashut Hashidur20161014 121224 33.jpg|''Kol Yisrael'' Studio
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==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Israel Broadcasting Authority]]
*[[Israel Broadcasting Authority]]
*[[Israel Radio International]], the official radio service for immigrants and for listeners outside Israel
*[[Israel Radio International]], the official radio service for immigrants and for listeners outside Israel
*[[Kol Yerushalayim]], the Hebrew program of ''Jerusalem Calling'', the radio station of the British Mandatory Authority
*''[[Kol Yerushalayim]]'', the Hebrew program of ''Jerusalem Calling'', the radio station of the British Mandatory Authority
*[[Media of Israel]]
*[[Media of Israel]]


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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Mann, Izi (2008). ''This is the Voice of Israel broadcasting from Jerusalem...: A Nation Behind the Microphone''. Israel Broadcasting Authority. (in Hebrew).
*Mann, Izi (2008). ''This is the Voice of Israel broadcasting from Jerusalem...: A Nation Behind the Microphone''. Israel Broadcasting Authority. (in Hebrew)


==External links==
==External links==
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*[https://www.kan.org.il Official site] {{in lang|he}}
*[https://www.kan.org.il Official site] {{in lang|he}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100106175322/http://www.iba.org.il/reception/ Frequencies to receive Kol Israel networks]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100106175322/http://www.iba.org.il/reception/ Frequencies to receive Kol Israel networks]
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Revision as of 23:13, 5 February 2024

For other uses, see Voice of Israel (disambiguation).
Kol Yisrael
Entrance to Kol Yisrael facilities in Romema, Jerusalem (2016)
TypePublic-service sound broadcasting
Country
Israel
Broadcast area
National; International
Programming
Language(s)Hebrew, English, French, Persian, Bukhori, Yiddish, Spanish, Maghrebi Arabic, Georgian, Amharic, Tigrinya, Ladino, Hungarian, Romanian, and Russian
Ownership
Owner
History
Launch dateDecember 1947; 76 years ago (1947-12)
ClosedMay 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05)
Former names
  • Telem-Shamir-Boaz
  • Kol HaHagana
  • Shidurei Yisrael
Coverage
StationsSee list below
Links
WebcastList of streams
Websitewww.kan.org.il
Part of a series on
Yiddish journalism
Weekly newspapers:
List of Yiddish newspapers
and periodicals
Monthly web newspapers:
Magazines
Hotline broadcasting
Radio programs
Defunct

Kol Yisrael or Kol Israel (קול ישראל‎ lit. "Voice of Israel", also "Israel Radio") was Israel's public domestic and international radio service. It operated as a division of the Israel Broadcasting Service from 1951 to 1965, the Israel Broadcasting Authority from 1965 to 2017, and the radio stations it used to administer are currently administered by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

History

Kol Yisrael was originally an underground Haganah radio station that broadcast from Tel Aviv. It started consistently broadcasting in December 1947 under the name Telem-Shamir-Boaz, and was renamed to Kol HaHagana ("Voice of the Haganah") in March 1948. With Israel's declaration of independence on May 14, 1948, it was transformed into the official station Kol Yisrael. Another station named Kol Yisrael operated in Haifa, and was renamed Kol Tzva HaHagana ("Voice of the Defense Force").[1]

The first Kol Yisrael transmission was a live broadcast from Tel Aviv of David Ben-Gurion reading of the declaration of independence. It was operated by a department of the Ministry of the Interior responsible for domestic and international broadcasts. Responsibility for the service was later transferred to the Office of Posts and Telegraphs and then to the Prime Minister's Office.

The station inherited the facilities of the former Palestine Broadcasting Service, which had been founded as the official broadcaster of the Mandate of Palestine in 1936, and had run the Kol Yerushalayim radio station. Kol Yisrael staff was made up of both former PBS personnel and former staffers at the Haganah underground radio stations.

Kol Yisrael pioneered the use of FM transmission. In the early years, stations were operated in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa.[2] The PBS had had its transmitter in Ramallah, but this transmitter was lost to Kol Yisrael due to Ramallah being in the Arab sector.[3]

In March 1950, international broadcasting began under the name Kol Zion La Golah ("The Voice of Zion to the Diaspora.") The broadcasts were produced at Kol Yisrael by the World Zionist Organization in cooperation with the Jewish Agency, and aimed to foster communication between the Israeli state and the Jewish diaspora. The service broadcast readings from the Torah alongside documentary programs on life in Israel. In 1958, the international service was merged with the domestic broadcaster, with both services operating under the Kol Yisrael name.[4]

Between 1958 and 1965, the "Kol Yisrael" international services expanded rapidly, inaugurating new shortwave services in Afrikaans, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Persian, Romanian, and Yiddish.[5] Between 1960 and 1963, the service also broadcast daily programs in English, French and Swahili for African audiences and began distributing tapes for rebroadcasting across the continent.[6] This appeal to international audiences was closely tied to Israel's Periphery doctrine, which sought to align Israel with states on the fringes of the Middle East to avoid 'encirclement' by the Arab states and counteract international support for Palestinian nationalism.[7] Programs on the international services ranged from news and commentary programs to competitions, documentaries and readings from the Bible and Quran.[8] However, the technical quality of the international services was often poor beyond Israel's immediate neighbors in the Middle East.[9]

In 1965, the Israel Broadcasting Authority, an independent public entity, was created and took over responsibility for Kol Yisrael from the Prime Minister's Office. In 1973, the IBA adopted the name Shidurei Yisrael ("Israel Broadcasting") for the service's domestic radio and television services. The name Kol Yisrael was revived for the domestic and international radio service in 1979.

