The Armed Forces Information Service ( Greek : Υπηρεσία Ενημερώσεως Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων, ΥΕΝΕΔ , Ypiresia Enimeroseos Enoplon Dynameon , YENED ) was the television and radio station of the Greek Armed Forces , operating from 1966 until its conversion to a civilian broadcaster in 1982.
5-776: The station was set up on an experimental basis on the grounds of the Hellenic Military Geographical Service , and began broadcasting on 27 February 1966, a few days after the start of television broadcasts from the National Radio Foundation (EIR). Originally it was called Armed Forces Television (Τηλεόρασις Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων, ΤΕΔ). In November 1970, it was renamed the Armed Forces Information Service, now including radio stations as well. It remained under military control until 3 November 1982, when it
10-576: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hellenic Military Geographical Service The Hellenic Military Geographical Service or HMGS ( Greek : Γεωγραφική Υπηρεσία Στρατού or Γ.Υ.Σ.), is the Hellenic Military 's mapping agency. Established in 1889 as the “Geodetic Mission” with the purpose of compiling the “Topographic and Cadastral Map of the Country”, the service acquired its current name in 1926. Today, it supports both
15-603: The Greek Army and the general public with cartographic products. From 1966 until the 1980s, the service housed the Armed Forces Information Service , Greece's second state-run broadcaster alongside the National Radio Foundation . HMGS supplies City Plans of scales 1:5.000, 1:10.000 and 1:25.000 in Greek and Latin series HMGS produces and supplies topographic maps of various scales that cover
20-535: The whole country and occasionally parts of neighboring countries. Not all maps noted below are available to the public. Part of them are confidential and available only upon approval of HMGS. Although not a state monopoly, and not very famous among hikers, certainly HMGS maps have a much wider coverage in small scales than commercial leisure maps. The maps use the Hellenic Geodetic Reference System 1987 (HGRS87 or ΕΓΣΑ'87) which specifies
25-454: Was renamed ERT2 . In 1987, ERT2 and ERT1 were amalgamated into a single company, and ERT2 became ET2 (and later New Hellenic Television or NET). The early days of the station's existence are dramatized in the 1984 cult Greek comedy Loafing and Camouflage by Nicos Perakis , based on his own experience there during his military service. This article about mass media in Greece is
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