Noor TV (US)
Encyclopedia
Noor TV is a US
based Afghan
satellite
television network
, operating from Pleasonton, California
. The station is available on Galaxy 25 satellite dish throughout North America
.
Noor TV's programs are broadcast 24-hours and include: world news, children’s and youth programming, game, cooking, music and talk shows.
The mission of Noor TV is to promote harmony in the oft-fractious Afghan communities in the United States and Canada.
Three Afghan Americans brothers of Fremont, California (Yama Yousefzai, Haris Rahimi and Farzan Rahimi) founded and launched Noor TV on 29 July 2007 and first appeared on television screens on 1 August 2007.
United States
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based Afghan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
satellite
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
, operating from Pleasonton, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The station is available on Galaxy 25 satellite dish throughout North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Noor TV's programs are broadcast 24-hours and include: world news, children’s and youth programming, game, cooking, music and talk shows.
The mission of Noor TV is to promote harmony in the oft-fractious Afghan communities in the United States and Canada.
Three Afghan Americans brothers of Fremont, California (Yama Yousefzai, Haris Rahimi and Farzan Rahimi) founded and launched Noor TV on 29 July 2007 and first appeared on television screens on 1 August 2007.