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malpractice and political interference. In March 2016, recommendations was made to dissolve the state company and to dispose of its television station TV4. In May 2017, the state commenced the winding up process and to have the company fully shut down by
September 30, 2017. On August 15, 2017, the station facilities located on Lady Young Road, Morvart had its final broadcast and was shut down after 25 years of broadcasting. Archives of GISL and its predecessors are now in the custody of the reinstated Trinidad and Tobago Television.
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In the 1970s, radio and television broadcast veterans Bobby Thomas, Bryan Waller, and brothers Arnold & Dale
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February of that year. Traditionally held on TTT until its closure, NCC TV4 became the main outlet for the National Lotteries Online Draws, including Play Whe, Cash Pot and Lottery Classic from January 15, 2005, until the
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