Callsign: | MQTV |
Location: | West Java |
Country: | Indonesia |
City: | Bandung |
Digital: | 32 (UHF), shared with Metro TV Bandung |
Virtual: | 102 |
Affiliations: | BRTV |
Owner: | Yayasan Daarut Tauhiid ( -) Annisa Group ( - present) |
Callsign Meaning: | Manajemen Qolbu (Qolbu Management, Qolbu is Arabic word for "heart") |
Sister Stations: | MQFM Bandung BRTV |
Former Channel Numbers: | 60 UHF (analog) |
Licensing Authority: | Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia |
MQTV (abbreviated from Manajemen Qolbu Televisi) is an Islamic local television station serving Bandung, West Java, Indonesia and surrounding areas. The station is owned by Daarut Tauhiid Foundation (Yayasan Daarut Tauhiid), an Islamic organization founded by Abdullah Gymnastiar (Aa Gym). MQTV studios are located on Jalan Gegerkalong, Sukasari, Bandung, and its transmitter is located in Jambudipa, Cisarua, Bandung.
Before the creation of MQTV, Daarut Tauhiid Foundation operated a radio station, MQFM, founded in 2001.
MQTV was founded on 22 June 2002,[1] originally as a production house specializing in lectures by Aa Gym as well as other Islamic programming. In 2003 MQTV had 5 managers, 23 animation staff, and 18 administration and production staff; and the MQTV brand was increasingly recognized.[2]
MQTV entered terrestrial television by signing on a station on 1 May 2006, after a trial broadcast on 28 October 2003.[2] The station could be considered the first Islamic-based television station in Indonesia, albeit on a local scale (the first Islamic-oriented station/network/channel was intended to be a national-scale Global TV).