TLV1 is an English-language internet radio broadcast from the heart of Israel – Tel Aviv. Founded in 2013, TLV1 seeks to provide listeners with a new, unprecedented perspective on the daily agenda in Israel and of its neighbors, and keeps its finger on the beating pulse of Tel Aviv – the cultural barometer of the Middle East.
TLV1 is a groundbreaking radio station in the way it portrays Israel and the Middle East. It holds no political agenda and does not tolerate propaganda.
Whether from street-level or from the hallways of governmental institutions, TLV1 reports on the latest – be it dishes served in Tel Aviv’s top restaurants, the next best product invented in hi-tech park labs, or the newest Israeli movie en route to dominating the global film industry.
TLV1 captures the one-of-a-kind atmosphere of this unique region of the world, integrating East with West, tradition with modernism, and a rich history with a challenging future.
Location
TLV1 is broadcast to the web from our studio in Kikar HaMedina (“State Square”), Tel Aviv. The studio holds a rich history of producing Israeli music — legendary Israeli bands such as “Natasha’s Friends” and “Efo Hayeled” recorded some of the most classic Israeli rock songs here, while other well-known Israeli artists, from Meir Ariel to Efrat Gosh, recorded singles here as well.
From Haaretz:
Programs include “Journeys,” an interview show with immigrants sharing their stories, hosted by Rogel Alpher, a prominent journalist who moved to Israel from London as a child in 1975.
Along with “Journeys,” the schedule features a mix of current affairs and culture. There is the bi-weekly “Streetwise Hebrew,” the daily news show “So Much to Say,” hosted by the English editor of Israel Hayom, Amir Mizroch, and Na’gham El Hood, or “Rhythm of the Hood,” a Middle East music show with Palestinian-American Yvonne Saba.
The station’s talent includes journalists from across Israeli media. Alpher himself hosts a show on Army Radio and Ynet and previously was also an editor and TV critique at Haaretz.
Shelem, a radio aficionado, whose long career in the technology sector included a stint at Intel in Silicon Valley, says the station has been in the works for a year. The founders started refurbishing their central Tel Aviv studios in March, and began making radio in May. Podcasts of the shows have been available through the station’s website since it went online two weeks ago, and as of Thursday the broadcasts are being streamed live.
So far, roughly 30 percent of TLV1’s audience is international and 70 percent local, says Shelem, noting that this isn’t necessarily the ratio that will characterize the audience in the future. TLV1 wouldn’t disclose target audience figures, but being a digital station, it can, in theory, reach people anywhere in the world.
