Lemar (TV channel)

Lemar (Pashto:لمر, meaning "sun" in Pashto) is a television station based in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was founded in 2006. It is owned by MOBY Group. The channel broadcasts news, shows, and entertainment programs in the Pashto language. Its sister channels are TOLO and TOLOnews.

Lemar
لمر
Launched2006
Owned byMOBY Group
Picture formatSDTV
Audience share15% (as of July 2010, )
CountryAfghanistan
Timeshift serviceTOLO
TOLOnews
Websitewww.lemar.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Normal antenna40 UHF (Kabul)
41 UHF (Kandahar)
39 UHF (Herat)
29 UHF (Mazar-i-Sharif)
34 UHF (Kunduz)
43 UHF (Jalalabad)
33 UHF (Taloqan)
41 UHF (Puli Khumri)
27 UHF (Ghazni)
35 UHF (Khost)

Lemar TV is one of the most popular Pashto channel and 4th most popular channel in Afghanistan. The channel launched on August 15th, 2006 and has made a place in the minds and hearts of its viewers in a record time. All content is produced locally or acquired globally and transmitted in Pashto.[1] It is a mix of entertainment, news and current affairs are widely respected for their apolitical tenor and resonance with Pashto-speaking audiences.[2]

Programs
Old logo (until 2016)

Lemar TV play Hindi serials dubbed in Pashto like Laagi Tujhse Lagan. This channel is the second-most watched Pashto channel in Afghanistan, after Shamshad TV which is the main transmission carrier Pashto channel along with Khyber TV.

Food Path

Food Path was a famous food show in Afghanistan which aired every Friday on Lemar TV. The show had two hosts, Kiran Khan from Pakistan and Najeeba Faiz from Afghanistan.[3]

Lemar Makham

is a social and entrainment program airing on Lemar TV.

Tawdi Khabari

is a current affairs program airing on Tolonews and Lemar TV.

Kaglechoona

Kaglechoona was a current affairs program hosted by Mujeeb Muneeb and produced by Merwais Hamidi. Kaglechoona aired every Tuesday on Lemar TV and every Saturdays on TOLOnews.[4]

Dera


Cricket

Cricket is quickly becoming popular in Afghanistan. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was shown for the first time in Afghanistan in the local languages of Pashto and Persian.This would also open its doors for showing other Cricket tournaments like Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, Indian Premier League, Bangladesh Premier League etc. in the future.

Presenters

Farzad Lameh

Lal Aqa Shirzard

Najeeba Faiz[5]

Shapoor Bakhtiar

Emal Shirzad

Zabi Sadaat

Mujeeb Muneeb

Ahmad Shakib Ahmadi

Hela Mayar

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gollark: I like its minimalism, and it saves a very small amount of battery power.
gollark: So actually there's no problem if you don't mind doing high-energy physics to determine "left" and "right".
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See also

References
  1. "Lemar TV". Lemar TV. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  2. "Lemar TV | MOBY Group". mobygroup.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  3. "Food Path". Lemar TV. 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  4. http://kaglechoona.blogspot.com/2012/05/kaglechoona.html
  5. "Najiba Faiz", Wikipedia, 2019-12-23, retrieved 2020-03-04


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