Kol Yisrael's shortwave services have gradually been discontinued over time. The last remaining shortwave service, the Persian programme for Iran, ceased transmissions on June 30 2013. However, Israel continues to broadcast international services in fourteen languages under the label of Israel Radio International.[citation needed]

Name: meaning and significance

A previous station named Kol Yisrael had briefly been operated by the Haganah in 1940 on the 42-meter band. However, the station was soon renamed when the Haganah decided that the Kol Yisrael name should be reserved until independence.

Besides meaning "voice of Israel", Kol Yisrael is also a wordplay which in Hebrew sounds like the phrase "all of Israel" (although spelled differently), known to many Jews as part of the Talmudic expression כל ישראל ערבים זה בזה (kol Yisra'el arevim ze ba'ze, roughly translated "all of Israel are responsible for one another").

An internet radio station was launched in 2014 and operated through 2015 under the name of "Voice of Israel". This station is not connected to the official Kol Yisrael run by Israel Radio International.

Broadcast channels

Israel Radio Persian-language broadcasting

Current Kol Yisrael channels include:

  • Kan Tarbut ("The Culture Network"), also referred to as Kol Yisrael – General talk and cultural programming.
  • Kan Bet ("Network B") – Popular radio station with news and current affairs programming, as well as sports coverage. There are news bulletins on the hour in Hebrew.
  • Kan Gimel ("Network C") – Radio station devoted for promoting Israeli music. There are news bulletins in Hebrew at the same times as Kan Bet.
  • Makan ("Network D") – Arabic-language radio station also known as Sawt Isra'eel (in Template:Lang-ar)
  • Kan REKA (Acronym of REshet Klitat Aliya" - lit. "Immigrant absorption network") – Radio for olim (immigrants) to Israel. Broadcasts in 14 languages, including English at 0430, 1030, 1830 UTC (+1 hr during the Summer).
  • Israel Radio International – International broadcasts in 14 languages: English, French, Persian, Bukhori, Yiddish, Spanish, Maghrebi Arabic, Georgian, Amharic, Tigrinya, Ladino, Hungarian, Romanian, and Russian.[10] The international services are currently only available via online streaming and rebroadcasts through the domestic REKA network.
  • Kan 88 – "High Quality" music (their terminology). Jazz, blues, electronic music and more, plus traffic news
  • Kan Kol Ha Musica ("The Voice of Music") – Classical music and drama.
  • Kan Moreshet ("The Heritage Network") – Religious broadcasting on Kan Tarbut's network.

There are also educational stations broadcasting via low-power transmitters from colleges and universities across Israel under the collective banner of Tachana Chinuchit.

All of Kol Israel's stations are available worldwide through streaming audio over the Internet. Live broadcasts as well as archived programs are available to listeners.

  • Broadcaster microphone in Kol Yisrael studios near Sarona
    Broadcaster microphone in Kol Yisrael studios near Sarona
  • "Reshet Gimel" studio commemorating Ehud Manor
    "Reshet Gimel" studio commemorating Ehud Manor
  • Live show in Kol Yisrael Studios
    Live show in Kol Yisrael Studios
  • Control and Monitoring room in Kol Yisrael facilities in Tel Aviv
    Control and Monitoring room in Kol Yisrael facilities in Tel Aviv
  • Kol Yisrael Studio
    Kol Yisrael Studio

See also

References

  1. ^ Bar-On, Mordechai (2001). The Beginning of the Israeli Historiography of the 1948 War. Ministry of Defense Publishing. ISBN 965-05-1126-1.
  2. ^ "October 1949". Israel Radio. Archived from the original on 2006-05-16. Retrieved 2005-10-02.
  3. ^ Wigoder, Geoffrey (February 1961). "Radio in Israel". International Communications Gazette. 7 (1): 129–136. doi:10.1177/001654926100700116. S2CID 144767473. Retrieved 10 August 2022., p. 129.
  4. ^ Wigoder 1961, p. 134.
  5. ^ Wigoder 1961, p. 135.
  6. ^ White, Alex (4 March 2022). "Broadcasting Brotherhood? Interactive Diplomacy and Postcolonial Identity in Kol Yisrael' s African Services, 1960-1966". The International History Review. 44 (2): 373–392. doi:10.1080/07075332.2021.1950807. S2CID 237682967., pp. 376, 377.
  7. ^ Alpher, Joseph (2015). Periphery : Israel's search for Middle East allies. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-4422-3101-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), pp. xviii, 3, 11.
  8. ^ White 2022, pp. 374, 381, 385.
  9. ^ Gidron, Yotam (2020). Israel in Africa : security, migration, interstate politics. London. ISBN 9781786995025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), p. 40.
  10. ^ "On Demand - Latest Broadcasts". Kol Israel International. 2012-05-03. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

Further reading

  • Mann, Izi (2008). This is the Voice of Israel broadcasting from Jerusalem...: A Nation Behind the Microphone. Israel Broadcasting Authority. (in Hebrew)
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